Quote Originally Posted by jinx667 View Post
I am by no means discouraging asking about things. I am talking about further down the line when you are selecting your actual breeding stock. And you make the very good point of discretion. You should basically have most of it worked out already and are asking for some final "Yay/Nay" clarification.

It is easier to just plop up a snake and ask everyone's opinion than it is to do the research and look to what YOU want. So, that is what a lot of new folks will do.

This is also my first year breeding (but not my first keeping). For every hour I have been on here asking questions, I have spent at least twice that reading, researching, speaking to people directly etc... And I am still by no means an expert on anything.

In the end, the main point of my rant is: If you want to be a top notch breeder (nothing to with the number of animals or the newness of your morphs) you need to be selective in your breeding stock. We cannot stop OTHER folks from pairing every snake they can get in the same room, but WE can strive to make things better and to advance breeding projects.
You're right, it is a lot easier to simply post a pic and get the pros' input... and lazier Unfortunately, even as new as I am, I see A LOT of low-quality flooding in the BP market and people wonder why it seems like the market is in decline. I think (and hope) that it's temporary and will just weed out those who are simply in it for $$ with no regard to their snakes or quality. It's because unfortunately there are more 'puppymill breeders' (I use the term as an example) than there are true quality breeders. It's a shame. Perhaps we need to adopt the 'pet quality vs breeder quality' notion like dog breeders do.

I hear ya... I have spent beyond countless hours infinity (lol) researching, to the point of my brain and eyes hurting, and my husband asking me 'if I'm going to get off the computer this week at all'. ...and I STILL know 'nothing'.... lol

^^^^ that in bold.... YES!