I stole this pastel at the tampa show...

thats what i'm saying and for the record I had the tank ready for him when I bought him..THe two females are getting they're tanks today. But ya I think the last comment sums things up quite well. So i didn't really bite off more than i can chew.

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Lets see some more pictures of the pastels...as long as your at it your other BPs, and their enclosures aswell.

I only have 1 male pastel...and i don't have a picture of his setup yet (just got him yesterday). I'll be happy to put up pictures of his setup tomorrow as well as the new setups for my other 2 ball's (normal females). The females should be in they're new setups tonight as I pick them up. Just have to go pickup the tanks tonight. THey will be housed in 20 longs. 1 in each. So each snake will be in a 20long. which should be fine for the next year. I'm currently checking out rack setup's at the moment due to my increasing collection.

i think it alright you got your pastel for a steal, if the guy couldnt afford to sell it at that price then he would not of sold it to you. everyone has been excited about a good bargain at least once or twice -(as in my case i always try to get a good deal without taking avantage of the situation) . as for housing them im glad to hear they will all be in there new homes and properly taken care of, hopefully as soon as possible. i would really like to see pictures when they are settled in.

I didnt even know you could bargain with people...sheesh. I mean I figured you could, but to me I cant really sit there and hassle someone over the price of a living animal. Who knew.

Hey, good luck with your new pastel, keep it warm and feed it plenty of mice. :)

Ok I got my 2 other 20longs last night with a nice lil' wrought iron stand hehe...
anyways...switched to the coconut fiber bedding (jungle carpet or whatever). All of the tanks look nice. i just have to pick up another lamp and bulb so I can actually transfer one of the females from the 55gal.

Thanks, for the good luck!

So last night i had a friend come over who is quite the avid herper (15 redtail's, 5 burmese's, 2 ball python's and 2 retic's) He was in awe of my pastel. While holding it he popped it and both looked for hemipenes but there were none...I have been told that popping is only an accurate measure for male or female within a few weeks of hatching...Well I am excited about my purchase as it is but If I ended up getting an 05' Female for the price I paid holy S***! How much would the average price for one be?
I am getting it probed today to find out for sure.

*****For the record*****

I purchased the snake from Bob Hammond (www.bobhammondreptiles.com)
I did e-mail him a letter thanking him from the bottom of my heart for helping me fulfill my dream of owning a morph and at the price he gave it to me. He answered back and here is what he had to say;

Hey, Steven, we just got back and settled in from the show. I'm very glad you like the pastel. It was a nice one. It made the sell very worth while to me knowing someone got it that really appreciated the deal. I'm not offended at all about the deal. I've done the same thing myself and have offended people, but it never hurts to ask. We are in the middle of paving our driveway now and were doing slow at the show. So it also helped me out a lot too. So we both did good. Good luck with him and i hope you produce with him. Thanks Bob



*No, thank you Bob for helping a dream come true!
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Here are some pics...







http://myspace-318.vo.llnwd.net/0124...43053318_l.jpg
My Largest normal female - Notice the nice clear belly!

http://myspace-164.vo.llnwd.net/0124...43054164_l.jpg

My newest gem! Graziani line Male? Female? Find out today!


http://myspace-169.vo.llnwd.net/0124...43055169_l.jpg

My smallest normal female

http://myspace-981.vo.llnwd.net/0124...43056981_l.jpg

A couple people were questioning the care of my snakes... The bottom 20 long doesn't have a light on it at the moment. I've got heat tape on the bottom and there is a small hide in there but it doesn't show up on the pic.


So here you are guys! I promise better pic's in the future!
Need to invest in a digital camera someday..