Het Reds... need more hype or lack luster?

[ameh78]

As Ive said before elsewhere- im looking around for a new boy to be a future mate for my pastel girl. I was thinking of one of four - fire, cinny, black pastel or het red. i can find many cinnys, fires and some black pastels.. but het reds seem to be very VERY hard to come by.

Is there a reason you dont see more het reds? and when you do find them, they dont sell for as much as i thought youd see them. A pastel het red looks very close to a pewter so why arent het reds more in demand? I just cant seem to find any for sale, lol.

[LadyOhh]

Het Reds are not something that is easily identifiable...

Which is why a lot of people do not want them.

Which is another reason why there aren't a ton of them around. People aren't working with them as much as the rest of your list..

[J.Vandegrift]

From your list, I would go with the fire. Fire flys are sweet. The het reds and even the red axanthics don't do much for me. Especially as adults. Also, eventually you are probably going to want to sell some things and the het reds would be tough to sell.

[mainbutter]

I'm not a fan of het reds or red axanthics either. I will never buy one for my collection, they just don't do it for me.

[ameh78]

Het Reds are not something that is easily identifiable...

Which is why a lot of people do not want them.

Which is another reason why there aren't a ton of them around. People aren't working with them as much as the rest of your list..

thanks for your replies =]
ive seen some stellar het reds/reds - ones that could challenge some cinnamons - but they are few and far between. i agree that the best thing to work with is something you can also move. A snake that may be hard to tell what it is wouldnt be the best choice. I have been leaning towards a fire - or a cinny with very heavy blushing. Ive never been a huge fan of fires but have seen some recently that have changed my mind.

[snakesRkewl]

IMO really good Het reds are awesome especially when they are also a pastel.
Sadly they are correct, the market for selling them is really tough which led me to trade this stellar boy for a fire boy I'm breeding this season...

[A&S Reptiles]

I'd go fire. It's more valuable in my opinion. If you choose to get more females a fire is a great male. Here's my boy. He's gonna breed to a bee next season and hopefully make some fire bees! (:

[snakesRkewl]

fire is a great choice

[Luke Martin]

I'll hopefully be making some pewter het reds this year! She's glowin her butt off right now too!

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

I like het reds due to the combos they can make. I have a female with unknown genetics that I'm hoping proves out as a het red this year. That or at least genetic blackback. I want to work on a whiteback albino project.

If you decide to get something else though, my second pick would be a high quality fire.