Very Nice Post - the unfortunate side is that this really isn't about the snakes - if it were then yes - people would breed their balls as selectively as champion dogs.

But look how many people respond to these threads with the standard answer - "who cares you buy the male breed it to 5 or 6 females and you've made your profit back - the price goes down you are still making money just make more snakes"

To a very few this is about creating something stunning and being proud of their accomplishment - to most it's about selling out and making room or money for their next big project.

Create more, sell more, buy more. Yeah - it's about the snakes all right.
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"



6.34.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi)
0.1.0 Bredls Python (Smurfette)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.0 frogs rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.1 Lizards of unknown origin

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• Pastels: Junk snake status??? - fsr, Tue Sep 5 07:19:55 2006
• Even adult normal females are $300-$600! - GaryCrain, Tue Sep 5 07:50:24 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - HognoseVsPython, Tue Sep 5 07:51:07 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - rockinreptiles2, Tue Sep 5 08:51:59 2006
• Come on now.................... - fsr, Tue Sep 5 09:18:20 2006
• RE: Come on now.................... - joshhutto, Tue Sep 5 09:34:47 2006
• What are pastel males but hets... - ChrisGilbert, Tue Sep 5 12:07:56 2006
• co-dom vs. recessive - fsr, Tue Sep 5 14:55:11 2006
• RE: co-dom vs. recessive - joshhutto, Wed Sep 6 00:39:15 2006
• I noticed about "ball breeders"... - Fourquet, Tue Sep 5 09:08:04 2006
• Read my "come on now" reply.......more - fsr, Tue Sep 5 09:29:02 2006
• RE: Read my "come on now" reply.......more - joshhutto, Tue Sep 5 09:37:18 2006
• RE: Read my "come on now" reply.......mo - sonoranreptile, Tue Sep 5 20:26:15 2006
• Welll............... - jeff favelle, Tue Sep 5 20:44:22 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - coldthumb, Tue Sep 5 10:56:56 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - toshamc, Tue Sep 5 10:59:03 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - rosaleesmommy, Tue Sep 5 11:24:31 2006
• W.O.W. my RANT..... - HTDesigns, Tue Sep 5 11:31:50 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - BallBoutique, Tue Sep 5 14:35:07 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - Lance, Tue Sep 5 15:00:20 2006
• Good point... may be I should try that.. - garweft, Tue Sep 5 16:29:09 2006
• Take a cue from dog breeders... - garweft, Tue Sep 5 16:23:02 2006
• Very smart post... nicely done! NP - delphipythons, Tue Sep 5 16:53:41 2006
• RE: Take a cue from dog breeders... - toshamc, Tue Sep 5 17:23:01 2006
• RE: Take a cue from dog breeders... - joshhutto, Wed Sep 6 00:55:40 2006
• WOW!! Very good reply......more - fsr, Tue Sep 5 20:33:14 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - RoyerReptiles, Tue Sep 5 16:52:50 2006
• One question. . . - idaviss, Tue Sep 5 17:06:57 2006
• WOW - JLokay, Tue Sep 5 17:10:48 2006
• The reason I wrote that statement....... - fsr, Tue Sep 5 20:46:59 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - EmberBall, Tue Sep 5 17:21:36 2006
• RE: Pastels: Junk snake status??? - Balls_of_STL, Wed Sep 6 08:13:07 2006