Pairing/breeding Experience

[StillBP]

If your not breeding your own rats I would not plan on breeding ball pythons to make money. The cost to feed them will eat up your profits before you can even sell them.

While I agree with a lot of what you said. If you look around you can find quality feeders at reasonable prices. I buy my rats and feed over 50 adult balls plus holdbacks. And I buy simply because I pay less per rat that it cost me to raise them ( after you factor in my time, almost the same per actual cost. I only pay $1.50 per medium rat)
Back to the op. I would try to find a nice recessive project for your male if it were me