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lytlesnake
at Mon Aug 7 13:26:29 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lytlesnake ]
I'm planning to do a king/milk hybrid, and it will be my first time breeding colubrids, or any snake for that matter.
I've read it's best not to cross siblings whenever possible. So to produce the double hets for my project, I thought of starting with two pairs of parents. That way I'll have two sets of double hets from different parents to cross.
Let's say I'm crossing a Cal King to a Sinaloan, for example. If I buy a male and female Cal King from the same clutch, and a pair of Sinaloans from the same clutch, I'd have two pairs. My question is, since the respective male and female in each of the breeding pairs would be siblings, would it be pointless to have two pairs?
In other words, unless I start with 4 totally unrelated snakes, is it only necessary to have one pair of parents? And what about crossing double hets from the same parents, but different clutches? Are they still considered siblings?
It seems to me that people are crossing siblings all the time, but I could be wrong.
Thanks in advance for your help. Some of the hybrids that bluerosy, mesozoic and others have created are amazing. Hybrids seem more fun, as you never know what you'll get, and sometimes the results are stunning.
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 breeding question for the experts - lytlesnake, Mon Aug 7 13:26:29 2006
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