need advice on male

[Miranda2]

Okay so I have only so much room.I want to keep it to around 4 adult ball pythons.Because I do love my corns and need room for them as well.
I have a firefly female and a cinnamon female.
I only have the one fire male.

I am thinking I need to get a Pastave male . Do you think that selling my fire male and getting a pastave is a good move.
the pastave bred to both those females make alot of cool morphs that I like. Im just not sure if I should keep the fire male or not. He is pretty limited as far as morphs with those two females.But the fire and firefly do make some gorgeous babies too.

[Daigga]

This is the hardest question to answer, and the best anyone can tell you is to get what you want. Super fires are pretty cool, but if that's not your thing you can pick anything that appeals to you. Pastave can make some pretty combos, and if that's what you like than I would say go for it. Some other males you could consider would be lesser bee, spinner, or spinner blast (or lemon blast or lesser pastel, if spider isn't something you would want). With how you described what you wanted, I don't think you would want to look into a recessive project, and that's totally fine.

There are an incredible amount of options and lots of factors to consider (mostly budget) and ultimately the choice is yours.

[Miranda2]

Budget is always a consideration, under 300 with shipping is the aim.
I dont care for the spider look. I do love the lessers and the butters. Butters are my favorite.
I will look up the lemon blast and lesser pastel and use the genetic wizard(best tool ever) to see whats what.
Thanks so much

Im def. not going to do anything rash and will hang on to the fire male for awhile till I can decide.

[BumbleB]

Check out the combos with a kingpin (lesser pinstripe) I like the possibilities and you'll stay under your budget

[PitOnTheProwl]

Personally, keep the male fire that you are already into and find a third girlfriend for him that helps compliment the fire.

If you want the Pastave, would a female be an option for you? Possible Firefly Mojo

If you want to keep it easy a Pin or Enchi combo with your Fire is nice.
I personally would find a smoking Axanthic girl to long term with, get the Fire Het Ax male of the clutch and then well you see where Im going.

The question is where do YOU want to go with it.

[Miranda2]

I dont really want another female.
So far this is what ive looked at with the genetic wizard and like as a mate for both the cinnamon and the firefly
Pastave
mojave bumblebee
kingpin.


The savannah bee is gorgeous, especially with the stripe down the back(assuming would need genetic stripe for that though)

[Daigga]

I dont really want another female.
So far this is what ive looked at with the genetic wizard and like as a mate for both the cinnamon and the firefly
Pastave
mojave bumblebee
kingpin.


The savannah bee is gorgeous, especially with the stripe down the back(assuming would need genetic stripe for that though)

Well I know mixing cinnamon and pinstripe gets a mostly unbroken dorsal stripe, so I know you can get that without having g stripe in there. I can't find any other pictures of a savannah bee though, so maybe you'll have to tell us if that's the standard look

[Slowcountry Balls]

If you don't want to get a third female, then I think a Pastave, Pastel Mystic, or a Yellowbelly or Orangebelly combination would be a good choice (maybe a Super Stripe).

[artgecko]

I'm in sort of the same situation as you. I have 2 females (a cinnamon and a pastave) and am considering what male to get for them (although I would like to add another female as well). My main choices that I am looking at are an enchi lesser or butter, IF I could afford it, an enchi lesser / butter fire, or something with hypo (maybe hypo enchi or fire). I also LoVE the look of desert ghosts, but don't think I could afford one.

In your situation, you already have the fire gene and pastel, so maybe consider something with enchi, mojave, or lesser. I also like prinstripes, but there don't seem to be many combos with them that I like. If you do end up getting a male in the mojave or lesser complex, maybe get a second male with a complementary gene, that way you can work towards producing BELs, if you like them. Black pastel is also a cool gene..If you could find a enchi or fire black pastel, that could look great.

[Slowcountry Balls]

A Jigsaw would certainly be in your price range, and you may even find a Jigsaw Blast for $300 shipped.

Jigsaw Blast on Left, Jigsaw on Right


A Mystic Enchi would be in your price range also. I just sold this female Mystic Enchi for $300 at the Columbia Repticon, so you should be able to find a male for less than that.

1 is the Mystic Enchi, 4 is an Mystic, just to highlight the difference Enchi makes.