Hi! I'm on a budget, and I'd just like some advice..

[lizany]

Hello! I hope I put this in the right place (but I kind of doubt it.)

I'm a fanatic. I don't even know what happened, one time I was a 'cat person', and now all my bookmarked tabs are of cool snake morphs. I have 3 corns and a rat snake, and it's been a while since I've had a new friend.. so, I guess I came here for advice.

I have a variety of tanks that are mine/a friend's, and I'm set on supplies (except I'm looking for a baby, so I guess it wouldn't matter if I had some huge gallon tanks anyways.) But I promised I wouldn't spend over $200 on the snake (+shipping included in the 200!)... well, maybe 250, but they'd have to be one gorgeous baby.

So I guess I'm wondering.. where do I go from here? I'd consider myself intermediate and not really a beginner, only because my rat snake was a rescue and it took ALOT of willpower to get her to behave - her previous home had alot of issues, and it's taken a while, but she's finally calmed down and is well taken care of. I've stared at countless pictures of the different ball python morphs.. but I guess alot of em' aren't exactly in my budget.

Then I considered a hogg island boa, as I found some babies for $150! They seem like such a lovely species, but they don't really have too many colors. Then I thought of a redtail baby, or maybe a brazillian rainbow.. but I'm just at a loss. Does anyone have any ideas? I've found some cute axanthic ball pythons for 150 too - so that's great! And even a pretty cheap gorgeous champagne girl. I'm not looking to breed or anything, I'm just a lover of the animal and I adore keeping pets. But I'm so indecisive.. ah.. help!?