what bci morph choice is best for me?

[Reticsrule]

i have a little normal male bci that i want to breed in the future. im not really sure but i don't think that if i got a normal female and they had all normal babies that the babies would sell very well. but then again someone that is new to boas isnt going to buy some kind of morph they would just buy a normal and someone who is buying a morph would probably buy it off of a reputable breeder. so im not really sure if it would be better for me to buy a low end morph or to buy a normal. im also TERRIBLE with the genetics and would have absolutely no clue what the babies would be if i did breed some kind of morph to my normal male. can someone help me out with this and turn me in the right direction?

thx

[eddiezahra]

what about a het albino or double het snow, im in the same boat as you

[Reticsrule]

i was thinking possibly a het albino but like i said im absolutely terrible with genetics and would have no clue what the offspring would be.

[RB420]

oops posted a link but it was the wrong one.,....

if i have a correct understanding of things, the odds would be half the babies would be het and half would be normals, which you would have breed the hets back to the het parent to prove them out. when you breed them back to the parent and they prove to be hets, the resulting offspring would be 25% Normal
50% Heterozygous 25% Albino.

if you are going to start off with a het and a normal, i would make most sense to have the female be the normal and the male be the het. that way you could breed all the female or as many as possible, back to the father next breeding season as opposed to only being able to breed one male back to the mother.

again i don't really know anything, i have never even bred snakes or own any hets for anything. so someone feel free to setp in anad correct me if i am wrong

[varanus69]

montie420: you are 100% right... doing it that way with the female being the het would take a MINIMUM of 5 years to see anything..... just go buy 2 2004 het albinos anf you could have albino babies by the end of the 2006 season.... or if you want a co-dom trait go spend $700ish on a salmon male and get a few female boas.. you will be 200 times farther ahead..

[Reticsrule]

well im stuck with my normal male for now and i was just wondering what would be the best choice for a female to breed him with.

also he is about 3 feet long and i have read that 3.5-4 ft is big enough for males to breed(he is also over a year old so i would say he is growing a little on the slow side).

if he is 3 ft long how long should the female be? i was thinking somewhere around the 6 ft range?

i would also like to know if you think getting a normal female would work out for me and any other possible morphs that might be good choices and their prices.

(sorry im asking so many questions)

[RB420]

i would suggest just getting a normal, and breed for the sake of breeding not to make money. get some practice at it ;) you wont get much for your baby boas, but im sure at the right price you would have no problem getting rid of them.

then once you have successfully bred them and you decide you like doing it go out a splurge and by your self a pair of hets

[Bartman]

What I am planning on doing is getting a pair of het albino's, because realisticaly breeding a het to a normal is just a waist of energy/time and you may not even get payed off. Either get a pair of hets or a salmon. Thats your only choice really.

[Reticsrule]

well my other problem is that my mom is totally against snakes. i had to fight for a long time just to get the one boa so now im trying really hard to get just one more and then i can end up with a dozen or more:)

im thinking maybe because it will be my first time ever breeding anything that i should just get a normal female but im still open to any and all suggestions and views.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

Goodluck on your choice, bet once they do breed MOM will be ok with the success :)