starting to get into breeding, any good morphs? - Page 3

DeesBalls · 02-15-12, 01:09 PM

i am aware of that...

so if i got a few say... spider het albino, spider het pied, mojave het albino, that would be a good start? that would eventually produce spider albinos, albino pied ect... just throwing these up for a quick example..

they hets would be cheaper at 1st, then once i would produce some visual morphs, i could sell those for a good price...

but if i say... bough an albino, couple spiders, couple mojaves ect.. i could get the visual morphs faster??

hope that made sence

alessia55 · 02-15-12, 01:47 PM

Out of curiosity... who much does an albino pied sell for?

Spyral · 02-15-12, 02:15 PM

Alessia, I'm not a BP breeder, or that up on the BP community even, but a quick google search only yielded 1 place that I could find with an Albino Pied, and they were asking $25k for a male OR female.

It's a double recessive, so I know that it's a much lower % chance to get either/or let alone both in a single morph.

Again, I make no claim in being an expert, but I do understand the basics of morph breeding and the likes. I have thought about breeding in the past, but the only way I would go about it is if I was able to realize my dream and open a reptile/exotic pet store, and then breeding would just be something to do on the side. I don't plan on doing it at home because I want to pay attention to all my animals, and I don't have the room for multiple rack systems + Incubator + hatchling + yearlings. . .you get the idea. LOL

To the OP, good luck in whatever it is you set out to do, and hopefully you can achieve those goals, whatever you set them to be. I do know from friends that it's all about patience. BP morphs are some of the most unique out there for sure, you just have to have the time to invest to make it happen.

beardeds4life · 02-15-12, 05:42 PM

if you do it right you could have an albino pied in 3 years. But by that time they will only be worth about 15,000 at the most.

Terranaut · 02-15-12, 07:22 PM

To sell a $15,000-$20,000 snake you need a buyer with serious coin.

beardeds4life · 02-15-12, 09:09 PM

ya! no kidding

DeesBalls · 02-15-12, 09:48 PM

Okay, let me clear things up....

my MAIN GOAL is to produce an albino.. its my favorite, and its always what i wanted, i just think it would be awesome to produce my own..

breeding wise, i dont want me make $1,000's but it would be cool to produce some cool stuff and sell it...

as for an albino pied, that is my all time breeding goal, if it happends i will achive my goal, if not, not a huge deal.. ill still have fun doing it

my main focus will be on albinos, and albino type snakes. also i might do some corn snakes.

to sell a $15000 snake would be absolutly insane! but totally worth it!

beardeds4life · 02-17-12, 09:10 AM

ya but they are that much for a reason people want them. People are willing to pay that.

KORBIN5895 · 02-17-12, 09:49 AM

I just did a quick search on albino pied and found several hets under $1000. So basically anyone with a few grand can get into breeding them. Supply and demand dictates that prices will plummet. Also people now know that they are possible AND how to make them. That alone will affect the market big time.

mykee · 02-17-12, 11:10 AM

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"re: pieds, its like a bell curve. Consider it on a scale of 1-10, 10 being best. Breed a 10 and a 5 and you'll get mostly 7s and 8s, with some approaching 10 and some approaching 5. Take one of those 7/8s and breed it with a 10 and you've moved the bell curve up. Sure you'll get some below 5 or 7 or whatever, but the likelihood of getting 10s increases. Just selective breeding."

Wrong.
You have as much a chance or producing "1's" from a 10 to 10 pairings as you do of producing "10's"

Norm66 · 02-17-12, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Wrong.
You have as much a chance or producing "1's" from a 10 to 10 pairings as you do of producing "10's"

Hey, it wasn't all in my head!

I was sure I'd read that somewhere. I feel better.

**millertime89** · 02-17-12, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mykee

Wrong.
You have as much a chance or producing "1's" from a 10 to 10 pairings as you do of producing "10's"

are pieds the only BP morph like that? My understanding is with morphs you can line breed them to get significantly more and more impressive offspring?

DeesBalls · 02-17-12, 05:10 PM

Like i said guy, not looking to make HUGE amounts of money, just looking to have fun.

exwizard · 02-17-12, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DeEuGi

Like i said guy, not looking to make HUGE amounts of money, just looking to have fun.

Thats the only reason I would do it anyway. If you ,ake some money along the way, thats a bonus.

mykee · 02-17-12, 05:16 PM

You cannot line breed pieds to get a higher or lower amount of white. it's an anomolous gene, you get whatever comes out.