>>Not all kinks and fertility is from inbreeding but YES if you continue to breed siblings and their offsprings and their offsprings without some variation then YES I would say that you will get defects. Bill Loves Blood Reds were famous for having all sorts of inbreeding problems. Today they have been outbred to the point that they are very healthy and very strong genetically.
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I bred one line of thayeri for 3 generations with no ill effects.....Shannon Brown has bred his Tapalpa Ruthveni for 4 generations with no ill effects.......I have a pair of F4 Tapalpa Ruthveni from Shannon and will try and produce F5s next year or 2012.......When should we start seeing defects??????

In the wild......Just an opinion.....
A single outcropping of rocks can house a number of....let's say....Rosy Boas.......
I bet each and every Rosy Boa in that outcropping is related some way.....inbred forEVER.......

I've seen infertility problems with amel Ruthveni.....But nothing else I have worked with......I don't think kinks have any thing to do with in breeding at all.....
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
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