I wasn’t saying it had anything to do with pastels. I said the sharp strain in general. I would say there is some kind interest in the sharp strain. Most breeders don’t even have to post them on kingsnake. And the ones that do seem to sell out pretty fast. Of course people take into consideration the way the animal looks. I don’t think you can say there is a lack luster interest in them just because you haven’t sold your pair. There are kahl albinos, sunglows, and DH sunglows that have been in the classifieds longer then your pair. But I would still say people have a huge interest in them. I can absolutely admit there has been selective breeding with the sharps. Never said there wasn’t. All I was saying is the kahl strain has had more time for this selective breeding to be done. I don’t think you can say for sure that Pete didn’t use hand picked animals to breed into his line. This is what he says “For the past ten years we have been selectively breeding the albino boas to produce the most diverse group of albino color/pattern variations, second to none.” As far as, “selective breeding has added color not a specific gene.” I am not so sure about that. Just look at the original sharp female. She had tons of color as an adult. I have never heard that Brian Sharp used a pastelish looking boa to start his line. Some morphs lose color, some gain color, and some change color. Of course with refined breeding this can be changed, but isn’t it possible this is just the way the sharp gene works? It would take breeding them to a colorless normal or maybe breeding a kahl and a sharp together and then breed the offspring back to each other to prove this. What are the tons of advantages with the kahls? I would think there would be advantages with both, not just the kahl’s.
Michael Burton

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