letting go of bp's

i just sold my male spider because since i got my bee my spider just didn't fit in my breeding plans. it was sad to let him go kind of feel like a betrayed him. im sure his new owners will take good care of him they looked like nice people and they deffinitely knew their stuff when it came to bp's so i think he went to a good place.

does anyone ever feel bad letting go of a bp that is no longer in their breeding plans?

Absolutely! I don't like getting rid of ones I've had for a while. I feel guilty but making room for other things is always nice. It's always so much easier when selling babies.


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I'm kind of in the same position. I have a male mojave and and male cinnamon that I don't have any breeding plans for and most likely will never. I got both of them for free and are nice pets but I'm considering getting rid of them. I could use whatever money I got off of them for a few projects I want to get in on... I just kind of feel bad and I know my girlfriend would be extremely sad as those two are her favorites.

good to know more people feel the same. it makes me feel less sad/guilty. it got worse when they started telling me how very well taken care of he was but then again i felt good because i was doing good taking care of him.

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Originally Posted by JaGv

i just sold my male spider because since i got my bee my spider just didn't fit in my breeding plans. it was sad to let him go kind of feel like a betrayed him. im sure his new owners will take good care of him they looked like nice people and they deffinitely knew their stuff when it came to bp's so i think he went to a good place.

does anyone ever feel bad letting go of a bp that is no longer in their breeding plans?

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The very first snake I sold was a male pastel.
I had a little too many males than I wanted at the time and made the decision to re-home him.
I sold him to a nice woman who has a female pastel. I imagine she's going to breed him in the future and I'm happy to know that he went to a home where he can be of use. I was sad to let him go, but I think it was for the best in the end.



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i'll probably go visit him since the people invited me over to check out their snakes

I have felt bad about finding new homes for some of my BPs. I get a guilty conscience because I know it's just to make room for the next one. They don't know they are different and not as valuable! Wow, that really makes me feel bad! But I have a few that were given to me because people know I will give them a good home, or a couple others that were literally rescues that were brought back to health. Those ones will always be with me!

I know ill feel a little bad. But i just remind myself that they dont really care where they live as long as theyre taken care of. Plus im sure when the time comes to replace my breeder males (if i produce/get 2 gene males) i could probably convince my brother to get his own rack going haha. He loves the snakes but not enough where he'd wanna breed them so a 4 tub RBI sweaterbox rack with my breeder males i cant get rid of would be perfect for him haha. Actually now that i think about it he'll probably have more of a problem with it than me bc my cinny male Chumlee is one of his favorites.

The way I look at it ... I have breeding plans, But If i get an extremely nice male, I will hold him back and keep him.. It's like my Normal, I wouldn't pass him off for anything. And when I'm done with my Lesser The time I put into him makes him a keeper IMO

But I guess with the counts some of you guys have its hard to hang on to all of them LOL

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Originally Posted by ExotixTowing

The way I look at it ... I have breeding plans, But If i get an extremely nice male, I will hold him back and keep him.. It's like my Normal, I wouldn't pass him off for anything. And when I'm done with my Lesser The time I put into him makes him a keeper IMO

But I guess with the counts some of you guys have its hard to hang on to all of them LOL

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Yea same. I think my normal is a female but if she turns out to be a he then i wouldnt give him up for anything. He was my first snake and i wuv him too much :)

i would of liked to keep my spider but with my bday coming up im planning on adding a pair of black pastels 66% het albinos so i needed space in my rack to house them after QT

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Yea same. I think my normal is a female but if she turns out to be a he then i wouldnt give him up for anything. He was my first snake and i wuv him too much :)

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same here with my normal female she was the 1st snake i got and she will be kept till one of us gets too old

I don't know that we will ever get rid of any of our originals. We have our first bp, who is a normal male, he will never breed, and he will never leave. We also have not so great, not so nice pastel female who will also probably be here forever too. Honestly, I would love to open up her tub for room for something nicer, but she will be here forever too. I suppose at some point once we start breeding I may have to rotate.......Naw, I'll just wind up with more snakes.....:D

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I feel that...more than you know. Back in 09 I had 9 BPs - a 1.1 pair of het albinos, 1.2 normals (one my first ever BP, another a rescue, and the third a very pretty reduced pattern fella), 1.1 pastels, 0.1 spider, and 1.0 albino. All but the normals and my male pastel SunSpot I had for breeding. Then the economy crashed and my partner lost his job.

To have enough money to live while we searched for work, I had to sell the hets and normals (along with a corn and MBK). It was quite hard...but selling Nagini, my first ever BP, was hardest. She got a great home with a breeder who loved her blushing and high white sides, but I cried all day.
I took the other 4 BPs and 4 corns (in tubs on my lap) from Denver to Seattle... but continued tough times for us led to the forced selling of all but the two I have now. I still tear up thinking about my spider girl.

But no matter what happens, and we're in a tough spot again right now, I will never rehome SunSpot (my beloved rescue pastel) or Freya the snow corn, as she is my partner's snake and they are quite attached to each other. :D If we lose our apartment due to the troubles now, I will find someone to care for the snakes, BTS and my rabbit until we get it together. I will not lose these guys.

It's always hard saying goodbye, for whatever reason, to animals you've become attached to. But knowing that at least helps us prepare for breeding by making sure we know not to become attached to the babies! :)