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rainbowsrus
at Fri Dec 8 19:47:47 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rainbowsrus ]
Hi Heather,
two points on albino X albino breedings:
First one you already touched upon, genetically close animals will have a higher probability of deformities. I've hear asd long as the albinos are relatively unrelated (all kahl albino's are related at least some) then albino X albino should be ok. You are already planning on getting animals that are outcrossed.
Second point is albino females are less efficient at thermoregulating and will need to be kept a few degrees warmer. Without pigmentation, they can't make themselves darker to absorb/retain heat better. Again, a fixable problem.
For your last question, there are two routes I can think of. Both of which would have to be dominant or co-dominant to pass on any trait.
1 - add a color morph - Salmon het albino X albino:
25% sunglow
25% albino
25% salmon het albino (DH sunglow)
25% normal het albino
If you bought a super salmon het albino (higher pricetag duh) then:
50% sunglow
50% DH sunglow
2 - add a pattern morph - (Motley or Arabesque) het albino X albino
same outcome as color morph.
Either way, the only way to produce only visual morphs would be to get a homzygous morph.
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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:
12.24 BRB
11.13 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
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RE: why is albino x albino not reccomended? - rainbowsrus, Fri Dec 8 19:47:47 2006