Is this Dinker worth messing with?

They're all worth messing with. If you see something special in this snake, then you should persue it. The only way to find out if there is something special there is to breed it and work with it. If it doesn't prove out to be anything special, at least you got more baby snakes. And that's never a bad thing.

Looks like a very normal normal..lol
For all you know, it's het Sunset so breed away.

One breeder told me the most wise decision he made when starting out breeding was to buy 10 Normal females.

I would not let her go personally, but if she needs a home I will gladly take her off your hands and pair her with my 1.0 Banana this fall ;)

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Originally Posted by ChaosAffect

Two words: My wife. Getting her to let me get one was hard enough. Two was a battle. The three that came together (my Albino female, my het Albino male, and this girl) was WWIII... I don't think I'll be able to work towards my goal and keep what I have, unfortunately. I'm probably going to have to let the spider female and pastel male I've got go too so I can get a couple more Albino females. I'm not looking to breed to make money. I just want to produce a few albino morphs that I can't afford to buy and maybe defray the costs of this hobby a bit. I agree that it's not fair to pass her around, but it's even less fair to have her in a situation where she doesn't get that much attention, and I'm afraid that's what's going to happen.

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I get that... my father wasn't particularly a fan of snakes, at all, when I got my first one... but as I taught my dad about different snakes and I took him to reptile shows, and just got him used to the idea of keeping snakes... my one snake turned into 3, which turned into 4, then 5, then 6... and a few in between.... now he's the one more concerened about breeding them than myself! lol. We quiz eachother on BP morphs and how to get certain morphs and he grew more comfortable with snakes and my hobby.
With your wife, it may be more difficult to get her comfortable with your hobby.... but, if she's allowing you to keep your new snakes, then try breeding them with your original snakes, or whatever you choose, for a season... and see what they produce. If you don't like the results, rehome the snakes that didn't produce the results you liked. Who knows! That "normal" may have some Het-something in her!

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Originally Posted by valhalha30

I get that... my father wasn't particularly a fan of snakes, at all, when I got my first one... but as I taught my dad about different snakes and I took him to reptile shows, and just got him used to the idea of keeping snakes... my one snake turned into 3, which turned into 4, then 5, then 6... and a few in between.... now he's the one more concerened about breeding them than myself! lol. We quiz eachother on BP morphs and how to get certain morphs and he grew more comfortable with snakes and my hobby.
With your wife, it may be more difficult to get her comfortable with your hobby.... but, if she's allowing you to keep your new snakes, then try breeding them with your original snakes, or whatever you choose, for a season... and see what they produce. If you don't like the results, rehome the snakes that didn't produce the results you liked. Who knows! That "normal" may have some Het-something in her!

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Oh, she's getting there, and getting there a lot faster than I was expecting, too. She'll hold them, and is actually starting to show some affection, but at the same time she's not comfortable with us having a lot of them... yet.

You've right, though. I need to slow down and just enjoy this. I have a definite tendency to rush towards what I want, but I need to just show down and take care of what I have right now. Honestly, it's probably for the best anyways. If I make some maybe husbandry error with my current collection it won't be nearly as costly.

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It's great that your wife is warming up to your snakes! That's a big accomplishment :)
I agree with taking it slow, it's better to enjoy things at a slower pace than to rush and miss out on serendipitous moments that could easily be missed by a knee-jerk reaction :)

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Originally Posted by ChaosAffect

Two words: My wife. Getting her to let me get one was hard enough. Two was a battle. The three that came together (my Albino female, my het Albino male, and this girl) was WWIII... I don't think I'll be able to work towards my goal and keep what I have, unfortunately. I'm probably going to have to let the spider female and pastel male I've got go too so I can get a couple more Albino females. I'm not looking to breed to make money. I just want to produce a few albino morphs that I can't afford to buy and maybe defray the costs of this hobby a bit. I agree that it's not fair to pass her around, but it's even less fair to have her in a situation where she doesn't get that much attention, and I'm afraid that's what's going to happen.

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Is the female spider you have breeding size, or close to? I need more breeder size females in my program!

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Originally Posted by Snake Den

Is the female spider you have breeding size, or close to? I need more breeder size females in my program!

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She's still pretty tiny, 162g.