Maybe putting a deposit on this girl

[The Serpent Merchant]

Thanks!! That helps. =)

Back in November when I purchased my 1.1 pastels from Justin Kobylka, I spend over a month looking so I just checked that placed I had been looking at then. As other people and myself have said this time of year there isn't the best selection to choose from, but if you look hard enough you might find something.

[Kinra]

True, but I have seen some males I do like. I just thought by getting a female it would be better so it can mature. I do plan on going to the reptile super show in the summer and getting another snake so depending on the sex of the snake I get now will depend on what I get at the show. Maybe I should get a male now and a female in the summer. I don't plan on breeding for a while..maybe a year or so any ways. I still have a lot to learn about breeding.

The only real reason I didn't want to deal with shipping is because I had a bad experience once with shipping a tarantula. It arrived to me dead but that was using USPS and I understand that snakes get shipped via Fed-Ex or something else that is better. So I can tough it out. =)

I still have time to make my decision. hehe No rushes.

I would start with females over males. You can spend the summer looking for an outstanding female pastel and give her a year to grow and look for your male next year. Nice male pastels are easier to find people because most people aim for multi-gene males, such as a bumble bee or lemon blast, so you could probably find a nice one at any time.

[AmysAnimals]

Yeah I have been looking pretty hard but my mind was mixed on what I wanted. It went from Lesser, to Mojave, to Pastel...so I finally picked what was most reasonable in my budget right now which would be a pastel. I was so close to getting a lesser though but I didnt want to make the monthly payments. So I need to start my search over and try and find a pastel. =)

I found this one: http://pythonregius.com/pastelballpython-11f201.aspx
It's a female. =) She's not as yellow as I would like but I think you could only really get a real yellow pastel if you get a super pastel, right?

[AmysAnimals]

Looks like Justin Kobylka has some nice females so I am probably going to go ahead and get one from him. I am emailing him now. =)

[Royal Hijinx]

There is a lengthy list of reputable guys that ship well. I will add Mark Petros, Rick Schlosser and Mike Bell.

If you plan to breed, I would get the highest quality you can afford.

Look at some of the special lines of Pastel like Lemon and Citrus as well. They seem to hold color pretty well.

[Daybreaker]

I found this one: http://pythonregius.com/pastelballpython-11f201.aspx
It's a female. =) She's not as yellow as I would like but I think you could only really get a real yellow pastel if you get a super pastel, right?

Way too brown for me, I would pass on her (for breeding purposes).
I would wait and just find "that one" that you would really like, and shovel out the extra money for a really high quality pastel IMO. Even though the brightest pastels could still produce brown babies, I would still start with quality stock (no, I'm not saying the one posted isn't a quality pastel, but IMO I wouldn't breed her).

Here's my little pastel girl at roughly 200 grams in this pic:



I found her in person at a reptile expo, and I think you should wait to see pastels in person before deciding on one. Much better to see their true colors in person over a computer screen.

[Kinra]

I may be slightly biased since I have a few from him, but Garrick DeMeyer has 4 fairly nice pastel females for sale right now.

I have thought about picking up this one:
www.royalconstrictordesigns.com/snakes-for-sale/1692/pastel11-760f

There is also:
http://www.royalconstrictordesigns.c.../pastel11-763f
http://www.royalconstrictordesigns.c.../pastel11-814f
http://www.royalconstrictordesigns.c.../pastel11-689f

[AmysAnimals]

Jinx, thanks! I actually have thought about getting a lemon pastel. Just was unsure.

Daybreaker, your pastel is beautiful! I know it's probably much better to see the snakes in person. I am going to get another snake in the summer from the reptile show so whatever I get now I may not see in person but I will still be happy with I am sure.

Kinra, thanks for those links! I love those snakes! I am thinking maybe I should get one from him instead of justin kobylka. I will have to look at those pictures.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Yeah I have been looking pretty hard but my mind was mixed on what I wanted. It went from Lesser, to Mojave, to Pastel...so I finally picked what was most reasonable in my budget right now which would be a pastel. I was so close to getting a lesser though but I didnt want to make the monthly payments. So I need to start my search over and try and find a pastel. =)

I found this one: http://pythonregius.com/pastelballpython-11f201.aspx
It's a female. =) She's not as yellow as I would like but I think you could only really get a real yellow pastel if you get a super pastel, right?

That is possibly the worst pastel I have ever seen lol

No you don't need to get a super pastel to get nice yellows, this is the female I got from Justin



and here is the male I got at the same time

[AmysAnimals]

I'm bad at shopping for pastels, I think! lol

Everyones pastels look wonderful though!! With the help of you guys i think I can pick one out that looks nice. =)