I almost just submitted this long reply about the ethics of breeding, but that really got off the point. Here is what I was really wondering, I always heard the pairing of two spiders was lethal. Had I researched it much when I submitted the post? Not really. My concern really was for the eggs that didn't end up with the double spider genes. Well, after reading some and discussions here, I realize they would be fine. I would have a 25% on average failure of eggs. Ok, that might be ok with me, as my whole breeding project really has very little to due with money or numbers I produce. I bred snakes for money 25 years ago, and actually got out to go to college. Now a few years back my daughter wanted a pet snake. When I saw what has happened with ball pythons in the past 25 years I was amazed. I mean look at the animals that are being produced, they look amazing! This breeding "project" I am helping my daughter with is more a life lesson on working hard to produce what she wants. Right now she is shooting for bels, purple passions, any mystic potions. Will she get one? I am hoping. For me I get the the pride of seeing her enjoy doing this and "funding" her project. She, at 12, knows more about genetics than I do, can identify all the different more better, and truly does care about the animals and who the ones she produces goes to. Will she make money with them?, who knows but as long as she is learning I love to see a kid working with animal instead of sitting on some video game all day. We have discussed the spider pairing and she is on the fence about the pairing, as am I. To her it is about the ethical debate, to me it's more about what we get out of a clutch to keep as hold backs. I really like the banana combos and I think that's one way we are headed, but this is all her projects so we will see what she decided.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply.