I am a little offended.

[wolfy-hound]

IMO, yes you're being a baby.

If you post a picture, you're going to get opinions. Not all the opinions will agree it's the best snake ever. The comments didn't say "That's the ugliest axanthic ever!" It just said they thought it should be slightly different in their expectations.

It doesn't mean your snake is ugly, or that their opinion is correct, or that your snake isn't a spectacular example of a axanthic. If you like it, then why are you worried about what anyone else thinks? If you are that sensitive about one person not praising your snake to the nines, don't post any pictures.

I have a couple of the most awesome cinnamons ever. I've posted pics and had people say "Oh I prefer blah-blah instead of that type of cinny... Well I don't like that marking on a cinny..." and the like. It doesn't diminish my opinion of the snakes in the least.

Also, when you post a picture of a snake on a forum where it's breeders and keepers, you don't have that "rule of polite behavior" where if you 'can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all'. If you post a snake on somewhere like Facebook, then it's more likely that people will only post nice things(unless you have one of those morons who have to post "Kill it Ewww!"). But on a forum that deals with breeding, it's a bit more harsh, because people are considering it in the form of what traits it will pass on, not just "is it pretty and nice". So if someone really does think the color isn't Great!, they might post their opinion to balance all the "Awesome!" posts, because they do feel the color isn't what it could be(even if it's just a opinion).

Toughen up and enjoy those gorgeous snakes! You know it's a beautiful animal so have some confidence in your animals, if not in your own judgement! And post more pictures here!