Breeding Standards

[embrit345]

What do you think makes a quality animal? Why do you care so much about what the rest of us think are quality animals? Who are you to say that those animals you're talking so much smack about aren't someone else's dream animal? How much do you need to understand about a morph in order to see its beauty? What happens to those animals that don't meet the standard?

Here's my definition: A quality animal is one that makes you stop and smile every single time you see it - even when the rank poo-casso art it just smeared across its enclosure rivals the beauty of the living art smiling back at you.

Honestly, if someone doesn't inherently see the beauty of the animals in this hobby for themselves, I'd be questioning what they're doing in the hobby in the first place - it's not like ball pythons make great companions.

Exactly this!

I like my spiders with high white sides, I like my pied with medium ish white, I like my albino with minimal white.

If this "standard" says that a spider should only have a small portion of white sling it's lateral line, pied should only be 50% white and albino should be defined well between the yellow and white then does that make my snakes less valuable than yours?

See to me, my snakes are the ones that I have looked at and said wow I adore this part of her pattern or I adore the lack of white on my albino. My snakes are irreplaceable and priceless and, in my eyes, the best examples of what I find beautiful.

It's not someone else's place or right to tell me that what I find beautiful if above or below par compared to anyone else's snakes xx


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