2019 Snek Acquisition Plan

[Jbabycsx]

Just some tips from my experience......

1. If you have a particular morph in mind to buy, seek them out first at the show. The amount of animals will be overwhelming and you don’t want to spend a lot of time talking to a breeder that doesn’t even work with the morph you’re interested in.

2. Look for the breeder with a smaller display of maybe 50 or less snakes, preferably 25. From what I’ve found in my short time in the hobby is the mega breeder with 200 snakes for sale doesn’t know what the snake you’re looking at is or where it came from. (Some don’t even keep up with hatch dates)

3. The biggest one....if you’re planning on breeding in the future, have a plan before you buy. Find your absolute favorite morph on Morph Market and start your breeding plans with the goal of producing that morph at some point.

You sound like you have a rock solid plan! That’s a good thing. Stick to it and enjoy the shows. They are a blast to attend!


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[MR Snakes]

Just some tips from my experience......

1. If you have a particular morph in mind to buy, seek them out first at the show. The amount of animals will be overwhelming and you don’t want to spend a lot of time talking to a breeder that doesn’t even work with the morph you’re interested in.

2. Look for the breeder with a smaller display of maybe 50 or less snakes, preferably 25. From what I’ve found in my short time in the hobby is the mega breeder with 200 snakes for sale doesn’t know what the snake you’re looking at is or where it came from. (Some don’t even keep up with hatch dates)

3. The biggest one....if you’re planning on breeding in the future, have a plan before you buy. Find your absolute favorite morph on Morph Market and start your breeding plans with the goal of producing that morph at some point.

You sound like you have a rock solid plan! That’s a good thing. Stick to it and enjoy the shows. They are a blast to attend!


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Thanks for the sound advice. And as for #3, believe it or not I spend almost as much time on MM as I do here! I have always wanted to plan on owning the right morphs so if we ever want to breed we'd be a bit ahead of the curve. So many sneks, so little time....

[WhompingWillow]

We have no real plans to breed, so take this with a grain of salt, but I believe it's generally advised to have more females than males and that it's better to get powerhouse males if possible. ie, if you're going for Pieds, you could get by with regular Pied females but would want something awesome for the males - such as a multigene Pied male or a multigene het Pied male if you're confident about the breeder. This is because females take longer to get to proper breeding age/size and because females are generally more expensive. I'm sure breeders can offer much more concrete advice on this, though.

[tttaylorrr]

We have no real plans to breed, so take this with a grain of salt, but I believe it's generally advised to have more females than males and that it's better to get powerhouse males if possible. ie, if you're going for Pieds, you could get by with regular Pied females but would want something awesome for the males - such as a multigene Pied male or a multigene het Pied male if you're confident about the breeder. This is because females take longer to get to proper breeding age/size and because females are generally more expensive. I'm sure breeders can offer much more concrete advice on this, though.

you are correct here: more females than males is the preferred ratio; powerhouse males and single-gene females is a strategy a lot of breeders use (and i have not LOL). but as long as you have a plan and stick with it, you should be alright.