why did YOU get a morph?

[mlededee]

i have the morphs that i do because:
1. i love the way they look
2. i could afford to buy or trade for them
3. i want to make more of them or use them to make something else

at this point, i can't justify buying a snake if i don't love the way it looks, even if i can use it to make something i do like. i guess the exception is hets--for example, i bought a male het pied so i could work on producing pieds--but i did still choose a snake who's looks i really liked.

[Sputnik]

I was in walmart one day and it just came to me.....

[Ginevive]

i have the morphs that i do because:
1. i love the way they look
2. i could afford to buy or trade for them
3. i want to make more of them or use them to make something else

at this point, i can't justify buying a snake if i don't love the way it looks, even if i can use it to make something i do like. i guess the exception is hets--for example, i bought a male het pied so i could work on producing pieds--but i did still choose a snake who's looks i really liked.

My thoughts exactly. I love many different morphs, but am not in a financial position to shell out for pieds, bees, etc. I am fond of Pastels, and I really love Spiders. Honestly I would probably not be into Pastels if they were not an ingredient to producing bees, which I am in love with. But I also love the way my Pas male looks; like others said, he was the snake I "had to have" and even when my racks are full of pieds and bees, he will still be here Unless I choose to include him in "trading up" dollar-wise for different morphs. This is the fun part of this hobby. Sure, you can produce, buy and sell morphs without ever doing a trade or even seeing your business partners in the flesh. But the fun part comes when you find someone on a local level (or who is willing to travel!) who you can enjoy the hobby with and strike up a trade; awesome stuff!
My Spider was a double bonus. He has awesome looks (in my humble opinion) was within my $ budget, and is one of "those" morphs that I love. Yay! But like Mlededee said, I could not keep a snake around whose looks and general being did not impress me. I have a normal-as-is striped male (see avatar) that might never prove to be genetic, but I love him as a snake.

[Emilio]

i have the morphs that i do because:
1. i love the way they look
2. i could afford to buy or trade for them
3. i want to make more of them or use them to make something else

at this point, i can't justify buying a snake if i don't love the way it looks, even if i can use it to make something i do like. i guess the exception is hets--for example, i bought a male het pied so i could work on producing pieds--but i did still choose a snake who's looks i really liked.

I have to agree with Emily on this one she pretty much summed up my feeling's. I'm looking forward to trading some bp's at the end of this season and acquiring morph's I don't have in my collection. I wanna make some bad arse ball's for me.

[broadude]

My thoughts exactly. I love many different morphs, but am not in a financial position to shell out for pieds, bees, etc. I am fond of Pastels, and I really love Spiders. Honestly I would probably not be into Pastels if they were not an ingredient to producing bees, which I am in love with. But I also love the way my Pas male looks; like others said, he was the snake I "had to have" and even when my racks are full of pieds and bees, he will still be here Unless I choose to include him in "trading up" dollar-wise for different morphs. This is the fun part of this hobby. Sure, you can produce, buy and sell morphs without ever doing a trade or even seeing your business partners in the flesh. But the fun part comes when you find someone on a local level (or who is willing to travel!) who you can enjoy the hobby with and strike up a trade; awesome stuff!
My Spider was a double bonus. He has awesome looks (in my humble opinion) was within my $ budget, and is one of "those" morphs that I love. Yay! But like Mlededee said, I could not keep a snake around whose looks and general being did not impress me. I have a normal-as-is striped male (see avatar) that might never prove to be genetic, but I love him as a snake.

Very good summing up! Totally agree.

[Bruce Whitehead]

When I first got bps, I actually didn't much care for the morphs... I know... seems odd now.

But the more snakes I looked at, the more I appreciated the variety. It became an extension of liking normals with lots of blushing, burgundy hues, or heavy etchings.

Then I saw a pied... then a LA Pied... then it was all downhill. I remember seeing snakes that absolutely took my breath away. Ebonies, Ivories... etc. Wanting them, but not being able to afford them.

Buying morphs was the first step to producing my own combinations. But admittedly I had to be pragmatic and start small. Buy the "ingredients" that would produce the morphs, and also fund the future acquisitions.

Yet at the same time, as another poster noted, I have two het ghosts that even after I produce the ghosts that I want (and variations thereof) I can't imagine will be going anywhere.

Bruce

But on another note. I love BCIs, and have plans of investing in a morph purely as a pet, with no intentions of breeding.