Now im fairly new to this whole ball python game. Ive been researching for about a year and a half, and havent had my first clutch yet, my spider being my only morph, but I do know that Pied and het pied are expensive no matter where you look. I was surfing fauna looking for a sub-adult pastel female(posted a topic about it earlier this morning) and I ran across a 2012 100% Het pied female for only 150 plus shipping. I looked around online and even the het males were priced a few hundred dollers higher. The ad said she ate both mice and rats, and both papers and pictures of her parents would be provided. The guy said she was still available, and asked if I had any other questions. I thought at first maybe it was so cheap because it hadnt eaten or shed or something, but apparently its at the very least eaten.

So should I jump on this? I know I would need to get a male het pied, in order to guarantee visuals, but If I bred it to my spider male, and bred one of the spider babies back to its mother theres still a 50% chance that I would produce a spider pied right? So it would take a full 3 seasons to consistantly produce both regular and spider pieds, but it sounds like it may be worth it. Pied werent in my initial breeding plan, and sening over a grand on a visual doesnt sound like much fun at all. It may be a nice background project. Opinions please!