Being a ex dog breeder I would say it is more than possible. I have owned and handle snakes and taken care of snakes and some are calmer than others. But there can also be many factors invovled here. One past handling some others might be nerves and or eye site. Exp. I had a dog that was top line breeding that seemed good but I noticed she could not see real well on distance. My albino corn is much more touchy than my normal this could be her eyes or she is a female who can say. Nerveous temperment was a trait that I watched out for when breeding dogs for it was past on. But there again a mom that had that would aslo influance their pups. Now since snakes do not raise their young like dogs do it might not play such a heavy factor. But I am sure some can be past on if you have parents that are nervy at least somewhat. In any litter you will always get a range of temeperments. But one can improve on that by pick the breeding parents with calmer temperments. When i used to breed mice for my snakes the first ones feed to them were the mice that bite. Those that were calm and produce were not feed till they were done breeding. So again I think yes you can and it would be something to keep records on to see if it really did help with a breeding program.



Tamara

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