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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• why is albino x albino not reccomended? - RoswellBoa, Fri Dec 8 17:18:36 2006
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