So my hatchlings are taking food regularly and will soon be heading to their new homes. While I think of rehoming my babies, it makes me think about the subadults and adults I also need to re-home. Either these animals don't fit into my breeding plans anymore, or I have other multi-gene animals that can replace them.

I am having a really hard time bringing myself to put these older animals up for sale since I raised them from hatchlings and purchased them with the intent to keep them. I have a very strong emotional attachment to some of my older males as they were some of the first animals I got when I started keeping ball pythons in 2008.

I know I am male heavy right now and I really should re-home some of my single gene males and a couple normal females.. I just can't bring myself to say goodbye to them!!!! How do you guys do it?? I'm feeling stressed out just thinking about it! Why do I feel so guilty??