Here is a story of my week of bad decisions and nearly catastrophic ones. Recently I made the promise to wife that I would not get a new snakes for an entire year. Looking at the normal for sale outlets this was not an issue as all the prices for the snakes I wanted were out of my budget. Then I made the mistake of checking out an auction on Facebook. This particular auction has a member who has outbid me on a few snakes in the past. I saw a gorgeous coral glow male that he was going to win for much too cheap, so I did the reasonable thing and bid him up. I thought for sure there was no way this animal would go for this cheap so I went about my day. I forgot about the auction until much later that night. I went to check and what do you know my conniving made me break a promise to my wife. Damn auctions. Really it was no big deal as I really enjoy this gene and I got him for a great price.
That weekend was the local Repticon and I knew I shouldn’t go for fear of divorce, but my faith in my weak self-control prevailed. Generally the snakes at these shows are not interesting to me or overpriced. Well this time was different. A local guy had a gaggle of beautiful eastern indigo snakes, according to him his stock was purchased by Black Pearl to build theirs. He let me hold one of the larger ones he had left. Not bad for the first time seeing one of the snakes on my dream list for the first time. I passed the snake off and told him I wished they were in my price range. He thought for a second, looked at me and gave me a crazy deal on a juvenile with a hardly noticeable kink below the vent. I showed incredible self-control in the form of an abrupt good bye and nearly running out of the place.
I introduce Pretty Boy Floyd the male coral glow Python regius.
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