I am NOT saying this in specific to this instance of an albino popping up, just in general. Although there is a remote (very remote) possibility it applies here as well.





One HUGE problem lurking out there is animals that are not known to be het Kahl or Sharp and actually are. Could be from a pos het breeding to something else, A pos het to pos het breeding where one did not prove etc. etc. etc. And those babies NOT identified as possibly het. Just one of those animals bred into the wrong project could possibly throw a huge monkey wrench into things.



A hypothetical example....



Joe breeder is a responsible breeder acquires a Motley pos het Kahl and breeds it to a virgin female DH Sunglow he bought from a third breeder (unknown to him the DH female is actually a Hypo pos het that really is not a het, got mixed up somewhere along the line). So Joe breeds his Motley pos het Kahl to his "DH Sunglow" and of course no albino's pop out so he naturally assumes the Mot did not prove out.



Next year he breeds his Motley (actually het Kahl) to a Sharp Sunglow to make TH Motley Sunglows and DH Albino Motley (all Sharp line), Unkowingly making some of them het Kahls in the process. See where I'm going yet???



Each and every one of those DH and TH animals that got the Kahl gene is a ticking timebomb with two fuses.



First fuse is getting paired up with another animal also carrying a hidden Kahl gene. Since it's a known het Sharp, those albino babies would have to all be Sharp's right? WRONG.



Second fuse is half of the next generation will also be ticking timebombs.



With folks breeding sibs sometimes or father to daughter etc. It's even more likely.







Real world example, Brian Sharp bred a het Kahl to one of his albinos resulting in 17 normal babies. He told me they were all sold to the pet trade, I heard from someone else he kept the females. Either way, there are animals out there with both genes!!!
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Thanks,





Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com







0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)

0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):

36.51 BRB

29.42 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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