Quote Originally Posted by Ballpython2000 View Post
Hello i have done a lot of research and decided i want to start breeding ball pythons. I have everything set up but now i am just stuck on what morphs i should get as there are so many brilliant ones. i have seen a lesser pastel and spinner that i like and was wondering if that would be great start as i really want to produce some really nice morphs and i would like to hear your suggestions on what other morphs i could get.
I'm new here, but you might want to start with some of the web sites of some of the kind folks here, there is lots of useful information like here: http://www.pitontheprowl.com/. I know from my own experience how the BP bug can come out of nowhere and bite you, leaving you feverish and obsessed. my 5 year old son's clear and articulate proclamation just a few months ago that he wanted a BP has gradually stirred up my interest... I simply had no idea that the BP morphs existed, that variations numbered in the thousands, essentially infinite and that after starting to dig into it, my interest in them would surpass my sons and, viola, we ended up buying two and now I'm scouring the interwebs to try and learn as much as I can. for me, the pattern that has inspired an interest in potentially breeding down the line, though I know nothing about it, is the Bumblebee and Fire Spider. don't ask me why, but when I see these my eyes mist over. when it really comes down to it though, what causes that level of infatuation where someone goes from interested to being willing to seek out a source and pay hundreds of dollars, maybe over a thousand for a snake is entirely unique, art is in the eye of be beholder. I personally wouldn't do it because you want to make money, but rather because you love it, I made that mistake with breeding fancy guppies. I got thousands of dollars into it, had thousands of guppies and found that the market was flooded and soft and the cost of doing business was too high to make a profit. the best way to approach these ventures is slowly, patiently, looking with open eyes at all the potential pitfalls so you don't end up in over your head.