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What do all you high end morph breeders do with your retired breeders?
Do you put them out to pasture?
I hear alot of people say that there breeders are also pets, you dont get rid of them do you?

Example: Say you have a beautiful Piebald, and he/she no longer breeds. Do you remove that snake from the rack setup, and maybe but him/her on display in a nice comfy enclosure in your living room, for everyone to enjoy.

I hope to one day have a bunch of beautiful morphs setup in nice enclosures throughout the house (kinda like art)

Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Ken
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0.5 Normal Ball Pythons (Norma, Nova, Nala, Nimeesha, Nyoka)
1.1 Argentine B/W Tegus (Draco and Drucilla)
0.1 Columbian B/W Tegu (Diablo)
1.0 Black Throat Monitor (Razor)
1.0 Desert Tortoise (Tubbs) from Tortoise Rescue
1.0 Boxer (Shadow)
0.1 Feline (CK)
1.0 Memory of my Redtail Boa (Mo) which passed away after 28 years

There was a simaler question a few days ago about who has the oldest morph snakes and why dont you see old morphs... the answer is the same I feel. They have not been around long enough to see many old ones. The oldest piebalds you will see in general collections will be 5 to 7 years old. Thats hardly old enough to be retired. Would any one retire a piebald? Well perhaps if they had formed some kind defect/problem from breeding. Why would you "retire" a snake that when bred to a normal produces $1500 females? You wouldnt. Give it a year off maybe. If you have that old of a piebald you paid your left arm for it! If anything gets retired it might be older het males... breeders tend to have too many, and they often get replaced by the homo offspring.

Ben Linville

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Mike Brooks
TNS Reptiles
Long Island, NY
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Reptiles are can breed their entire lives, unlike mammals. Their clutches may get smaller with age, but a old female ball is still able to produce eggs, even her last year of life.
I know I will spell this word wrong, but herptiles do not go thru gentics? jerry-atic-tics??