Pastels are definately one of my favorite morphs, so I was excited to find someone selling one locally! I think I had it stuck in my mind a quote from a site I was reading the other day that "females are generally ready to breed after their second winter", which for an early '08 would be early '10, but that must be a very optimistic statistic. I would definately wait until any female I was going to breed was a good size... I'm not trying to rush into this too fast, but when I read the ad for this snake my mind instantly went to "OMG PASTEL BREEDING SOON" because of the aformentioned quote. Silly me! I really appreciate your detailed post, Wolf, your size estimations help me alot.

I'm still debating! I really only have a few hundred dollars to spend on snakes right now, and if I buy this girl I wont have very much left for the Expo in September... So it's a tough call. I've never been to a reptile Expo the size of the one I'm going to in Sept. so I don't know what I'll find there! Ah! Decisions, decisions...

Nick