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Extra nice pastel, with an interesting head

I was told once that I'm not picky, I'm discerning.
When it comes to selecting potential breeders, or even a display animal, picky is the way to be; and there are too many out there that aren't picky enough. Though, as mentioned in another recent thread, aesthetics vary - we don't all like the same thing, which is good. If there weren't people that liked spotted up, busy patterned snakes - or people that aren't picky - nobody would buy the babies that I most want gone, and I'd be stuck with them. That would lead to overwhelming depression over having so many ugly snakes despite being so picky.

Spots, dots, whatever...they both ugly up my snakes, and I don't like either of them.


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gorgeous!
never been a fan of those subtle morphs (yb, fire) but they do yield beautiful combos.
Hope you share some post shed pics
 
I'm still going to do the Clutch 5 thread, once they're all out of their eggs...but I'm sure there will be more pics coming off that first girl - just let me know if I overdo it.
 
hhmoore said:
I was told once that I'm not picky, I'm discerning.
When it comes to selecting potential breeders, or even a display animal, picky is the way to be; and there are too many out there that aren't picky enough. Though, as mentioned in another recent thread, aesthetics vary - we don't all like the same thing, which is good. If there weren't people that liked spotted up, busy patterned snakes - or people that aren't picky - nobody would buy the babies that I most want gone, and I'd be stuck with them. That would lead to overwhelming depression over having so many ugly snakes despite being so picky.

Spots, dots, whatever...they both ugly up my snakes, and I don't like either of them.


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I'm with you on that.

My wife and I must have looked at 200 spiders before finding the right one. Same with our superpastel. It's kind of like picking a fine wines... find something you like with superb notes... then create your own blends!
Never found an bee I was totally in love with so I decided to make my own.

I spent 50% more than I had to on most of my animals but the time and money spent in finding the best looking snakes should pay off when we hatch out our combos.

Great looking snakes Harald, your discerning tastes in snakes have paid off.
 
Don't expect them all to be prizes, even if you're starting with the best of the best. I'm happy if I get 1 or 2 babies/year that really thrill me.
You're relatively new here, so you probably aren't familiar with "keeperbee". She was the first bumblebee I produced; and one of the best I've seen.
First look - 7/09:
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at around 1100g
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and with a fairly nice looking bee (to show the difference between a keeper bee and a regular bee)
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She got her color from her father - who I sold before she hatched, because I hated his busy pattern. I haven't produced a bee of that quality since.
Her colors stayed that vivid until she laid her first (and only) clutch in 2012. She has muddied up a little along the spine, but she's still very nice for a 5 yr old bee. I'll have to take pics of her again one of these days.
 
And, yes, the ugly spots on her bother me to this day....but she's just so darn nice I kept her anyway.
 
Thanks for the comparison, that is a bee to be proud of. I don't really like bees too much because of how muddy they look, but when you get comparison pics and see what a higher quality looks like, it helps when your actually looking around for one. I honestly didn't know they can get that yellow at that age simply because you don't see that
 
hhmoore said:
Don't expect them all to be prizes, even if you're starting with the best of the best. I'm happy if I get 1 or 2 babies/year that really thrill me.
You're relatively new here, so you probably aren't familiar with "keeperbee".
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I understand.
the male superpastel is nice and yellow with a busy pattern (i have no pics at the moment)
The female looks like this:
 

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