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Well, as I hinted to in richardhind1972's thread the other day, I kinda made a deal on something new... or more accurately, a pair of new somethings.

I was trying to wait, but I've seen these two for sale for months now and I talked the seller down to a price I was happy with. So the deal has been made and paid (don't tell the wife yet, lol).

The first one is a male 2018 red pastel sharp sunglow. The second is his sister, a red pastel hypo 100% het sharp.

Now the real struggle is waiting on the weather to warm up enough to have them shipped to me... :nuts: :nuts:
 

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I agree with the struggle. Worse is you not waiting for a solid date, but rather an unknown 'warm' weather date most likely. Nice boas by the way.
 
Beautiful snakes!! When are you going to spill the news to the wife?
 
Thanks, all. Yeah, the worst part of the wait really is the unknown length. I keep finding myself looking at the extended forecasts like they're going to magically change. Lol.

The one plus side to the wait does give me a bit more time to break the news to my wife that the plan to look for an img has changed (more just on hold for the moment, as I have a potential lead for one locally if/when he successfully breeds his male).

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Lucille said:
Beautiful snakes!! When are you going to spill the news to the wife?
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I'm easing her into it. Lol. She actually already brought up the idea of bringing something new home soon on her own yesterday on our way to dinner. But I'm pretty sure she was thinking an img or a nice female cali king to pair with one of her males.

She does enjoy our boas, but she's more interested in the darker localities and morphs than ones like this pair.

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Congrats Chase.[emoji481]

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Thanks. Pretty excited about this pair.

If the pair I have together right now proves out for at least blood (and hopefully type 2 anery), crossing in this bloodline should make for some stellar results!

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Just a quick update. The struggle is definitely ongoing... The weather was warm enough last week for a couple days, but we decided to wait and I'm glad we did. The blizzard in the Midwest caused quite a few shipping issues during that time frame (thankfully not many involving animals that I know of).

On another note, the wife does know now and is cool with it (as evidenced by the fact that I still appear to be alive and have all of my limbs... lol).

Now it's just a continuation of the waiting game... I don't think I've been so ready for real spring weather in my life!!!
 
FINALLY!! Picked these beauties up at the FedEx depot today.

As always seems to be the case, the pictures didn't do them justice. The Male is more purple/lavender than a good number of the purple-line sharps I see going for top dollar. The female is drenched in red and pink.

Here are a few shots of both that I took before I put them in their quarantine tubs. They dont do them justice either... I can't wait for them to settle in a bit and to have a nice warm but overcast day.
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richardhind1972 said:
Very nice indeed, great new pick ups. Can’t wait to see there progression pics


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Thanks Richard! Though I realized over the weekend that the seller shipped me the wrong female... the one I was supposed to get is even more colorful. I've already been in contact with him and he's making it right. Since I fed this one on Saturday (thawed an extra hopper and didn't want to waste it) we're waiting until early next week to make the exchange. I'll be posting about it in the boi once all is settled, especially if things continue to go this smoothly. Not enough people make posts about honest mistakes that get settled the right way, and I think that shows the character of those involved much more clearly than just a "smooth transaction" type post.

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wvaherp said:
Thanks Richard! Though I realized over the weekend that the seller shipped me the wrong female... the one I was supposed to get is even more colorful. I've already been in contact with him and he's making it right. Since I fed this one on Saturday (thawed an extra hopper and didn't want to waste it) we're waiting until early next week to make the exchange. I'll be posting about it in the boi once all is settled, especially if things continue to go this smoothly. Not enough people make posts about honest mistakes that get settled the right way, and I think that shows the character of those involved much more clearly than just a "smooth transaction" type post.

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That's good that it's being sorted, people are too quick to judge as you say , mistakes happen in life and as long as its amicable, there no worries, still stunning tho

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