What would you buy with $15,000?

[BWyant]

Read the full post. Just snakes. Everything else is covered.

Sorry. I'm such a rebel.

In that case, I'll e-mail BHB and talk 'em down to 15k from that 25k they want for a pair of Het. Sunsets.

Pissed me right off when Brian told me he was out of the 25 dollar variety he'd been selling to pet shops.

[CDs Ball Pythons]

1 3 Gene Male and as many 3 gene females as I can with the leftovers

[h00blah]

This is tough. I started to add up what all I would want, and I can't seem to think that expensive haha. I spent my money in little chunks =p.

I would definitely want a pastel clown female. I would want another enchi lesser female (or heck, even a pastel lesser enchi..) I thought about a lesser clown, but I would want my clown to have pastel in it, so I can hit on a super pastel clown combo, rather than a super less clown combo, which would be a white snake lol.

I would also want an enchi fire and a vanilla cream spider pair

I would also get an enchi champagne to go with my pastel special girl .

Or I could skip all the low/medium end stuff and get a GHI... I've wanted a GHI for so long.. banana combos are nice 'n all, but GHI is the best to me. I love the golds and dark coloration.

[GoldSheep]

Black heads, black backs, green pastels (or a complete blush back), lessers, mojave, my own dinker project, cinnamon, daisy... if it ever finishes out of dinker... (Did you see it?), and clowns

Also racks

And to be obtuse, small boas, most likely a BCI (Nicaraguan or Hogg Island) or a durmeril... you didn't say ball pythons... you said snakes.

I like the darker morphs... usually. Though I want a BEL too, thus the mojave/lesser.

Rest can be donated to snake rescue groups. 'cause I believe in that.

[cecilbturtle]

this is tough. I started to add up what all i would want, and i can't seem to think that expensive haha. I spent my money in little chunks =p.

I would definitely want a pastel clown female. I would want another enchi lesser female (or heck, even a pastel lesser enchi..) i thought about a lesser clown, but i would want my clown to have pastel in it, so i can hit on a super pastel clown combo, rather than a super less clown combo, which would be a white snake lol.

I would also want an enchi fire and a vanilla cream spider pair

i would also get an enchi champagne to go with my pastel special girl :d.

Or i could skip all the low/medium end stuff and get a ghi... I've wanted a ghi for so long.. Banana combos are nice 'n all, but ghi is the best to me. I love the golds and dark coloration.

:d

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Pieds are my favorite. As Courtney put it, they are my "heart snake". I like that.

What do you all think about an Ultramel pied? Banana pied?

[TheSnakeGuy]

I think if I had 15,000 I would remodel an entire bedroom into a Burmese Python terrarium. Complete with furniture, humidifier, feeding room, and heat system. Also a large well bolted door to prevent any unsafe incidents.

[Lupe]

I am in a similar... Predicament? xD No where near that much $ though.

But with $15k I'd make sure I had quality racks first (if you plan on breeding soon a hatchling rack wouldn't be a bad idea to get while you have the cash) and a good incubator if I planned on breeding that year. And any other necessities (bedding, hides, food) Then I'd start looking at what to get.
But I def would want a Suma, though I'm not sure what they are going for right now. But it seems like a good substitute for a super black pastel for me (haven't heard of any problems with the Suma's and genetic deformities. I'd also invest in some newer or rarer morphs (specter, leopard, orange dream are some of my favorites)

[cecilbturtle]

You guys are killin me!

EVERYTHING is covered! Racks, bedding, bowls, heat, t stats, tongs, food, freezers, cameras, everything BUT snakes.

Some really great ideas though. Digging the ultramel and banana.

$15,000 to spend only on a small breeding group. You can only buy snakes. Nothing else.

[PsychD_Student]

Who has ultramels? I emailed Justin Kobylka about some double hets, pied/ultramel.

I just ordered a bunch of balls from Justin, and that included 2 het ultamels. I love those guys, but I can't afford the actual ones now. So I plan on breeding them to some morph females I have, and make some awesome ultramel combos in the next few years from the possible hets. So much to do on them still...


Also, that het sunset idea is probably the best idea if you could get them... even a lone het male.

1. Those will probably be one of the most desirable morphs in the future.
2. Its a recessive trait, so it will maintain value much longer than any other type of trait
3. Its brand new! The possibilities are (cliche alert) endless... you can do almost anything with them and it will come out amazing. Hypo sunsets will probably be ridiculous lookin babies!!!

Another amazing morph that has just started: The Monarch Ball. Brand new, hardly anyone has them, and they look so cool!

Here's a link to what I believe was the debut info of them:

http://forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1969434,1969434

If you want to buy several, what about the black axanthics that Justin Kobylka and VPI have?

1.Those are new
2. They don't brown out as adults
3. There are still no combos of them in existence. I wonder what it would look like in Zebra Bees, Caramel Axanthics, lighting pieds, or axanthic clowns?!?

[BWyant]

How about an Ultramel Banana? Might get some cool red/orange/pink/yellow outta' that.