Quote Originally Posted by Annarose15 View Post
Since you have a male that you like, I would spend the money on another female (morph hatchling), and plan to breed your girl next winter. This will give your pin time to get up to size, your normal plenty of time, and you enough time to prepare (incubator, hatchling housing, etc.). Oh, and you aren't stressing your pin by feeding him while in shed if he is actually eating. He wouldn't eat if he was overly stressed.
This is basically my plan, although my desire to find a bargain is conflicting with my desire to get a python. But I'm sure I'll eventually cave and grab another female, probably a morph. Especially if someone is nice and gets me a rack for Christmas - I'm running out of room for another tank!