OK, so that probably was not the answer you were looking for/hoping to get.



Here is some more food for thought.



1-How many Ball pythons do you currently have?



2-How are they housed?



3-How many Balls can you house now?



4-Any plans on adding caging, if so, what and how many?



5-Have you ever bred Balls before? Do you have a set up, working incubator, or can you get one?



6-Your $15K, where did it come from, will you be paying cash, is there a loan involved, are you borrowing money from friends/family? Are you a millionaire who has money to burn?



Your answer to how to spend that money is going to depend on if you could use that $15K to start a childs College fund, do you need another car...etc.



What morphs do you like. If you are just in love with the Pastel Ball, and happen to already have 3 normal females, then by all means, buy yourself a stunning Pastel. Say you love the Lessers, and reproducing Lessers is your goal. I would say spend $2500 on a Ghost female, and a Grand on a Ghost male and breed them. Eventually, through sales or trades, you will get a Lesser. Sometimes the cheaper, longer road is the best to take. However, if you just won a $10 Million lottery, by all means, buy yourself whatever you want, and learn along the way. The problem is, if you are getting into for the money, and you see all the high dollar snakes for sale in the Classifieds, do not kid yourself, most will sell for far less than the price posted, and some will take a year to sell. Balls are not a get rich quick scheme, if you love snakes, and figure on the heating and caging and food for a normal Ball is the same as for an Albino Ball, and you figure why not try to make your hobby pay for itself, you should be ok. But, if you are in it for the money, you are going to end up with a snake money pit.



Dave

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