I'm sure egg thickness has something to do with temp absorbtion, which in FL is much more likely than a DOMINANT kink gene~~. Egg thickness has to do with calcium availability, I know many breeders suppliment calcium during ovulation to account for this. Individual variation aside, I'm sure some form of birth defects including a few kinked babies are related. Look at Boas though, inbreeding is more likely to produce 1 eyed snakes than kinks. Something you dont see often in colubrids. Bottom line, as much as we rail against inbreeding its very rare to have birth defects in colubrids. And thats inbreeding, I'd say its almost impossible for a wc x wc/cb pairing to produce dominant birth defects. IMHO. It has everything to do with your temperatures.

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• Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 17:32:47 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - fliptop, Tue Jul 6 18:00:42 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 18:28:04 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - Bluerosy, Tue Jul 6 18:44:43 2010
• It's just with this snake - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 18:52:31 2010
• A quote from Bill Love. - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:34:48 2010
• RE: A quote from Bill Love. - Jlassiter, Tue Jul 6 19:37:55 2010
• I know - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:45:05 2010
• EXACTLY WHAT I SAID! - DMong, Tue Jul 6 19:58:55 2010
• Yup almost word for word. n/p - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 20:02:37 2010
• RE: It's just with this snake - DMong, Tue Jul 6 19:55:06 2010
• I think that's the time 9:47 - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:58:44 2010
• Yeah it's time. n/p - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:59:38 2010
• LMAO!! - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:09:15 2010
• That's hilarious! - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 20:13:06 2010
• RE: That's hilarious! - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:17:26 2010
• wrong! - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:03:52 2010
• I went and physically checked - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 20:08:41 2010
• O.K. let's.... - CrimsonKing, Tue Jul 6 20:12:39 2010
• That's a good thought - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 20:15:23 2010
• RE: That's a good thought - CrimsonKing, Tue Jul 6 20:24:04 2010
• RE: That's a good thought - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:44:06 2010
• RE: That's a good thought - Bluerosy, Tue Jul 6 23:42:44 2010
• RE: That's a good thought - DMong, Wed Jul 7 00:41:55 2010
• How many..... - a153fish, Wed Jul 7 09:18:03 2010
• RE: How many..... - DMong, Wed Jul 7 11:24:40 2010
• Just from memory - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 22:13:52 2010
• Thats his Anal thermometer! NP - Jeff Schofield, Wed Jul 7 11:41:56 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - jeff schofield, Tue Jul 6 18:49:47 2010
• Not temps - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:14:10 2010
• RE: Not temps - Bluerosy, Tue Jul 6 19:24:37 2010
• All eat mice? - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:37:22 2010
• RE: All eat mice? - DMong, Tue Jul 6 21:07:42 2010
• This Year - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 22:20:05 2010
• RE: This Year - DMong, Tue Jul 6 23:20:13 2010
• Yeah Your right. - a153fish, Wed Jul 7 09:15:41 2010
• RE: Yeah Your right. - DMong, Wed Jul 7 11:31:09 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - DMong, Tue Jul 6 19:47:42 2010
• That was my other posts question. - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:54:01 2010
• Oh about temps - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:55:55 2010
• RE: Oh about temps - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:29:22 2010
• RE: Oh about temps - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 21:09:20 2010
• RE: Oh about temps - DMong, Tue Jul 6 21:15:06 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - DMong, Tue Jul 6 18:56:13 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - Bluerosy, Tue Jul 6 19:09:06 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - DMong, Tue Jul 6 19:38:30 2010
• Why not the others? - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 19:51:33 2010
• RE: Why not the others? - DMong, Tue Jul 6 20:40:22 2010
• I guess I will ... - a153fish, Tue Jul 6 22:25:32 2010
• RE: I guess I will ... - DMong, Tue Jul 6 23:39:02 2010
• RE: I guess I will ... - Bluerosy, Tue Jul 6 23:55:39 2010
• I tried with a Bubblegum Rat - a153fish, Wed Jul 7 09:12:47 2010
• Not always a bad thing - markg, Wed Jul 7 13:48:51 2010
• RE: Spinal kinks! Are they genetic? - thomas davis, Wed Jul 7 17:18:01 2010
• Right - a153fish, Wed Jul 7 20:39:49 2010