in my honest opinion, breeding a male boa to his half sister would:

not be enough to be considered 'inbreeding' to the point of deformities and other malaties.



be just enough to stick with the lineage (color/pattern/look) while still introducing new blood and keeping it fresh.



not be enough to prove out a certain gene or trait in an animal through extensive filial generations.





my only concern would be if these are albinos with KNOWN issues...

for instance, if one of their parents were a deformed albino (ie. missing eye), and these half related offspring ALBINOS were bred back to eachother, I think that would still give problems. I would stay away from that.



in just about any other case out there, you should be fine.







joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo

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• Are they related??? - harperman, Thu Jul 27 11:44:45 2006
• your short answer - bcijoe, Thu Jul 27 12:12:46 2006
• I disagree sorta : ) - slithering_serpents, Thu Jul 27 13:55:08 2006
• RE: I disagree sorta : ) - robertmcphee, Sat Jul 29 20:59:18 2006
• RE: Why do you consider...... - PastelDream, Sun Jul 30 08:41:46 2006
• RE: Why do you consider...... - robertmcphee, Sun Jul 30 21:27:46 2006
• RE: your short answer - harperman, Thu Jul 27 14:15:38 2006
• RE: your short answer - PastelDream, Thu Jul 27 17:11:04 2006
• nice twist! lol n/p - bcijoe, Fri Jul 28 10:29:41 2006