Ball Python Breeding

[Psyrocke]

As my ball python reaches three years (next year), I want to try to breed him. While I have three morphs I am interested in, and just haven't decided upon, I'd like to see what other people have to say about the pairings I am thinking of. I won't be breeding until next year at the earliest, assuming the female I get is from a '16 clutch (my male is from a '16 clutch). If she is from a '17 clutch it wouldn't be until at least 2 years that I would try. It would only be when both are of good size and weight to breed regardless of year number.

As a reference, here are some recent pics of my boy:





He is a Vanilla Scream (Firefly [Fire xPastel] x Vanilla).

The morphs that I am looking into are:
Black Magic (Black Pastel x Mojave)
Black Potion (Mahogany x Mojave)
Pewter (Cinnamon x Pastel)

I am personally leaning towards either the Black Potion or the Pewter, but talking it aloud and getting others peoples thoughts is fun for me.

[Psyrocke]

And now I've added the Fruit Passion morph (Banana x Mojave x Mystic) to the list. My top two are
Pewter and Fruit Passion with Black potion coming close behind.

[Aaron_S]

If you can find a female banana combo I'd go with that (good luck) as the combo you want will be tough to find let alone a female, and let alone someone willing to sell one.

In ranking of the ones I'd recommend:

Fruit passion
black magic
black potion
pewter

[Psyrocke]

Funny you should reply to this.Tsu suggested I talk to you about these things. I was liking the Fruit Passion the best. Think they would be very complimentary together.

[Psyrocke]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

If you can find a female banana combo I'd go with that (good luck) as the combo you want will be tough to find let alone a female, and let alone someone willing to sell one.

In ranking of the ones I'd recommend:

Fruit passion
black magic
black potion
pewter

It is surprisingly hard to find a Banana female in general, now that I am looking. The Black Magic, I have found one, but after looking at banana combos (potentials) the black magic is less..desireable if not still pretty. However, among my searching I have found Champagne..thank goodness I've got some time to debate (and look) haha. What do you think about the Champagne? I know its very small odds (according the calculator) but I really dig the look of the Firefly Champagne and the Fire Champagne.