What to buy? Advice, please!

I'm currently in the process of picking up the first of the three additional females. Found a very nice pastel YB female and working at getting her bought.

Pastel and YB don't do much for me singly, but together they are great. Both good mixers with most other stuff. I'll be using this new female to not only get het pieds with but also eventually for mixing with non-pied males. She will give me a good range of breeding possibilities.

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Originally Posted by FINGAZZ

THEY KEY IS AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS MEAN OR BAD BUT ITS HOW YOU REALY LOOK AT IT.THE KEY IS FIND PEOPLE WHO NEED OR HURTING FOR MONEY THERE OUT THERE AND BOOM YOU GET LUCKY.I GOT 4 SNAKE FROM ONE GUY WHO WAS GONNA START BREEDING BUT NEEDED MONEY PUT A ADD ON CRAIGS LIST AND I CALLED A GOT THEM THE SAME DAY.SAME WITH THE REST OF SNAKES TOO.NEVER MEET THEM SOME PLACE BECAUSE ITS GOING TO BE A BAD DEAL AS I LEARN WHEN I PAID 120 FOR A SPIDER THAT DIDNT LOOK TO GOOD BUT TOOK A CHANCE TO SEE IF I CAN BRING HIM BACK BUT IT WAS TO LATE FOR HIM AS HE PASSED AWAY.I WAS SO UPSET BECAUSE I WANTED TO BRING HIM BACK SO BAD.MY POINT IS THERE ARE DEALS ARE OUT THERE JUST HAVE TO FIND THEM BUT WITH YOUR BUDGET YOU CAN GET ALOT OF NICE BP TO MAKE MORE GEMS.

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Thanks for your input.

I've seen some great bargains out there too. Some of them are pretty tempting.

Here's my feelings on buying snakes or anything else from someone else. In a non-religious way, I believe in something akin to karma--that how I treat people will eventually be how I am treated. I'm not against ****ering a little, but I don't want to lowball someone or take advantage of another's misfortune. I want to pay a fair price for what I buy and hopefully if I'm ever selling the universe will toss someone my way who feels the same.

Part of the value I get in buying from a breeder is the relationship that exists after money and animal change hands. I want to be able to check back and see if they'll hold something back for me in the future. I want to be able to call back with questions. I don't mind paying a little more for an animal if I'm buying it from someone who will work with me if there is a problem.

I had a couple of people tell me that I overpaid for the snakes I have now, and that I could have gotten them cheaper elsewhere. Well, they're right about the part of being able to get them cheaper elsewhere. But I didn't overpay, I paid a fair price for good quality, and I have no drama healthy eating machines who shed clean, aren't full of parasites, and sellers who are willing to give me advice whenever I might need it. I got my money's worth.

OK, the first one has been picked out, a deposit sent, and I'll be getting the first of the females within a couple of weeks.

I think that you'll like this one, Simple Man. She's not one of the ones you mentioned, but we seem to have similar tastes in snakes.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...ow/Marilyn.jpg

Too late to edit, but dragonboy, this probably looks a little like one of yours. I think you're on to something--these are cool looking snakes.

i would try for a cinnimon, super pastel, and a black pastel. I like the darker snakes and all three off those would make some beautiful babies. thats just my opinion:bow:

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Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow

Too late to edit, but dragonboy, this probably looks a little like one of yours. I think you're on to something--these are cool looking snakes.

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He almost didnt get that pastel YB:tears:;):D

mdfreak, I'm not a fan of the darker snakes, but I saw where someone had posted a pic of their chocolate today and if I do get into darker snakes, that would be what would get me hooked.

Pit on the Prowl, ouch! I hate when I call about something and it's allready been nabbed. That happened to me once already with a pastel butter. I love teh yellow snakes.

Here is the new snake checking out my front yard.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...arilyn0012.jpg

Personally, I was planning to either go for a pied, enchi, or pinstripe for my next snake. I currently have a lesser pastel and an axanthic. My lesser pastel is beautiful, I would suggest a pied though, because they're always a favorite. I also don't go for the spider, and I tend to like brighter morphs opposed to darker ones like the cinnamon. However, I do like super cinnamons. Some people prefer all white snakes though, but if you were to combine it with some other morph and got some all white snakes it would be difficult to tell what morph they are. That's just what I've been thinking about, I'll probably try and produce a blue eyed lucy for my boyfriend though because he seems to like them. :)
Although it's good to do what you like and want, it's also nice to see other people smile when you produce something for them.