What to get at Tinley Park for the biggest bang ofr the buck.

Good morning everybody,

I am thinking about heading to the NARBC show in Tinley Park this weekend and am looking for ideas on a 2-3 gene female that will give me the biggest bang for the buck. My collection is male heavy so I was really thinking getting a female would make more sense.

Here is my current collection

Males:
Het Pied
Het Clown
Spider
Spotnose
Pastel Het Pied
Lesser
Calico
Enchi

Females:
Pinstripe
Pastel
Albino
Yellowbelly
Het Pied
Het Clown
Normal
Caramel Albino
Spider Het Pied

My budget is in the $1000-1200. I am not a fan of the dark morphs. Some of my inital thoughts were a spinner or lesserbee, what are your thoughts?

Thanks for any input you might have.

Dave

I would get a female and I love your ideas. Spinner blast even if you can find one for a good price.

Edit: read the first half, woops. Female it is :D

I was thinking spinner blast also, Jessica, but don't know if I will find a new one that I can afford.

I was also thinking a bee or maybe a killer bee?

I would look for fire, or lemonback combo female

Anything with Spider seems to look super cool :D. Maybe a KillerBee or Enchi Bee?

I think you might be able to find a spinner blast. Keep your eye out and don't settle for something small. A killer bee would be great too. I think you'll be able to find a triple gene for your budget, just look around. I think Brock Wagner will be there, make sure you check out his table :)

at the last Cincity show I saw a killerbee for 900 that was guessing probably at least 300-400 grams.

Are you looking for snakes to one day breed? Or just one really nice looking snake?

I am looking for something to one day breed.

Thanks for all the suggestions, the Fire/lemonback idea is something I will have to think about some more. Will have to figure out what morphs I could create with the fire/lemonback gene.......I am not very familiar with it.

Keep the ideas coming.

Jessica,

Have worked with Brock before? Do you have one/some of his snakes?

I will be sure to look him up.

Dave

You can go two routes then.

A) Buy a nice 2-3 gene female which will cost you about that

B) Buy multiple single/ 2-gene animals. Ex. pastels, Spiders, Pins, Bee's, etc.

Hmm.. You may want to consider where you want to go with your breeding projects as you decide what to get. Taking a look at what you have, you already have a male & female spider. So do you need to get another morph with spider in it or could you make it in your first breeding season? You already have a pinstripe female, so the same kinda applies there. Something with fire in it can make some nice combos. I know you said you don't like dark morphs, but a female mojave (to pair with your lesser) or even a BEL could make nice additions. If you want to go the recessive route, maybe a ghost combo? Maybe a pastel spotnose if you can find one? You could go for a pastel powerball once she is up to size if you pair her with your male. The more I think about it I think a BEL or lesser female would complement your males nicely. Lesser enchis are awesome! I guess at the end of the day, I would think about what I like and what would add more diversity.

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Originally Posted by Piebald Dave3

Jessica,

Have worked with Brock before? Do you have one/some of his snakes?

I will be sure to look him up.

Dave

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I don't have any of his snakes but I plan to in the future. He has great stock and a lot of my local friends (since he is local to me) have his snakes. He just hasn't had the simple morphs I have been looking for this year.

Well, I did end up going to the show but was only there for a very short time due to having to get the kids back home for things they had going on.

I did end up getting a nice female BEL (mojave/lesser) that is currently settling in nicely right now and took a rat pup last night. When she settles in some more I will get some picutres up for everyone.

It was surprising to me that there weren't many BEL's to be found. I seen alot of super Mojaves but the female I bought was one of the only ones I seen.

There looked be alot of cool stuff there but I only had an hour and a half to I didn't get to look, maybe next year.

Dave