Why are females so much more desirable than males?

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Just wondering since I've been under the impression a really nice male is what you'd want for a breeding collection. He can do alot more passing on of his stellar genes than a female can as I'm sure you all know.

Example:

You buy/trade for/whatever a luecisitc male. Breeding him to a bunch of normals will give you some nice effing co-doms. Like a black eye to proven normal breeders gives you a bunch of sweet fires or a blue eye'd mojave/lesser cross to a normal can have a load of potential. Am I missing something here or are most of you who breed trying to come up with some nice females to breed to a proven male you've already got. This is why I'm sorta hoping my unsexed normal turns out to be female.

Just wondering why everyone always wants females so much in snake breeding.

[FatBoy]

Cause they lay eggs. LOL In my case I look for female normals and pastels. I want my morphs to be males. In some cases you do want female morphs to make supers and crosses. When the supers and crosses hatch I think most are hoping for males. I'd much rather have a male BEL than a female.

[Royal Morphz]

because you can breed 1 male to many females but only 1 female to 1 male females also take longer to get to breeding age buy the female now and when she is closer to size buy the male

[jhall1468]

You buy/trade for/whatever a luecisitc male. Breeding him to a bunch of normals will give you some nice effing co-doms. Like a black eye to proven normal breeders gives you a bunch of sweet fires or a blue eye'd mojave/lesser cross to a normal can have a load of potential. Am I missing something here or are most of you who breed trying to come up with some nice females to breed to a proven male you've already got. This is why I'm sorta hoping my unsexed normal turns out to be female.

Your example proves why females are worth more. Like you said, a single lucy male will provide a whole bunch of co-doms. So you need fewer males in your collection than females. This is where supply and demand take up. Using your example further, let's pretend that you end up with 12 Lesser Platinums from your example above. 6 are male, 6 are female. Now, you already have 1 lucy, so why keep 6 male Lessers? Odds are, you will hold back most (if not all) of the females to breed back to dad, and you will sell most (if not all) of the males. So the supply of males in our little micro-economy is +6 and the supply of females is 0.

Demand for females is much higher than males because of the situation above. You only need 1 lesser male to breed to many lesser females. So demand for your lesser males are lower.

The end result is simple. The market supply for lesser males is high, but the market demand for lesser males is low. The market supply for lesser females is low, but the market demand for lesser females is very high. Prices always reflect the markets needs, so males are going to be cheaper than females.

Now this doesn't always ring true... market demands for rare morphs are high regardless of gender, so you'll often see males and females going for the same prices, but I simply borrowed from your example .

[hondo1967]

Eggs Eggs and Eggs. There the money machine.

[Tosha_Mc]

Depends on the morph, the age of the animal and where you are on the breeding pyramid. In some cases a male is more desirable in others it's a female. What would you rather have a male calico that will breed for you this year or a female that you have to sit on for 2-3 years before you can use her?

[Ecnal]

low end morph---females more expensive
high end morph---males more expensive

this strategy is used to keep prices high

[missi182]

low end morph---females more expensive
high end morph---males more expensive

this strategy is used to keep prices high

That doesn't make sense. Any high-end/new morph is going to cost more regardless of if it is male or female, and female will always cost more than male regardless of which morph it is.

i.e - albino female costs more than albino male
- normal female costs more than normal male

...same thing, different price range

[Ecnal]

why does a killer bee male cost more than a female?

my point exactly


with that male i can make killer bees all day long with my pastel females

what is the killer bee female going to due for me other then helping to create something else, say a 3 or 4 gene,
and i have to wait years to do it

[Ecnal]

A normal is not a morph, nor an albino high end.