Well, the trade went great. Both parties went away happier than they were before, which is a great thing.
I do not think of the pastel males as garbage! If I did, I know a few on KS that would have paid me rock-bottom wholesale prices for them; that was not for me. Instead, I found a great couple who is starting out breeding BPs (A+J Exotics; they're near Buffalo, NY.) Traded my '07's and an '06 male for some cash and a big striped normal male. I know that at first I wanted a female, but this male just slithered into my heart, and if he never proves genetic I don't give a poop That is what it should all be about; the joy of snake keeping. I held back a female pastel and a female normal and definately feel that this breeding season benefitted me in more ways than one!