Cheapest route to a BEL.

[CCarr33]

I want a Blue Eyed Lucy but I want to be the one to hatch it. Its kinda a goal of mine.

I need to know the cheapest route to a BEL.

Thanks for looking

- CCarr33

[OhhWatALoser]

mojave x mojave, but they're borderline BEL, grey heads and yellowing.
mojave x lesser/butter is alright, but some still yellow
for your best chance at pure white i think lesser/butter x lesser/butter is the way to go, but then there is a chance for bug eyes

[Mike41793]

I wouldnt really reccommend looking for the cheapest morphs you can find bc generally they are not the best quality examples of the morph.

[Mike41793]

mojave x mojave, but they're borderline BEL, grey heads and yellowing.
mojave x lesser/butter is alright, but some still yellow
for your best chance at pure white i think lesser/butter x lesser/butter is the way to go, but then there is a chance for bug eyes

Im pretty sure bug eyeing is only common in super forms. Like super lesser and super butter. Is it the same for a butter x lesser BEL?

Also super mojo's arent borderline BELs imo. Theyre still pretty dang white lol.

[rlditmars]

Don't forget Russos make very nice white snakes

[Xotik]

Im pretty sure bug eyeing is only common in super forms. Like super lesser and super butter. Is it the same for a butter x lesser BEL?

Also super mojo's arent borderline BELs imo. Theyre still pretty dang white lol.

My LesserxButter BEL male has some slight bug-eye going on, but nothing too serious.
I love Super Mojos, and eventually will have one - I think their grey/purple pattern is fabulous.

My personal recommendation would be to save your money and get some quality in the animals you buy. But a mojo female will never do you wrong IMO. I prefer Lessers over Butters as I do feel they are different.

[OhhWatALoser]

I wouldnt really reccommend looking for the cheapest morphs you can find bc generally they are not the best quality examples of the morph.

Im pretty sure bug eyeing is only common in super forms. Like super lesser and super butter. Is it the same for a butter x lesser BEL?

Also super mojo's arent borderline BELs imo. Theyre still pretty dang white lol.

i could play devils advocate and say the "bad examples" might make great looking white snakes, who knows?

butters and lessers are the same exact morph coming into captivity two different ways, so the bug eye problem is just as likely to happen

Breeder around here has an adult female that is entirely yellow on top, she was solid white as a baby.. I've seen quite a few pictures of yellowed super mojaves also. I'm not sure how often they stay white, if they do at all.

Don't forget Russos make very nice white snakes

I disagree with this one, quite a few have a yellow stripe. I've seen pictures of pure white ones, but at shows they all have had yellow stripes. looked like a blue eye'd ivory.

[satomi325]

Im pretty sure bug eyeing is only common in super forms. Like super lesser and super butter. Is it the same for a butter x lesser BEL?

Also super mojo's arent borderline BELs imo. Theyre still pretty dang white lol.

Bug eyes occur in LesserxButter BELs too.

Super Mojos are all white except for their heads..... But if I had to judge the whitest of the whites, the whites on pieds > BEL white.

Edit: Dang.... Everyone responded at once. LOL

[Andybill]

how much do russos go for? If I were looking to go cheapest route I think I would shoot for super mojos. Not as white as lesser mojos or super lessers/butters but a BEL nonetheless and I am a fan of the faded head pattern you get with the super mojaves.

[TheSnakeEye]

I think het. Russo's are the cheapest way to a BEL. I think they're cheaper than mojo's.