My 2021 plan is to work on mastering my current collection, and not add anything else. Wish me luck because I see I’m not the only one geeking out over blood pythons lately, Maybe I’ll grab one in 2022 
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Hoping to get a pied pair for future breeding 
That would make my year
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Not many new plans for 2021 for myself.
Hopefully my Super LBB will be ready by the end of the year and I can pair her with my Pied boy.
I’m not planning to add any other snakes to my collection, but we all know how that goes.
I am however going to add 3 more Animal Plastics enclosures for my SD/D Retics, and hopefully have those by the end of the year( shipping from that company drives me insane but they are my go to enclosure).
Pretty much just going to work with my Retics as much as possible and hopefully have them puppy dog tame for educational events in 2022. They are all docile as heck right now but I need them to grow a bit before I can have children handle them.
Still working on my species care and husbandry book, very slow and steady process. I don’t see that being done for a few more years but still a work in progress.
During your research if there are things you still question but can’t find answers to, shoot me a DM. I’d be happy to help you answer whatever I can. Retics are amazing and I’ll always help with them for anyone who is interested. We need as many people keeping Retics as possible, I believe in the next 5 years Super Dwarfs and Dwarfs will become a staple in collections as many discover how wonderful they are to keep and work with.
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Awesome. I appreciate that! I will definitely be asking questions. Ive always been interested in retics. They are absolutely beautiful animals. Never just wanted to hop into a large snake that I would have to learn about on the fly. But, the Dwarf/super dwarf size, I’m hoping is the door into being familiar with them.
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@cn_wrngsdreptls A full grown super dwarf female can be a hand full at times. I personally don’t think I would want anything bigger!
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Since I haven’t heard a reply back on what an x-monitor is, I will go ahead and post a link to this thread so you can understand the risk of free-roaming reptiles that need high temps. (Since I don’t know of any monitors that don’t need high temps).
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But this you mean what?
Oops…that means other people probably noticed 
I would love to read the knowledge that is within, someday. Writing anything can be a hard task, but it is apparent that you have the drive and will to hold out, and that is from your love of this amazing species.
PS I think I hear “Author of the Year” badge possibly 
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Your odds seem to be pretty good. I really like the look of Amels.
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OMG I love pieds, definitely in my humble opinion they are the best single recessive all the way.
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I’m looking forward to my first clutches, continuing to grow my ASF colonies, and I realllly want one or a pair of Black Milksnakes (l.t. gaigeae) but they are tough to come by it seems. Of course when I have the funds, they sold out on MM 
Everybody’s plans sound so exciting!! Here’s to looking forward, not back!!
Edit: Although I do love milkshakes, they are much easier to find and I don’t think they are a subcategory on MM… YET
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Mmm, milkshakes! JK, I read typo. Love, love, love all milksnakes!
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for 2021 I would like to get a trio of red bellies (storeria sp.) or a trio of ringneck snake (Diadophis sp) but I can’t find no one here in EU that has them. If you know someone Dm me!
I very much appreciate the kind words Riley.
But I’ve been working on it for approximately 5 years already, and I don’t see it being done anytime soon, I’m way way to critical lol.
Hopefully before I die it will be complete 
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hahahahaha I DID typo!! That’s what I get for getting on my phone right after I wake up and before coffee!!
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I went from 2 in 2019 up to 10 snakes in 2020!
I want to make sure that we’re excellent at taking care of 10 before we potentially double that number in a couple of years. By the end of 2021 I want taking care of 10 snakes to feel the same as taking care of 2.
OMG blood pythons!!!
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I just made my first purchase from MorphMarket for a grown male lesser to breed to my 4.5 lb female Mojave to make some BELs and other Mojave ‘s. I’m excited to pick him up this week!
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My 2021 goals are:
Not keeping all of my 2020 hatchling Bp’s from my first year breeding…you all got me addicted, now I wanna cry when someone wants to purchase my hatchlings😜
Secondly is breeding my first Clowns and Pieds…sooooo super excited.
Good luck to everyone with their plans for 2021!!!
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@saleengrinch size of any retic female. Even Dwarf/super Dwarf. Has always been the main concern of mine. I learned the hard way about this hobby. My first snake ever, was a female albino Burmese over 20 years ago. This was as a young teenager without the internet or knowledge of what I was getting into. Parents weren’t reptile fans and no one I knew even had reptiles as pets. But the dude at the pet store said, “this is a great starter snake.”
So my plan is to keep my females 100% or as close to as I can with the males sitting at the lower %. Honestly I’m not sure how it will go, but I’m in a place to try now. It will also come down to space. 5000sq ft is a lot better starting point than a 12’x12’ bedroom. A couple friends of mine keep them as pets also, so I’m not 100% alone on this.
I definitely will be sticking with 1.1 for a good while on these guys.
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Congrats! A lovely hobby to start. And a terrifying addiction at times.