Personally, even if the male was to size and producing plugs, if I didn't feel comfortable with pairing it would be off the table and no amount of peer pressure would budge me. There's a local pet store that is really interested in having local bred BP in their store. They were really excited the last time I was there when they asked about my BP's weights and I told them Blackout was tipping 1400. Then they asked me when I expected eggs from her. I was confused for a moment until I realized they expected me to start pairing her since she's so close to the minimum safe weight. That's just not going to happen until fall, regardless of how much they want local bred snakes.