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    Which one would you keep?

    My pastel clutch (5 pastels, 2 normals) is all shed and half fed now, so I popped the two I was thinking about keeping - and if my popping is correct, it appears they are both girls. Yay!

    So if you were to pick one of these, since I could really use ONE (not two) pastel girl in my collection, which would you choose? I love the insane blushing & contrast on #1, but #2 has a slightly more "clean" and reduced pattern. Oh, and #1 has an extremely feisty temperament - tagged me twice the other day, and then got so mad she started tagging her hide. It was kind of adorable.

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    Re: Which one would you keep?

    I like #two

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    Not like you're going to get rich off a 0.1 Pastel hatchling, so I would hold both for 6 months and see who eats better and holds their color.

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    Re: Which one would you keep?

    Quote Originally Posted by coreydelong View Post
    Not like you're going to get rich off a 0.1 Pastel hatchling, so I would hold both for 6 months and see who eats better and holds their color.
    Sounds like wise words to me.

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    Re: Which one would you keep?

    Quote Originally Posted by coreydelong View Post
    Not like you're going to get rich off a 0.1 Pastel hatchling, so I would hold both for 6 months and see who eats better and holds their color.
    Another advantage to holding both for a few months is you will get to know eating habits. One may end up being a garbage disposal while the other is hit or miss. At six months one could be twice the size of the other depending on eating habits.
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    I like #2 as well

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    Re: Which one would you keep?

    Quote Originally Posted by coreydelong View Post
    Not like you're going to get rich off a 0.1 Pastel hatchling, so I would hold both for 6 months and see who eats better and holds their color.
    LOL... I wasn't planning to get rich off these babies, just bred them for my own enjoyment.

    But the problem is that I'm actually trying to REDUCE my collection, so I shouldn't even keep one let alone two. I'll consider what you & the others have said, though, and see if I can hold on to them for a little while. #1 took her first meal offering, btw, and I don't remember (without checking iHerp) if the other one did - I got 4/7 to eat on the first try.
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    0.1 Spotted Python, 1.1 Stimson's Pythons, 1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
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    I'd keep the one with the spot behind the head if everything else is equal
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    Which one would you keep?

    I vote you keep #1 for yourself, and mail me #2 Lol but I would def keep #2. Or do as others suggested and keep them for a bit and see how they grow.


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    Which one would you keep?

    I love #2. She's a keeper


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