From the "Cornsnake Manual" page 80.

"Many aspiring breeders have been warned to avoid inbreeding their captive herps if possible, but they don't really know why. The simplest explanation is that inbreeding (mating animals closely related to one another in their family ancestry) concentrates triats, good and bad, within family lines. This increases the likelihood that undesirable traits will show up after two carriers of those genes mate. Hiden recessive traits probably exist in many individuals, lurking in a heterozygous state. They'll tend to get paired with similar recessive genes in other Corns and be able to show themselves sooner when more potential mates in the vicinity also carry the gene. Traits that would be disadvantageous in the wild, such as the many mutations in corn snakes that affect skin colors and patterns, are harmless and even desirable in the safety of captivity. But undesirablr traits also show up, such as kinked spines or deformed scales or eyes. Breeders must select their stock carefully, culling out those animals with physical deformities and breeding only those specimens exhibiting solely the desireable and non-harmful traits."
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
J Sierra

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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