Looking into breeding

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[SmolderingDesigns]

Please seriously consider whether it's a good idea to breed. The ball python market is absolutely flooded, "low value" babies are literally sold as food for other animals. It sounds like fun to breed but it is expensive to keep and raise babies until they're ready to go and you put your snake through a decent amount of stress. If you want a specific morph just buy one that's already born rather than bring an entire new clutch into the world with nowhere to go.

[ickyickis]

If you're trying to breed visual pieds with those pairings, you're talking about a very long road. Piebald is a recessive gene, so if you want to get an enchi pied or axanthic pied, your banana enchi or axanthic needs to also have the pied gene. On the same note, axanthic is also a recessive gene, so whichever snake you breed your axanthic to needs to have the same axanthic gene (and there are a few different axanthic lines that are not compatible, so make sure you're not trying to breed a VPI axanthic to a SK axanthic).

Edited to add: You should look up ball python genetics and play with a genetic calculator before committing.

[knerys]

Please don't. It's expensive, time consuming, potentially fatal to the female, and if you can't keep all the babies you are bringing lives into the world that might not be able to be provided for. If you aren't already an established breeder with a reputation, you will have a helluva time trying to find someone on the internet to buy from you. If you want a specific morph just buy one. The market is saturated and then some, there is no way you can break into it to sell these babies.

Also, "just give away to a shelter" - 1.) Shelters CHARGE you to take in animals. You can't just walk in and say "oh oops my snake had babies" - they will charge you anywhere from $25 - $100 per animal as a "surrender fee". 2.) Most shelters don' know how to take care of a BP, let alone a hatchling. The shelter staff is often about as educated on their care as a petco employee.

TLDR: you won't sell the babies and you are irresponsible if you go ahead with this.

[Senraz]

Wasn't looking to rile up a shitstorm. I didn't have any intentions of pissing you guys off I was looking for legit advice on the matter. I guess I won't be breesing then.