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...Would getting a lesser and a spider be good first investments? I wouldn't be in it for the money, even though it's nice. I'm in it mostly because those are two of my favorite "basic" morphs and I also want a lesserbee and some other high end morphs but I couldn't really afford them out of pocket. So I figured I could make them myself and sell the rest of the babies I don't want/need. Or is my thinking flawed?

I realize that breeding isn't a sure thing and that slugs, good eggs gone bad, and other general problems are part of the game.

I say get what you want. If you want a spider and a lesser...do it.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Thanks. I was more or less curious about whether it was a feasible thing.

It's not a terrible start.
Lesser bees are very nice.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Yea...what you want...I mean heck it'll only set you back less than 400$ for them....(both)
....go for it.....

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If those are your two favorite base morphs, and you have the money to spend on them, then go for it. It's always good not to invest a ton of money until you're sure you can breed the species, and the pair you're talking about is reasonably affordable for you to get your feet wet. Plus, everyone loves a bee.

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That would be a great choice especially if those are two of your favorite Morphs. Making the Lesser Bees would be great and as you said you can either sell them to buy other morphs you like or want to add and you can also trade them off to someone for something else you like. You know you could trade smeone a Lesser Bee for something like a Super Pastel and a Pinstripe or that kind of thing and then with just those two you can make several more morphs using them and adding in your Spiders and Lessers. Sounds like a great way to build the numbers up. I am sure you will get several different answers on what to buy next or trade for. But whatever you do, Get what you like. Jay
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JEM from sunny AZ.

3.25 Normals
3.10 Pastels
1.0 Super Pastels(Thanks Dan Wolf for the best looking Super male I have ever seen)
2.7 Normal Spiders
1.1 Spiders 100% het Ghost(thanks Mark Petros)
0.2 Spiders 66% het Ghost(Thanks Steve Beamer)
1.3 Orange/Butterscotch Ghosts(BallPython777 Mark Petros)
0.6 100% het Orange Ghosts
0.3 66% het Orange Ghosts(should prove this year)
0.1 Pastel Ghost
1.0 Citrus Ghost(courtesy of Josh Hutto)
0.1 Super Pastel 100% het Ghost
2.3 Albinos
1.1 Caramel Albinos
0.1 100% het Caramel Albino
0.4 100% het for Albino
0.5 66% het for Albino(should prove this year)
0.7 Yellow Bellies
1.0 Pastel Yellow Belly
1.2 Ivories
1.2 100% het for Clowns(Mark Petros)
1.6 Cinnamons(Thanks Stan Ruppel)
1.0 Pied
1.4 100% het for Pied(Josh Hutto and Paul the Pied Peddler)
0.5 66% het for Pied(should prove out next year with my visual male Pied)
1.5 Mojaves
0.1 Pastave het Ghost
1.1 Beautiful Black Pastels(thanks Gulf Coast Reptiles)
1.2 BumbleBees(thanks for the AWESOME Bees Marc Bailey)
1.1 Pewters(Myself and Scott Priester of Brookside Reptiles)
0.1 Chocolates(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.3 Lessers(Josh Hutto)
3.2 Fire's(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.2 High White Calico's(Thanks Brent from BRB)
1.1 SpotNoses(Thanks Brandon of Priceless Pythons)
1.1 Enchi's (Me and Josh Hutto, Thanks again Josh)
1.0 Pinstripe
0.1 Pinstripe 100% het for Ghost
0.1 Lemon Blast
1.0 Vanilla Ghost(Thanks again GCR for all the great snakes)
0.1 Super Vanilla Ghost(Awesome Chris and Shelia from GCR)
0.1 Vanilla Yellow Belly
0.1 Vanilla(Another one from Josh Hutto,I must have all your snakes now...lol.) Thanks my friend, Jay
1.1 Stillwater Hypo Bull snakes(Brad Chambers)
0.0.1 Great looking Brown and Tan Desert Bull Snake)
0.0.1 Vietnamese Blue Beauty
1.1 Argentinian Black and White Tegus
1.0 Gotti Pitbull (Tank)
2.0 Beautiful Bengals (Stryker and Cynbad)
14 Tarantulas
Last but most Important 2.2 Children

Wow, now my head is spinning.

Thank you and everyone else for the comments. It's good to know I'm headed in the right direction. I really appreciate the input.