Quote Originally Posted by nikkubus View Post
IMHO, aiming for 2-3 incomplete dominant combos with mostly genes that have been around for a long time is a bad idea. There are already plenty of CaliBees and GHI Mojaves in the world, not to say a few more would hurt necessarily, but these should be bi-products of a project that is trying to accomplish something new or refined in some way. Every project I am working on with BPs has an end goal that is something that has never been produced. You also want to limit the amount of Normals and common single morph animals you produce as much as you possibly can as a new breeder because they can be really tough to sell. IDing some combos is really tough for a new breeder too, can you ID the difference between a CaliBee and a Bee reliably? How many CaliBees and Calico Spiders are you going to have to sell as "possible Calico" because you can't tell for sure? There are a ton of little things like this that can really put a wrench in your gears getting yourself established.



It's possible they were reading and planning long before they actually got their first one, but either way, there is definitely some things that are different learning from practice vs reading and watching youtube, so it's best to slow down on the purchases.
I believe there will quite a big different in ball python market in every country, in my country(Malaysia), a single gene GHI can be sell for RM1800 which around 430USD, and a female GHI Mojave can cost RM3500 which around 830USD, same thing go with CaliBee, there is a breeder in my country who produce really really high quality( clean and high white) CaliBee, he sell for around RM4.5k - RM5.5k (1070USD - 1300USD), so I guess my plan to make these 2 combo, is still quite profitable. Even in the future, price of these combo might drop drastically, but still I want to make these combo as these 2 combo ( CaliBee & GHI Mojave) are my favourite, more than any other morph. I want to start breeding BP is because of my interest in BP and the money i earn from breed is used to maintain my hobby, not to maintain my living, thats why, I am not too worry about which morph will hold the value or vice versa. These 2 combos, are in my MUST DO list.