A male ball python can be bred with multiple females per season. In order for you, the buyer, to get a homozygous morph quickly you have to bred hets or a visual and het. It is in the breeders best interest to charge more for females because you are paying a lot get a homozygous morph in less time. The more het females you have for your male the better your chances. So by paying the higher price for females you are knocking at least 2 years off your project. Once you get your own hets and visuals you then are in competetion with the original breeder. This rule of thumb only works with recessive and codom traits. If you look at spider (dominant) and mojave (possibly codom) morphs the males sell for more because they can be hooked up with several normal females and spit out visuals in just a couple years. This is just my observations.

Brad

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• Het Question - PetMania, Thu May 13 23:18:44 2004
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• High Prices Speed Up Breeding - RandyRemington, Fri May 14 07:06:21 2004
• RE: Het Question - shinerxx, Fri May 14 00:03:04 2004
• "Sort of" right...... - jeff favelle, Fri May 14 00:10:10 2004
• That's the best explanation I've heard yet! - cranwill, Fri May 14 00:47:24 2004
• RE: "Sort of" right...... - btaylor, Fri May 14 01:38:53 2004
• Ha ha thanks guys..... - jeff favelle, Fri May 14 01:41:58 2004
• Well said Jeff....... - Murphinski, Fri May 14 05:22:06 2004
• Ha ha, sad but true..... - jeff favelle, Fri May 14 11:06:29 2004
• RE: 18 months?... not likely - mariasman, Fri May 14 16:37:42 2004
• Speak for yourself..... - jeff favelle, Fri May 14 18:17:42 2004
• RE: Speak for yourself..... - mariasman, Sat May 15 03:25:50 2004
• RE: DUH...........I got 6..................... - jyohe, Fri May 14 18:59:35 2004
• RE: DUH...........I got 6..................... - Ballboutique, Fri May 14 19:27:21 2004