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    The (Drama FREE) Desert Thread. A different Perspective.

    After reading the Bush-League thread, (Yes all 20 pages) I think it would be good to offer a different perspective on the Desert subject:

    First, it's awesome to see a hobby form a community such as this one. It's amazing to me that people who are basically "competing" against one another, for business, are willing to help share information to help move the hobby in a better direction for the future. THAT IS COOL.

    Second, it's even more awesome to see those people share the information they have, and basically use the Scientific Method we all learned in grade school to form theories and test them. Where else are you going to see that? I haven't seen that before from any other type of hobby community, and we all share a unique thing.

    Third, I think everyone needs to take a step back and look at it this way: We are all dealing with GENETICS. They are not cut and dry. Just because one way works with one set of snakes, doesn't mean that's how it works with others. Just because the outside of the snake may vary, doesn't mean that they don't have other slight changes going on in their genes. I mean we all know about Spiders and the "wobble", Carmels and the "Kinks", and whatever other morphs may have problems.

    Genetics are very finicky and we should all know that. Just look at the odds when breeding two different morphs together. You don't always get what you expect, do you? What the breeders are doing would take thousands of years to happen in the wild, if at all. I'm grateful that we even have breeders who have the patience to help push this hobby forward even further. The fact that you have people who don't have degrees in advanced molecular biology, can figure out that maybe all that's needed to produce viable eggs is a temperature change is crazy awesome.

    My whole point of this thread, is that I'm all for finding out if Desert Females can lay viable clutches of eggs. However I don't think that "Stirring the Pot" is the right way to do it. Accusing big time breeders who have their name and reputation on the line, of selling to people knowing an animal won't breed is not only unfair to them, but also harming the community. This whole community is built on trust and honesty. There's a reason for the BOI forums, and that's to weed out the people who don't want to play be the unspoken rules and help this community grow.



    Take this thread how you want, but this community as a whole is simply put "AMAZING". Just my

    Also, please leave the drama out of this thread. If you are coming in here to start it, please think before you hit the "Reply" button. This is a post to thank everyone who is patient and who want to contribute to the community in a positive manner.
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