Just your everyday, average morph...?

[ladywhipple02]

I was the same with pinstripes! I really didn't care too much for them or their combos just based on pictures I had seen at the time. As far as I was concerned they were basically a spider with less bang to it. I'd still probably pick spiders over pinstripes if I could only work with one of them, but I've really come to appreciate the subtleties that pins have.

Chris, that pinner you sold me is just beautiful. He's such a rich color of brown, it's amazing. I liked him when I first saw his hatchling picture, but, in person, he grows on me every single time I open his tub. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to give him a home!

It probably doesn't hurt that both he and my spider girl have awesome attitudes. My spider girl is very curious, always coming right up out of the tub first thing I open it, and the pinner is much the same. I have others that do the same (my HRA is always wanting to check everything out)... I guess these two just hold a special place in my heart.

If I had the room, I would purchase more spiders and pinners! lol

[Serpent_Nirvana]

It probably doesn't hurt that both he and my spider girl have awesome attitudes. My spider girl is very curious, always coming right up out of the tub first thing I open it, and the pinner is much the same. I have others that do the same (my HRA is always wanting to check everything out)... I guess these two just hold a special place in my heart.

This is a bigger deal than I ever used to give it credit for (especially when I worked exclusively with bloods who wanted to eat my face on a routine basis ), but I've come to really highly appreciate the value of a snake with a good personality. My biggest female mojave, Dutchess, is probably my favorite of my BPs, and it isn't because she is the craziest/most expensive morph or even the greatest example of her morph (though she is quite lovely, she isn't all that reduced-pattern, which is what I go for in my morphs). It's because she has an excellent personality -- very alert and curious, as you describe your guys, but tame enough that I've used her for education quite a few times. (She also loves to eat, too )

[darkbloodwyvern]

XD I used to think Pastels were so disappointing because they "always" turned brown! But my sweet female pastel, is getting browner as she ages and I'm actually enjoying watching the color changes. She's keeping a pretty good color and has those cute little lemon 'seeds' on her side with black and brown. She's a big sweetie and eats more reliably than my garbage disposal. When the weather is brighter I'll have to take some updated pictures of her. She just ate three mice for me last night and I looked in this morning and she's in shed! Once again, such a great eater...

I also was afraid of spiders because of the wobbles, but now that I've had snakes for several years I've noticed that all my snakes get a little spazzy and jittery when they are hungry/hunting or stressed. So while it's still a spider issue, it's less scary to me and I'm buying a very nice looking male! I ALWAYS loved the pattern, just wasn't sure how I felt about wobbling.

[snakesRkewl]

Used to feel this way about the illusive yellowbelly

Me too, one of my first morphs and one that I've come to like as much as any other single co-dom.

[Valentine Pirate]

I LOVE mojaves, so when I got my mojo boy I decided to get a pastel girl with him to eventually get some super pastel mojaves after a few seasons. Started out as a means to an end, but Ember has been growing on me as she ages. Paid a little extra $$$ on her because the difference in a quality pastels was obvious in pictures, and her crazy blushing has just been getting brighter! She's definitely more nervous than my mojo boy, but she's a nice snake to have around my shoulders while I'm reading or studying