Went to the Taylor Mi Show today

I went to the Taylor Mi show this morning. My intention was to pick up a female Children's python to eventually pair up with my male. Well that fell through because the guy with the Children's Python's didn't make it to the show. So there I was with money that was burning a hole in my pocket at a reptile show. I decided that if I could find a really good deal on a really nice snake I would buy something. So I walked around and saw many nice snakes on different tables. Finally I saw a guy that had a fair number of ball pythons all packed individually in deli cups. All his snakes had price stickers on them (which were pretty good prices) except for about 8 or 9 '08 bright yellow pastels.I had not yet acquired a pastel. His pastels were markedly brighter yellow and cleaner than all the other pastels that I had seen around the show floor. I thought that perhaps he didn't have a price on them because he wanted high dollar for them. Well, it can't hurt to ask right? So I asked about the one that was both the largest and the brightest of his pastels. He responded that it was a female. He asked if I would like to see it. While I was looking at it he told me what price he was asking and it was no higher than what the other people were asking for pastel males. So I took her home with me. Now I have had a problem with posting pictures thus far (I'm not the sharpest microprocessor in the board), but 771subliminal kindly showed me how to do it a few weeks ago. So in the coming week I intend to take pictures of my morphs and try to post them. Did anybody else attend the Taylor Show? Did you buy anything?

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

I went to the Taylor Mi show this morning. My intention was to pick up a female Children's python to eventually pair up with my male. Well that fell through because the guy with the Children's Python's didn't make it to the show. So there I was with money that was burning a hole in my pocket at a reptile show. I decided that if I could find a really good deal on a really nice snake I would buy something. So I walked around and saw many nice snakes on different tables. Finally I saw a guy that had a fair number of ball pythons all packed individually in deli cups. All his snakes had price stickers on them (which were pretty good prices) except for about 8 or 9 '08 bright yellow pastels.I had not yet acquired a pastel. His pastels were markedly brighter yellow and cleaner than all the other pastels that I had seen around the show floor. I thought that perhaps he didn't have a price on them because he wanted high dollar for them. Well, it can't hurt to ask right? So I asked about the one that was both the largest and the brightest of his pastels. He responded that it was a female. He asked if I would like to see it. While I was looking at it he told me what price he was asking and it was no higher than what the other people were asking for pastel males. So I took her home with me. Now I have had a problem with posting pictures thus far (I'm not the sharpest microprocessor in the board), but 771subliminal kindly showed me how to do it a few weeks ago. So in the coming week I intend to take pictures of my morphs and try to post them. Did anybody else attend the Taylor Show? Did you buy anything?

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Man, of all things to happen, my Leer Jet broke down AGAIN, so I was unable to attend.

Cant wait to see the new girly!

Geesh Dale, if I can manage to figure out how to post a picture with my less than stellar computer skills AND my crappy decade old digital camera....well so can you! LOL

I want pictures of the new female pastel buddy boy! :taz:

Mike and I didn't make Taylor again this month. Maybe next month if the poop stops hitting in the fan everytime I turn around.

Congrats on the new girlie. Now get with the pictures! :)

I've really noticed a huge variance in pastels. On one end of the spectrum you have the real dirty ones that look like a high gold/yellow normal with barely a faded head, and then on the other end you have the ones that are blazing yellow, practicaly lemons, with the most fading and blushing ever. Really dependent on selective breeding I guess.

Is it weird that my favorite pastels are the really, really "dirty" ones? The ones that just look like a bright normal. I'd love to get one of those some day, and I'm not even kidding. :)

Not at all weird. Personal preference and what you like the best is all that really matters.

I would way rather have a mojave than a piebald. It has nothing to do with price. I just like the way mojaves look, and actually don't find piebalds appealing at all. Some might say that's weird, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

Yep. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I didn't care for piebalds at first either but now I like them a lot.

yeah i was there just for a little. had to pick up my rats from one of my rodent breeders i have been dealing with. theni took a quick walk around and talked with a few breeders i know there. but had to go bak to work, been working 18 hour day for the past 12 days in a row. you remember the name of the breeder.

I didn't make it this month either...next month perhaps?

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yeah i was there just for a little. had to pick up my rats from one of my rodent breeders i have been dealing with. theni took a quick walk around and talked with a few breeders i know there. but had to go bak to work, been working 18 hour day for the past 12 days in a row. you remember the name of the breeder.

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Greg,the guy that once had a store. He was the next table North of Pro Herps.