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Hypothetically speaking, what would you do/buy if you came into some cash?

I have a few animals and morphs that I personally enjoy. Not sure that they are the best investment for breeding/selling but they are what I find appealing.

Now, if I had to go out and add to my collection a certain morph that will be the future of the Ball Python market, what would you consider that animal to be? If you had the resources, what would you actually invest in?

Thanks,

Kenny
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5.3 BCI
0.3 BCC
1.1 Eastern Indigo
2.3.3 Western Hognose (Albino / Het Albino)
2.2 Ball Python (Het Pied/Spider/Pastel)
1.1 Chondro (High Yellow / Sorong)
1.1 Kimberly Monitor
2.2.9 Crested Gecko
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Striped California Kingsnake "Skid Mark"
0.0.1 Florida Softshell Turtle
0.0.1 African Long Neck Turtle
1.0 Pitbull
1.2 Kids
0.1 Ball and Chain

I'd probably go Calico or Champagne!

A desert and a clown

and a toffee.

Without a doubt, as many recessive females as I can afford!

Depends on exactly how much money I came in to. If I had it to blow, I'd pick up a coral glow or a banana, but the odds of me having the cash to spend on one of those anytime soon is pretty much nil.
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It would have to be something and original. If I had the funds I would purchase the elite recessive females such as ultramel, lavender, black axanthic, and toffee etc. and wait for a mind blowing male to come out of africa to breed to all my top notch females. But I guess a banana or coral glow would do.
Or, try to hit on a triple or quadruple recessive combo like a caramel glow clown pied or lavender tri stripe snow pied.

Steven

I would purchase as many big recessive females as I could and start their!
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This list of snakes I want is way too long...

Top 5...

Red Axanthic
Lesser
Pied
Butter
Clown
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you can afford those right now....!

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........JY

banana
crider
toffee
ultramel

...that'll start you off in a direction....

buy what you like.......it just feels better....I have 0 anything axanthic here...may never get any....I wish I could say I have 0 spider anything..but I actually have like? 10 with spider .....ouch....

..good luck....
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........JY

isn't Crider's line of caramel and the ultramel basically the same morph....just different lines?

Pitoon

>>banana
>>crider
>>toffee
>>ultramel
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>>...that'll start you off in a direction....
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>>buy what you like.......it just feels better....I have 0 anything axanthic here...may never get any....I wish I could say I have 0 spider anything..but I actually have like? 10 with spider .....ouch....
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>>..good luck....
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actually I do not know...
I do not know what ultramel is?
I think Crider is 2 types /lines of caramel mixed...and they are sweeeet....
.......ultramel...looks similar but hey...they asked and said IF you had cash...so i'd buy both...

and I missed the tri-striped in the list....!!!

....I'm making caramel glows and pastel caramel glows (name?)....so I don't need to buy them....

....I have no money.....
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........JY

Deserts, Champagnes, Coral glows. Combos thereof.

It's the present. The future would be putting them together in combinaton along with other great morphs.

I would have to say...
Coral Glow
Nerd Line Woma
Toffee

The best choice is whatever morph(s) tickles your fancy.

Deserts are a great higher end choice.

But Albinos and Pieds? You could never make enough of those, from a selling standpoint.

But still, don't spend the college fund.
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College Fund...what's that? I 'm dipping onto rent!

Thanks to all....very interesting and much to consider.
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5.3 BCI
0.3 BCC
1.1 Eastern Indigo
2.3.3 Western Hognose (Albino / Het Albino)
2.2 Ball Python (Het Pied/Spider/Pastel)
1.1 Chondro (High Yellow / Sorong)
1.1 Kimberly Monitor
2.2.9 Crested Gecko
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Striped California Kingsnake "Skid Mark"
0.0.1 Florida Softshell Turtle
0.0.1 African Long Neck Turtle
1.0 Pitbull
1.2 Kids
0.1 Ball and Chain

On how much money you mean by "coming into money". For some that could mean getting an extra $500 and for others it could be $100,000. If money wasn't an issue or at least a realistic number of lets say spending $20,000 (how many of us that have spent several times this number 5 years ago would love to have that money back now to start buying morphs, lol). My first recommendation would be to buy as many big pastel pastel x codom morph and pastel het any recessive morph as you could. I would then say buy enough males that were of the recessive morphs that you have pastel hets for to give you 1:4 male/female ratio and then spend the rest of the money on the best multi morph males to even out the rest of your collection to 1:4 male/female ratio. the only other thing that I'd recommend is work with a group of at least 1.4 of pieds as you will never be able to have too many of them as no matter what the market prices is, they move.
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Josh & Krysty Hutto

Various Ball Pythons, boas, dogs, cats, fish, a couple sulcatas and a few other odds and ends.

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Outstanding! Thank you to everyone. Much to consider...
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5.3 BCI
0.3 BCC
1.1 Eastern Indigo
2.3.3 Western Hognose (Albino / Het Albino)
2.2 Ball Python (Het Pied/Spider/Pastel)
1.1 Chondro (High Yellow / Sorong)
1.1 Kimberly Monitor
2.2.9 Crested Gecko
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Striped California Kingsnake "Skid Mark"
0.0.1 Florida Softshell Turtle
0.0.1 African Long Neck Turtle
1.0 Pitbull
1.2 Kids
0.1 Ball and Chain