Doug, all fantastic animals that I know you have the history on!! Folks have to be real careful these days should they want actual locality animals and make sure they ask lots of questions prior to purchasing. (should they want real locality) We must remember that even us "locality nuts" will choose the best hatchlings and then breed them down the line, ending up with locality animals that pretty much would represent the best animals you could ever find in that locale, but probably not what most would look like. Of course when I go herping and keep an animal it will not be the "norm" either!! They get released!! Anyway, I enjoy breeding real locality, mostly animals I caught, and then trying to capitalize on certain traits that I like within the locality in order to get even better looking offspring. One of the great things about this will be to look at pics of the founding stock down the road and see how several generations compare!! I too have just a couple "fun" snakes, but if I ever parted with them they would be advertized as such. 90 percent of my collection (founding stock) was either caught by me or one of my friends. I would not sell any of my animals to someone if I knew they would cross breed them, and never, I mean NEVER would I sell a wild caught animal. Something that drives me nuts!! Of course I still have yet to sell anything and my wife is getting less and less tolerant!! LOL



Joe

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