Opinions on morph males to get with about $1,000-$1200

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I personally would start with as many female morphs as you can get... Maybe a Pastel, Spider, Mojave, and Cinny... Get them all nice and fat and then when the first 09 babies start popping up, pick up a good male like a Lemon Blast, Pewter, Pastave, etc... In 2010 you will be producing some very sweet combos with quite a few different flavors for trading or selling.
Getting these co-dom males might seem the quickest way to start producing morphs, but single co-dom males are losing value everyday and wont be as easy to trade-up for combos. Also getting females later on when you are ready to breed doesnt seem like the moust sound plan.
If I had to start all over I would only buy morph females... Bees, Pewters, Super Pastels, and anything I could get my hands on. In a couple years you will be much further ahead then you would be if you do it the other way around.

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I'm going with what I want to do because of advice from professional breeders who do this for a living and it meshes with the goal I have of eventually doing this as a part or full time job. Not saying anyone's way is wrong, I just want to get started asap and raising morph females for 3 years isn't asap. I can't buy any more snakes anyway till I get a house with the room which is in February. I don't want to spend more than $300 for each male which is about right for the ones I want(spider/bp/mojo/maybe pin).

Now, I also want this to be self sustaining after the initial investment so I need to get producing as soon as possible. No way is a baby female I buy in the spring going to be ready to go in 2010, it just isn't happening and I don't have the money to be dropping for ready to go morph females. If I buy hatchling females in spring 2009 I won't be ready to breed until 2012 and I won't have morph babies till 2013... Ouch... However if I get my males in the spring and buy some ready to go females when they get up to size(maybe even by the 2009 season if I get them early enough in the year) I can start right away.

I've done the math and I can start making money back with the male/normal female method to invest in more morphs much sooner this way. Plus I'll be making my own female morphs for free and only be 1 year back from having breeder morph females while making money 3 years sooner to get back my initial investment and fund going forward.

Sounds good on paper but I hate to be the one to burst your bubble - So I won't - But you'll see...If you want to do this as a business - full time or part time - You'll need a whole lot more capital than $1200 to play the game...Not trying to bring you down but you need to be realistic...