Just sitting here enjoying the first sun this week in northern Michigan, sipping a coffee and as always enjoying the threads here and this thought came to me.

How very wonderful it is this community of snake folks, from the newest of new like Mike and I who haven't even got our first BP yet, to the most experienced of you. All sharing information, hopes for the future, disappointments, worries, joys....I do find it truely amazing and actually surprising at some level.

To make an anology. I've owned pure bred dogs in my past. I found some of the breeders, in fact most of them to be nowhere near this open with their trade "secrets". In fact, more of "get this purebred spayed or neutered or I won't sell it to you". Almost as if worried I would somehow compete with them one day. Much more protective of their turf, so to say and very almost snobby about certain blood lines.

So me being me it set me to thinking about the different dynamics. Any thoughts on this? Why does this hobby/business of snake breeding seem to "breed" such openness and sharing? Such an obvious joy at a snake hatching that a simple normal ball python born in someone's back bedroom and worth maybe $100.00 is greeted with as many congratulations as one of NERD's most stunning babies?

Well whatever the reasons are, it just got me thinking....one of my many HMMMMMM moments.

Have a lovely spring day all.

~~Joanna~~