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Admittedly a more nerdy thing than what most of this server is familiar with, but today the 4th installment of my favorite video game series (which Hocotate got his name from, as that is the name of a planet in it) was announced after a 10 year hiatus and I showed him the news.
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I often wonder how people come up with their creative pet names (also forum names)-
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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I love their checkerboard "abs" too.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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So, bad news... After lengthy discussion with someone knowledgeable about corn morphs, I found out Hoco is in fact just anery, no red factor/"coral" (which is apparently a catch all term that can mean several genes). The pinks would've been far more vibrant like this if he actually had the gene and the only reason he has pink at all is due to males being more vibrant and potentially having pinks even when anery.
So not only did I not get the morph that I thought I was going to get, but I got grossly overcharged for a gene he doesn't even have. I don't want to just rehome him and try to get the "right one" since it's not his fault and I'd feel awful for getting rid of him for such a superficial reason and I'd feel crushed since I already rehomed a corn snake in the past and still deeply regret that choice to this day, but I'd be lying if I said I still wasn't incredibly disappointed and frustrated...
Last edited by Snagrio; 10-03-2022 at 02:37 PM.
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Re: Hocotate (Hoco) - Coral Anery Corn Snake Progression
Originally Posted by Snagrio
So not only did I not get the morph that I thought I was going to get, but I got grossly overcharged for a gene he doesn't even have. I don't want to just rehome him and try to get the "right one" since it's not his fault and I'd feel awful for getting rid of him for such a superficial reason and I'd feel crushed since I already rehomed a corn snake in the past and still deeply regret that choice to this day, but I'd be lying if I said I still wasn't incredibly disappointed and frustrated...
There is nothing wrong with being angry about being cheated.
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Good job, putting the most important things first- but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that things improve & she's still waiting for you anyway. Always good to practice will-power, rather than impulse buys you're not quite ready for.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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Re: Hocotate (Hoco) - Anery Corn Snake Progression
Originally Posted by Snagrio
I also exercised my greatest feat of willpower in a very long time today. Was at the monthly local today and there was a vendor with a red factor hypo with much richer pinks and was either a European import or from a European bloodline (forget what the guy said exactly). It was also a female and only a month younger than my male so the opportunity was there if I ever wanted to try breeding.ood position especially when I need to work towards enclosure upgrades for the snakes I already have so I needed to go with the wiser choice, as much as it hurt to leave her.
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If I go next month though, she happens to still be there and my situation has improved by then, she's mine.
If impulse buying is unwise, impulse breeding is worse. Let your heart motivate you, but your head should guide you.
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Re: Hocotate (Hoco) - Anery Corn Snake Progression
Originally Posted by Homebody
If impulse buying is unwise, impulse breeding is worse. Let your heart motivate you, but your head should guide you.
Granted, what I meant was "I'd have two compatible snakes that would be capable of breeding if there was ever a point in time where I wanted and was capable of attempting it" and not "I wanted to get this with the explicit intention of breeding." But you are right either way.
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