The problem or conflict is that he just wants a pied not necessarily to breed (unless I missed something). Shelling out the money on 10 females - including feeding housing and maintenance on them breeding them incubation costs on the eggs, if each female gives you 4 eggs thats 40 total eggs lets say half of them are female thats 20 snakes to raise for 3 years and proove (include all costs and supplies on those too) plus you have to find homes for 20 unwanted males (advertising costs, shipping costs, etc.). You are easily looking at close to the same cost for a 100% het pied female to begin with and you don't have nearly as much hastle - just to add a pied to your collection. And what if none of the females turns out to be het or proves the first year? Talk about head ache! There isn't a huge market out there for possible hets. Everyone has their way of doing things - none is any better than another - but all things considered - I'd take the 100% het female easy road!
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Tosha



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1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)

0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)

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2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)

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