What do you think of my first pairing?

[Ax01]

Would definitely be a pretty animal if you can pull it off. A lot of stuff is going to have to align right. In my opinion you are being a little over cautious with the weights. This year was the youngest male pairing I ever did. I didn't think he would be ready so I watched him very carefully. I believe he hatched for me around July 2016. His weight when he went in was around 350 grams. He has at least three females very gravid. He never stopped eating through the entire process and is now around 700 grams I think. I have also had males that were not ready at 800 grams and over a year. When they are ready they are ready. As to females, most of my girls are well over 2000 grams however they were laying nice clutches when I stated them at 1200. I just bought a few females from Garrick ranging in age from 2007 to 2011. Weight ranges on them are from 1480 to 1560. They all have produced multiple clutches with pretty good clutch sizes. I wont breed them till next season but I'm guessing I could put another 200 - 300 grams on them best case scenario before the season starts again. Your animals and it never hurts to be cautious but I for one want to see what you can make. I know you have some really nice animals in that collection.

yeah, i only really need to pair her w/ another Banana G-Stripe or het G-Stripe and hope for the best and hit a BP w/ all 4 traits. but i don't really want to buy another Banana boy, so i'll just produce a het for future pairings. (also i know alotta peeps always say Super Stripes are better, but Super Stripe Spider combos that i've seen have really busy sides.)

Good luck with all of your future pairings! I am with JordanOrNoDan though, they don't have to be quite so big before pairing them. Talking to several breeders outside the forum has me convinced that they don't need to be 2000 grams plus to breed. Several start pairing as low as 1000 grams, because usually be the time they lay they are 1500 grams plus.

yeah, i'm just not in a hurry. i don't even have an incubator!

As far as I know leucistics can't produce pigment and that's why they are white. If that is the case then a banana bel can't have spots. I'm not a huge fan of pairing that can produce leucistics with extra hidden traits but hey that's just me. It'll be a diverse clutch no matter what. Good luck on the odds.

is that your perspective as a breeder? like u don't want to misrepresent or undervalue a sale? or it makes it harder to work with? or u just don't like them visually? like the other traits don't add anything to a BEL? i've seen a few Banana/Coral Glow BEL hatchlings and they have a yellow tint overall (like how some BEL's yellow out as they age but these were babies). i haven't seen older ones tho.

Edit: i guess i could pair het w/ my Banana Cinny het Pied (296grams currently) in the future. also i just got a Banana Cinny Champ but can't /won't breed him to a Spider combo.