You're right that maybe the spider didn't take with any other females, that is a risk assumed, the same as if the female that was loaned didn't take. I wouldn't do a breeding loan unless there is something in it for me, don't get me wrong I stated that plainly. Obviously there wasn't a clear objective set out before hand, I don't think a 50/50 split is a big deal though, especially if the female was transported to the male. The owner of the male had the opportunity to pair up his male with numerous females, where as the female is fully dedicated to the one male. Sure the male is worth more but he is not justicated to the one female for the whole season. When breeding dogs the sire usually gets the pick of the litter where as the female gets the rest of the litter, she is the one doing all the work, he was only needed for the short time. Why with snakes does it seem to go the other way?? Like I said if I handed out my normal female to someone to breed with say a lesser or a butter or a spotnose and they agreed to give me one of the morphs, I'd jump at the chance, I don't honestly see why anyone would do that though. Even for something like a genetic stripe I would be happy with a pair of hets but wouldn't do it for less than that. But in the case of a spider, pastel, yellowbelly, I wouldn't agree to it unless I was getting half the offspring, but like I said, i have stuff to pair my females up with, and I wouldn't take in a female on loan unless I trusted the person, and it would still have to be benefitting me in some way.
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Nita Hamilton
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