Considering buying this beautiful one

[Pythonfriend]

yeah, its pretty.

but, as others said, it depends on the gender and the genetics and the weight.

i think its most likely to be a super lesser/butter or a lesser/butter + mojave, but there are many other possibilities.

its quite a deal-breaker when the store says that breeder information is confidential. thats weird. it could mean anything, best case scenario is that they buy from BHB or something and re-sell at greatly increased prices and dont want to tell you because a 5-minute search would reveal how much they marked up the price. or they just picked it up at a reptile show.

its better to cut out the middle-man, unless the price is right and/or you like your local pet store so much that you want to support them with some serious amount of cash. the owner of my favorite pet store was honest to me: he just knows a lot about reptiles and spiders and says he picks most of what he sells at reptile shows but also occasionally buys from smaller local breeders. what he didnt say, but it was easy enough for me to figure out, is that he multiplies the prices by a factor of between 2 and 3, in some cases even more. thats quite normal.