My kids have been bringing home all kinds of critters from the backyard. My husband finds snakes in the yard and puts them in a jar to show the kids. All the time.
So then this Reptile Store opened a few miles from our house. There's this one kid there - must not have been more than 6 years old - that was holding a ball python. The snake was definitely "chill". Completely different from the racer snakes my husband brings home from the yard. And the snake was this pretty yellow - looked like candy. All the others next to her were muddy brown. So, I forked out lots of money that very moment to get the snake plus everything that comes with it.
So now my husband has a snake, and my kids are begging to have their own - I found a ball python on craigslist but it was a different color - a pretty brown. I went to look at the snake and he was "chill" too! So, I got him for my kids.
Found out about "morphs" a few months later when I got introduced to this site. As it so happens - our first snake was a pastel and our second snake was a spider and they just happen to be male and female. I just thought they looked cute. 2 years later we have bumblebees.
Now, I'm thinking, hey, breeding was kinda cool. Maybe I should try it again. LOL.
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