Quote Originally Posted by kindprincess
*sigh* like a needle in a haystack...

its going to be extremely hard to find a colorful female in that price range especially with shipping. your best bet would probably hit every petco in your area. i have found some really nice subadult female crested from there, and if you get a jewlers loupe and learn to look for pores you find females even smaller. they either come from gourmet rodent or repashy reptiles. both are reputed breeders.