I was thinking the same thing when I found this litter, HEY DUDE WHERE THE HECK ARE MY SUNGLOWS?? If you wanted to see Sunglow pic and your disappointed think how I feel finding out all.....I can't even bring myself to say it, (cough) all I have is poss hets.
Here's my sad story of a breeders greed and a little of my own:
I found a DH for Snow female on a table at a show three years ago and purchased it for $450, I felt good because I saved a couple bucks, I already had a pair and they were $600 each at that point. I knew the guy thru the shows for a couple years, we were always talking Boas and although he didn't have any paperwork it was his good buddy who produced them and he guaranteed it as a 100% DH. I screwed up, I trusted him on a handshake. He's a good guy and I don't even think he knows his friend "the breeder" sold him normals yet.
This is why it pays to stay with the well known breeders, you know what you're getting even if you pay a little more for that peace of mind. I wouldn't say not to buy from the little guys as I am one of them and have gotten some very cool animals from private breeders. Just insist on original paperwork if it's het's or DH's, no photocopies, no e-mailed guarantees. If it doesn't have paperwork with the sellers name on it and some stable future contact info, don't buy it. The best guarantee in the world does you no good at all if he won't be around in three years to back it up.
Nobody can give me back the three years I put into the female for the wrong project, and my friend certainly can't afford to compensate me the value of a Sunglow litter, especially when I have Corals in my first Sunglow litter so my goose is cooked till next years breeding season. I saw a good deal and saved $150 dollars three years ago on my breeder stock and it cost me about $30,000. Suddenly the extra couple hundred and extra couple thousand dollars on some of the Boa breeders websites and Kingsnake adds seem very reasonable, lol. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
It was a picture perfect litter though, 11 poss het's and 9 Orange Tail Hypos poss het Albino, no slugs, stillborns or yolk sacs. I don't want anyone to think I don't appreciate a great litter of babies, there all set up in their own rack already, it's just not what I was breeding for. The great thing about breeding Boas is there's always next year and that just means more females will be ready.
Congrats to everyone that had even more amazing litters while I was away from the computer the past couple days and best of luck to everyone still waiting on them. This is the defintely the year of the Boa, very exciting stuff.
Thanks for reading................Brock
