Choose three new snakes...

[Sauzo]

High White Pied, Reduced pattern Clown with unbroken stripe and Stormtrooper.

[Bassball Fever]

High White Pied, Reduced pattern Clown with unbroken stripe and Stormtrooper.

Oooooooh, I forgot all about the stormtrooper.

[The Weavers]

Oh my goodness! Great choices. <3 I want them all. It's going to be fun seeing all those snakes this weekend. I can't wait.

[predatorkeeper87]

Oooooooh, I forgot all about the stormtrooper.

Is there an update on that snake? has it browned out at all or is it still as vivid as it was?

[cchardwick]

If you want a storm trooper you may as well wish for a scaleless and throw down about $50K per snake LOL.

Do you want them to breed for a profit or for a general collection? Clowns are a good investment for breeding but personally I think they are over rated, I don't find them very attractive, especially for the price. I think it's just a fad, I think the pieds may hold up well over time since they are much more attractive and variable.

For a personal collection (not breeding to make money) I'd go with a black eyed leucistic. All kinds of ways to make one. I have a spider pied 'white wedding'. She is by far my favorite snake. When I bought her I think I paid around $1,250, but they are cheaper now. You could always go with something like a super Russo, all white and a bit cheaper.

I also like the bright yellow snakes with spider, something like a bumble bee or bumble belly = pastel + spider + yellowbelly. Anything bright yellow with that spider mixed in is simply amazing.

Pieds are cool but if you mix in another gene they will be out of your price range, so you'll have to stick with a straight pied. If you had about $10,000 for any one snake I'd go with the 'panda pied' = super black pastel + pied.

Here's my top picks:

Spider Pied 'white wedding':


Enchi Pastel Fire 'Firefly' =


Super black pastel pied 'Panda Pied': (out of your price range though!). You may be able to pick up a black pastel pied and try to make one of these, or if you have less money and more time you could get a pied and a black pastel and start from there. You'd get hets and then breed them back to make more black pastel pieds, then breed those back and hope for the super.

[PitOnTheProwl]

I think it's just a fad, I think the pieds may hold up well over time since they are much more attractive and variable.

They have both been going strong for over 2 decades and the Clown holds a higher price, return and following.

Back to the original question.... Depends whats in your collection and if you want to reed or just keep?
Why 3? Why not 1 or 2 really clean snakes? This makes a difference on how to spend your money.

Personally I like recessives so I would be looking for a nice Clown base with nothing else in her or some VPI Axanthic combo that catches my eye.

[lingooisit]

Personally I love piebald, and (while generally not too expensive) pastel morphs. I like ivory ball pythons but from what I've heard they're not the most reliable health-wise.

[Craiga 01453]

pied, axanthic, pastave

[jkerezsi]

Too many choices!

Next weekend we are planning to add a new noodle or two to our collection. (6 sleepless nights until Columbia Repticon! I can't wait!)

I've searched and studied and all I am able to narrow my choices down to is - one of everything. please.

If you had just a few hundred bucks to spend per snake and could get your hands on any kind of ball python nearly...what would your top three picks be?

Super fire ,disco inferno or fire fly


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[Thom Noble]

Suma is on the top of my list.


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