John, you REALLY seem like a VERY good person who cares about their animals... I've only been into boas for about a year now and I want every morph out there, and plan to expand into ball pythons in the future (although I prefer boas, balls DO have some cool things out there)... I bought my first boa about a year ago, he was a normal adult male... When I was at the Chicago Reptile House I was looking at snakes.. I owned an albino burmese python a few years back and I loved it, but understood that I didn't have the time or space to care for it (12')... Anyways, last year I went back to get a smaller species, I found my adult male... I was at the petstore, picked him out, held him, he was tame as a puppy... I was so amazed with his pattern.. I didn't know SQUAT about locality, BCI-BCC... I was like, "Holy cow, he's a colombian?"... I probly looked like a dumbass in front of the employees... Anywho, I kept him.. Davey Giltner got me interested in morphs.. I was on the computer 24/7 reading up on genetics and such, to the point where it jeopordized my 5yr relationship.. I remember searching the classifieds and breezing through, not knowing what the hell everything meant.. Salmontine this, DH Sunglow that... Davey REALLY helped me out a lot, I racked his brain.. I slowed down for a bit after I tried breeding 2 snakes.. I thought the litter messed up, so I put snakes on the back burner and I was only going to keep the ones I already had... I ended up dropping a litter on April 4th, it was a SalmontineXNormal litter... You couldn't imagine the amazement I had.. Ya know how EVERYONE thinks their babies are "Special", it's true.. You could have a "Normal" and think there is no other boa like it, because it was something you created.. I'm rambling on now, sorry.. Anyways, I just bought a few (what you would call "high end" snakes) and I plan on expanding... John's statement really hit home, when I bought my first boa, there was so much mysteriousness (if that's a word) to snakes.. To be honest, I don't take every snake out all the time, and after hearing John's post, I actually feel bad about it... There are so many base and designer morphs out there and I like so many of them... Is it BAD that I don't give each one the amount of attention they SHOULD have??? I REALLY do miss the feeling I had when I was at the pet store purchasing my first colombian boa... So to answer your question... "How many snakes are enough?".... It depends on your PASSION... I know snakes and reptiles in general will be a PERMENANT aspect of my life, FOREVER...
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Joe Lydon
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