What morphs for 300 or less at herp shows?

[ALTownsend1]

Do breeders ever showcase "dinkers"? As more of a pet owner for now...I wouldn't mind finding a cool normal...

[TessadasExotics]

Do breeders ever showcase "dinkers"? As more of a pet owner for now...I wouldn't mind finding a cool normal...

Outback does all of the time.

[chaoticstone]

what morphs do you like in that price range?

Honestly I can't say I don't like any of them. If I would have to put them in order it would probably go spider, pin, lesser, pastel, mojave, I would say YB by itself doesn't really appeal to me that much but combined with pastel, I think they look great. I also of course like the super form Ivory. My biggest thing is trying to figure out what to get in females vs males next year. My wife really likes the queen bees so was kind of thinking that I should go down that route. So going with that let me know if my thoughts on how to get to it the fastest is correct.

Lesser,pastel female x spider male= lesser spider, pastel spider
lesser spider x pastel spider=chance at queen bee?

I think since this is just a hobby for us, that we both enjoy that I should aim toward a project that results in what she likes. I already have a project with pied planned out for myself. Let me know what you think very open to suggestions, and more experienced input.

[wolfy-hound]

You don't need two spiders to make a spider, so you could have a lesser/spider x pastel OR a lesser x bumblebee... etc.
It would be easier to find a bumblebee for sale, and a lesser female and when bred you'd have a CHANCE at a triple being hatched.
In order to get better odds, you could use super pastel, or of course a BEL, combined with spider to get the triple(lesser/pastel/spider). So a killer bee(superpastel/spider) combined with a lesser(or BEL) would have a higher chance at producing your Queen bee.

[snakesRkewl]

You should be able to get a sub adult yellow belly girl or a sub adult pastel girl in that price range.
Yellow belly crosses into anything nicely

[chaoticstone]

Alright so I will definately be looking for a lesser female at the show. Then next year I will pick up a bumblebee, I think the chance will keep everything more interesting and kick the excitement and disapointment up a notch and keep us on our toes. I just hope I can find something at this show it's the first year they are holding it from my understanding.

[wolfy-hound]

Yep and lesser female THIS year, gives the female an additional year to grow, since males can be bred at a smaller size than females. Good plan!

[chaoticstone]

You should be able to get a sub adult yellow belly girl or a sub adult pastel girl in that price range.
Yellow belly crosses into anything nicely

Were not really in a hurry to start breeding. Our son leaves in a year and I finally get my snake room. My wife really likes watching them grow up and she likes to get to know their personalities before they get bigger to know exactly how to approach them. We have a corn snake that is VERY territorially, when you open her tank she starts to rattle. If you reach in your going to get tagged multiply times. So my wife knows that if she wants to hold her she uses the snake hook to get her out, then once she is out of her tank you can grab her and she is fine. Just the little quirks of the individual she likes to know before they are big.

[chaoticstone]

Yep and lesser female THIS year, gives the female an additional year to grow, since males can be bred at a smaller size than females. Good plan!

I was going to get pairs but when I worked out getting my female for pied project, Gerry said I should get my females this year and males next. Which made perfect sense once he said it.

[wolfy-hound]

Absolutely, why feed a male for an additional year when you don't need to? Just grab one the following year and save all that rat money!