Starter Morphs

[Bucko]

I am getting ready to start breeding some morphs. I was wondering what would be a cheap morph to start breeding with. I really dont want to spend over 1000 dollars for a pair.

[jglass38]

Cheap is never a good term when talking about Ball Pythons or any animal. I would start with a co-dominant morph where you can breed to a normal and get homo. animals right off the bat. Good luck!

[fenez]

Maybe a pair of het pieds? You'd be spending the full $1000 (maybe a couple hundred more) but it would be worth every penny if you like the piebald. Either way, it's really up to you and what your preferences are in terms of what morphs appeal to you. You might consider looking into pastels as well. Hope this helps!

[adizziedoll]

Besides the pastels and the het pieds, you can get a pair of het albinos for under $1000. With the hets, however, you will have to wait until the female grows- which is going to take 2-3 years.
With a male pastel, you could buy a full grown female as well for under $1000 as well and be ready to breed this season.

Either way, it is not a quick process that you'll make quick money off of. Also remember that there are SO many underlying costs besides the purchase of the animals. Make sure you have everything planned out! You'll be heading towards failure before you even begin.

On that note, breed what you want to breed. Don't breed something just because that's what you had to breed. Good luck, and keep us all informed!

[jglass38]

There certainly are a lot of costs involved! You need to make sure you will always have money available for:

Food
Vets
Upgraded enclosures
Incubators

It is fun though! Just don't expect to quit your day job

[Bucko]

I am really not doing this for money, although if i make a little money it would be a plus. I was leaning towards pastels, or pieds. So your input really helped me. It will be a little while before i will be able to get these snake, probably this summer. When i do though i will make a new topic and post the pics.

[JLC]

Cheap is never a good term when talking about Ball Pythons or any animal. I would start with a co-dominant morph where you can breed to a normal and get homo. animals right off the bat. Good luck!

Ack...the perfectionist in me can't let this one go: If you breed a co-dom to a normal, you don't get a homozygous animal...even though you may get visible morphs. ...just had to get that off my chest!

[jknudson]

Ack...the perfectionist in me can't let this one go: If you breed a co-dom to a normal, you don't get a homozygous animal...even though you may get visible morphs. ...just had to get that off my chest!

LOL! Good catch Judy!

[jglass38]

Ack...the perfectionist in me can't let this one go: If you breed a co-dom to a normal, you don't get a homozygous animal...even though you may get visible morphs. ...just had to get that off my chest!

Sorry for the misstep. You are correct. You wont get a homo. animal but rather a visible morph. A homo. animal in co-dom would come from visible morph x visible morph and would create a homo. animal or the super form. Did I get that right cause I went crosseyed.

[rabernet]

Sorry for the misstep. You are correct. You wont get a homo. animal but rather a visible morph. A homo. animal in co-dom would come from visible morph x visible morph and would create a homo. animal or the super form. Did I get that right cause I went crosseyed.

I think that about sums it up!