Hi, I have bred Leopard Gecko's for many years and have owned a lot of snakes and was thinking of getting into Ball Pythons morph's. I don't have a lot of cash right now (About $500 CDN) and was wondering what is the best way to start? I guess my only choice is getting a Male Het and a normal female? If so, I was wondering what morph I should get? Albino? Hypo? Pied? I was also wondering if I should just buy a normal female, feed her for a year and then the next year get the het and they will be able to breed at the same time?
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DMV
Nov 15, 2004 11:39 PM
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djdpython
Nov 16, 2004 07:07 AM
it depends on how big you want to get into balls. with only 500 canadian that is like what 300 american or so. i would go with 3 reg females and/or albino het. spend a year growing them and saving more money. i like to go with higher odds so het to het is not good for me but it is a lot cheaper. i would try to save between 1000-2500 in a year then buy a nice pastel or albino. you can always go with a male het to your female het but going with a het and a reg will take a lot more time to produce a visable morph.
jgjulander
Nov 16, 2004 10:34 AM
If you want to get into ball pythons with that much money, I would suggest buying a 10 lot of captive hatched ball python females, raising them up to breeding size and purchasing a dominant morph in a couple years (save up money in the meantime). Once you are ready to get a morph (pastel or spider or something), you will have adult females ready to go.
Good luck,
Justin J
Australian Addiction Reptiles (and ball pythons)
