For the record... palpating the female that was courted prior to arrival here dictates that she is gravid. The female that recently locked up is obviously not showing yet... but it was such a good strong lock... with a nice plug that i am fairly confident that two clutches will be produced this year. No further interest from either male is a good sign. I am honestly hoping for smaller clutches, larger babies... and will hold back the majority, if not all of the babies. When they come out, I will know nothing of which ones are going to be standouts when they grow up. The only way to pick the standouts, will be to hang on to everyone. There are a few different "looks" to this morph... one is white and black, another is BLUE as a puget... in fact, looks so much like a puget I worry they will be labeled as such by amateurs, and my personal favorite, the female that recently locked up has an ever-so-faint hinting of color under the green glow... stunning. Jaw dropping... effortless beauty. As we all know... concinnus come out looking ridiculously dull compared to what they will become. The interest in anery's at hamburg at my table was overwhelming when I had them on display. I am not going to count my chickens before they hatch... but I have a feeling that I am not going to have any trouble selling any offspring that I may decide to part with... but if I get small enough clutches... I am holding them all back, as I won't be able to tell which babies are going to be BLUE, which will be WHITE, and which will be that "if you squint your eyes you can almost see some pink". I am not going to make the mistake of selling off so many offspring that these snakes become a dime a dozen in three year's time... oh no way... these snakes are too special for that! And I am not talking monetary value... I just mean that to me, they are special in a way I can't explain. And if it were not for Richard wanting to "pass the torch"... I would not have had the opportunity. Richard has made it clear, at least to me, that he does not intend to collect and sell the animals for a profit, and does not intend to send them every which way... because he knows very well that THAT alone will destroy any set "market value" (something I don't believe in anyway, as everyone has the right to sell at the price they want to.... but that's a whole 'nother argument)

Heck, I don't even SELL the majority of my babies. I trade them.

Totally (sort of off topic) on the "people skills" We all have our virtues and our faults... not everyone can be a people person... but there is maybe only one person that uses this forum that knows ME well enough to know that I myself...and this will surprise many... am NOT a people person. And that my people "skills" while good, are learned from managing in retail... they are rather superficial... merely a cordiality (I think that''s a word? haha) Long story short... I am secretly evil and slightly antisocial.... lol!!! When it gets down to it... I can't stand people in general, I generally find my own species to be going so far down the tubes that it's practically not worth having "people skills" anymore. I do everything in my power to avoid people in large doses because I am ashamed to be a member of the same species as most.