Being relatively new to the full time keeping of milks I can't really speak of the past... but the future for me was pretty much sealed when my son gave me one of his Black Milks... 5 years later I finally realized there was no point in resisting the urge any longer. I wanted, and got, a pair of polyz as well. Not to mention finally seeing a male BM that I just couldn't pass up as a mate for Jade (my female BM).



Now, despite having told myself I'd limit myself to 3 pairs of snakes, I find myself looking for 3 more pairs... all of which fall into that "where are they now" category of which you spoke. When I first picked out the other Central/South Americans milks I'd like to have I had no idea how difficult pure specimens were to come by... some day I'll find those L.t.abnormas, pure hondos and andesiana. I'd like to add micropholis to the list as well but I know they'd be well outside my price range... not to mention outside my new range limit of 5 pairs... lol, yeah right!



Point of all this... I intend to do my part to find the more obscure Central/South Americans and keeping their lines as pure as the day I found them because I do enjoy them for what they are not what I can make them... well that's if I don't include striped BM's as a "what I can make them"... something too funny about such an ultimately pointless endeavor to resist.



As for your passion of NA milks Cole... there are some great species I'd like to have as well but I know my real limits. While I do intend to breed everything I have and will someday have, I never want to think of the snakes I have as projects instead of pets... seems like a good way of burning yourself out... I'll stick to things south of the border.



5, 10, 15 years down the road... if I'm still alive... the lines of milks I have will be as well.



Gerry

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