Trades

Personally, I could never give up my first snake. But it's you who has to make the decision for yourself.

Any other people with first hand experience?

I'm not sure I'd give up my first BP *shrugs* But thats just me.


Depends on what you want.


I will say that mojo has some beautiful striping, what I would want in one. But I don't like the idea of trading. There will always be good looking mojo's out there but there's only one opera. And I wouldn't give her up.

Yea, I may just hope to find a mojave that is similar one day... Wyatt has been too great of a purchase to see go away I think...

Your first is always special to you, BP or not. My husband and I got out first BP as an adult, and while we loved her, she never felt "mine".

Eventually, she proved to be too much snake for us to handle, and I knew the right thing to do was to see to it that she was taken care of by someone who knew more than we did. She was miserable here, crabby all the time, she went off food, in our inexperience she had a sub-standard home that I'm sure did nothing to improve her mood.

After she left, I was content to be without for a while, but eventually I knew I wanted another. This time however we were prepared, we knew what they needed and how to provide it. I have never regretted giving up our first female, because we just didn't know enough to give her what she needed. I still miss her of course, but my new babies are my favorites, and are happy and healthy here.

That being said. You will always be attached to your male. However, keeping in mind this is a breeding size female Mojave which are hard to come by from what I have seen, if you can bear to part with him this is a good deal in my mind. Just ask yourself honestly, "Will I regret this later?" If you hesitate to say no, then don't do it.

Gale

Personally, I would never give up my first BP, but then again she was a pretty FEMALE normal.

In the other hand I cant really say anything, because I ended up losing her anyways. You never know what will happen in the future, so if this makes you happy now, I say go for it. Is not like you are gonna be losing out anyways.

The trade would be better for you than the breeder on a professional level. I agree with Heather, hard to imagine the breeder wanting to make that trade :confused: On a personal note...I have over 100 BP's and 2 of them are my first purchase...and the first snake I ever produced. Neither will ever go anywhere.

She may not have been my first snake, but she was a snake I was attached to. Then I decided that she no longer fit my current breeding plans and I could always just produce a female pastel from my male pastel. (she was a female pastel). I sold her to a "friend" who then didn't finish paying for her. (I figured this friend was good for it and let her take her home before finishing payment). Well not only do I regret letting her go before her payment was finished, but I regret selling her in the first place. I miss her like crazy. :(

If you are attached to your pastel and think you might regret it, then do not do it. Also, I would not personally trade a 4-500g mojave female that looks that nice for a male pastel + $100. (unless the male pastel was super nice, with really awesome color and lots of blushing, and he was close to or at breeding size.)

I wouldn't and my reasoning is it's breeding season , there will be plenty of snakes to choose from this summer , and you could have time to save up for one you really like and still keep your first. There will always be another pretty snake you want but only one first snake .....BUT on the other hand , if you aren't very attached or a sentimental sap like myself lol . then go for it.

Well from the looks of it u only have 1 BP and no real want to breed. B/c u need 2 to tango. haha
Wyatt seems more like a pet than anything else, do I don't see the need to just trade for another snake for the fun of it b/c the colors are better.
Is the trader good? YES
Is it worth it? IMO no
Personal experience, when I was younger my rents made me leave my Leo with the new buyers of the house when we moved "because it got to cold in NC for reptiles". Beyond my youngness and stupidity at that age I did what they said and left her. I bought more leos because I missed her sooo much over the years and no other leo will come close but I am making them try. haha If I had to do it over again I would have found a way to keep her.