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Need some advice on my next purchase

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Posted by: euphuistical at Sun May 24 12:07:34 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by euphuistical ]  
   

So my current snakes are below:



1.1 pastel (sub-adult male, 400g, baby female less than 100g)

0.2 normal (breeding size, one 1350g, other 1150g)



I have a birthday coming up, so I'll probably have like 300ish to spend on snakes, and I am kinda torn on what to get. As far as aesthetics go I am a fan of most morphs, I am mostly looking for some advice with regards to breeding. A spider makes the most sense, bumblebees are always awesome. Mojaves are also appealing. I'd also consider a pair of hets, but I'm not sure I could get a decent sized pair (ready to go in say '10 breeding season) for that much.





I am leaning to going with a spider, but I can't really decide on male or female. My current pastel female is only like 100g. Will she be ready to breed next season (that is breed in '10 for '11 babies) or only be ready for '11? A male would be nice just because I could get one for this season and have another male to try breeding for this season and still be able to make bumble bees when my baby pastel female gets big enough.



Guess my thinking is that since for the same price as a juvi male any female I get wouldn't be much bigger than my pastel baby now, meaning that getting a female spider won't allow me to produce bumble bees any time sooner. Am I right in this thinking?



Theres probably tons of morphs I'm leaving out, so suggest anything. Can't be more than $450 at the most though.


   

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