While I for one would love to see the results. There is a huge risk factor involved. Many of the babies produced could have undistinguishable morph status w/out breeding trials to prove them out. While there are differences between the Kahl and Sharp strains. The line between them is not 100% clear. So if you had a pile of "albinos" from the cross, how would you say what they were?

From a marketing standpoint, Unless you were working both strains, would you want to purchase a baby that may be homozygous Kahl OR Sharp and possible het for the other? Even worse, normal 66% het Kahl and 66% het Sharp.

Now, if the double homozygous animal does have a unique look, then it would be very valuable and a new sought after morph but then again, how to reproduce without inbreeding if the offspring were not distinguishable. The only sure fire method would be crossing double homozygous parents to create 100% double homozygous babies. It would be difficult to create two unrelated (not inbred) adults for breeding and even if you did, then how to make additional generations without inbreeding?

Wow, the more I think of it, could make MANY (and I do mean MANY) babies that were questionable morph status which could only be proven by breeding.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
13.26 BRB
11.16 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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