what to get?

Personally I think your best off with a nice looking pastel. Nice snake to look at, and affordable. Really good for a pet -

And you can breed it into anything in the future. Being co-dominate You'll end up with visual offspring regardless of the pairing.

And in your price range you can probably pick up a female (which I would do if you have future plans for breeding).

Yes males have smaller caging requirements but males can breed within a year, where as you need 2-3 years for a female to be sexual mature.

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Chris.

thank you for your input I'm defiantly leaning towards a pastel. can you recommend any breeders?

They have Female Pastels at BHB for $125+ $50 shipping if needed. Most female pastels online go for around $175. What area are you from? I would recommend a reptile show, that way you can meet the breeder and snake before purchase! And you can maybe haggle out a price! And also save money on shipping! I just got a female pastel for $180 shipped to my house!

I'd go with what everyone else has pretty much said. Go with a female morph especially since you said you might try your hand at breeding eventually. It'll be more worth your while to raise a pastel female to breeding size sooner than later.

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well i was born and raised in cali but moved to arkansas recently. there may be some shows coming around my area. thank you for the idea ill defiantly look into that

I'd highly recommend Garrick DeMeyer at Royal Constrictor Designs. I just bought my Mojo there and was very pleased with the experience overall. Customer service was phenomenal, his prices are more than fair, and the animals are top notch. :gj: I'm not sure if he has pastels or not, but I'd look around his website for sure. ;)