If you have a local herp show, you can probably find gorgous Columbians for a lot cheaper than that, which leaves you more $ to spend on the cage- they can grow fast! I personally spent all my Christmas money on a Hog Island.
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"The serpent crams itself with animal life that is often warm and vibrant, to prolong an existence in which we detect no joy and no emotion. It reveals the depth to which evolution can sink when it takes the downward path and strips animals to the irreducible minimum able to perpetuate a predatory life in its naked horror."
Alexander Skutch