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I need some opinions/recommednations on my next acquisitions. I currently have a male and female mojave; a female spider; a male pastel and a number of normal females. I want to get a few additions over the next year. I like the fires, orange ghosts, black pastels and maybe a pinstripe. Of each type what should I get - females, males or maybe both? Any and all opinions and recommednations are welcomed.

Thanks,
Jim

What is your budget? If you don't have one.... get them all!!! Chris

It also depends how fast you want to expand your collection. You have the exact same snakes I had when I started in 2006. I didn't buy any that year and bred what I had: pastel to spider (held a male bee back a female spider and 2 pastel girls) mojave to mojave (didn't go), and mojave to a couple normals. (held back 2 female mojaves). The next year instead of buying more snakes I did the same thing with similar results just plugged the bee in where I would have used my pastel. I wish that second year I would have made at least 1 purchase. It really depends what YOU want to produce. Don't just buy snakes. Buy snakes with next years pairing already lined out. I always know what snakes will go in with which snakes the next year BEFORE I make a purchase. Unless I have an early hatch and something wicked pops out. This mainly aplies to male purchases. On females I try to purchase morphs that tend to make every morph look better (enhancers). Fire, yellow belly, orange ghost, are all nice. Buy what you like with a project in mind and hope they "click" Chris Hall

What Chris said, but females, females, females. They take forever to make breeding weight, and while you're waiting, the males just get cheaper.

Agreed with above post...Females...get 4 females with a project in mind before you add a male to the project...
Keep as many as you can...buy them when they are affordable and always plan ahead...I knew what my projects were this year two years ago...wrote it down and only varried it a little bit.
Two years ago 2010 season only had 5 babies, kept none, sold them and bought a female...2011 hit 100 babies kept 17....4 males 13 females and this years projection is over 200 babies. Collection went from 8 in 2010 to 37 in 2011 and now at starting off 2012 with 66. Just getting started...
Breed what you like to look at...your the one who has to see them every day.
Travis
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female blasts not pins

female pastel mystic (unless you can swing a male)

and maybe a male ghost-champagne-super-queenbee ???

....pin combos.......females....even pin mojo since you got mojo already.....I personally wouldn't go mojo x lesser....
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Thanks for your opinions and recommendations. Looks like females, females, females...

Thanks again,
Jim