In the early days of the Love’s and the other dealers down here kids like me would bring in field collected stuff from all over. They had zillions to choose from. For the purpose of the price list, the yellow ones were “Brooks”. They were already selected from many examples. This was also the early days of breeding. The Love’s would get to see the best and hold them so their stock would have been exceptional. The hatchlings would be from known good stock, but we didn’t even know how to tell which ones would turn out real nice. It was never a sure thing, just as today. They are not always great even from great parents now. I think somebody like you can probably spot something in a hatchling to rate it as a good prospect, but back then it was a fairly uneducated guess. We forget too that back then a boa constrictor was an exotic snake that was more coveted in the pet trade. Brooks were something of a niche thing among collectors. I think we take it all a lot more seriously today than they did back then. The hypo was much later, but the rest, as they say, is history.

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