yes or no?

[ktaylor89]

I currently have a breeder size male spider, a 500g citrus pastel that was sold to me as a male but I believe to be a female and a normal female baby. I have the opportunity to buy a 2200g male granite het pied, a 500g female "sk" axthantic, a 650g male 100% het lavender albino and a male 100% het "Vp" axthantic het genetic banded for possibly $250. Is it worth it? Would I be able to pair the female sk axthantic to the male het Vp axthantic and if so what would the offspring probabilities be? I don't know much about axthantics. Thanks!

[BWyant]

You're gonna' get all that for 250?

I wouldn't care if they had mites for that price.

Obviously axanthics are recessive, so you'd need to be at least het on both sides to get an axanthic baby.

Seems like a no-brainer to me. And then, if it were me.... I'd start looking for a pinstripe het axanthic and albino.

Pinstripe axanthics are pretty sweet in my book and you're gonna' need another het for your albino, so.....

Just my thoughts.

[cschneider]

Can't mix axanthic lines if you want to produce visuals. Need the same lines or you would get double hets.


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[Mike41793]

Are you buying the snakes with paperwork or from a reputable breeder?

[Annarose15]

I currently have a breeder size male spider, a 500g citrus pastel that was sold to me as a male but I believe to be a female and a normal female baby. I have the opportunity to buy a 2200g male granite het pied, a 500g female "sk" axthantic, a 650g male 100% het lavender albino and a male 100% het "Vp" axthantic het genetic banded for possibly $250. Is it worth it? Would I be able to pair the female sk axthantic to the male het Vp axthantic and if so what would the offspring probabilities be? I don't know much about axthantics. Thanks!

The bolded part would be a red flag to me. Although I am aware of some codom lines of genetic banding, I have not heard of a recessive line that would therefore yield a het. Also, you can pair a VPI axanthic to an SK axanthic all day long, but you won't get any axanthics because they are not compatible with each other.

Why do you "believe" the citrus pastel is a female?

[BWyant]

LoL.

This one just goes to show me that I'm not picky enough.

$250 for all of that sounds like a total steal to me.

[Annarose15]

LoL.

This one just goes to show me that I'm not picky enough.

$250 for all of that sounds like a total steal to me.

It's not a steal if all the supposed hets are just normal males, one with some extra speckles that Joe Blow is calling a granite.

[ktaylor89]

I have popped the pastel many times and she screams female. No hemipenes and has the 2 white bumps. I am going to have it sexed for me to be sure. I'm still new to this and just trying to learn. I found the guy selling them through CL and haven't spoke to him yet to find out if there are papers but for $250 it might be worth taking a chance. I don't know much about axthantics so I'm trying to learn something new.

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It's not a steal if all the supposed hets are just normal males, one with some extra speckles that Joe Blow is calling a granite.

This is true.

[RoseyReps]

It's not a steal if all the supposed hets are just normal males, one with some extra speckles that Joe Blow is calling a granite.

This.
There are so many "granites" that don't prove to be genetic.

I would not gamble the $250 on male hets (one female under breeding weight "het") from some random person.

If a deal is too good to be true, more often than not it is.

If they were females, at least you could use them for breeding and make some money back, or sell them as breeding size girls. People will pay 100-200 for that. But being mostly males? Yea, I'd pass. Save the money / time / food and housing costs and get something from a reputable breeder. Especially if you plan on playing with Hets.

[Mike41793]

LoL.

This one just goes to show me that I'm not picky enough.

$250 for all of that sounds like a total steal to me.

$250 for what could be 4 male normals is not a steal at all lol.

OP: definetly ask for papers. Also ask why he's getting rid of them. Is he replacing the males with visuals that hes hatched out? Is there something wrong with the 500g female?

This SCREAMS sketchy to me.