Not a BP but here's a story for you - in 2000, after being in the hobby for about 2 years, I decided I wanted to breed corn snakes. I bought a 1.4 group from someone online. Raised them up for about 3 years to find out all 5 were males. I bought 3 others during those years from someone reputable. I ended up keeping one female from that second group (still have her) and selling the rest. It was very disappointing but a good learning experience - Buy from reputable people and double check sexes when they arrive.
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