I think I read somewhere recently on KS that temperament was not a genetic or bred issue according to whoever.... And it got me thinking, because I have a particularly nasty boa that is just unpleasant and frankly I won't breed her because of it. In fact I am selling her. I thought I would work with her and she would outgrow it....so far she hasn't outgrown it and now she is 7ft and aims straight for my face.

ALSO, I probe snakes, particularly for a friend who breeds milksnakes and something I have noticed is that certain 'types' tend to be thrashing, nasty, biting beasts as hatchlings while others not so much and right down to another 'type' that is calm and almost placid. Now I don't handle these snakes all the time, but I know they do outgrow it for the most part. But thought it was interesting that the anerys were psychos.. down to the hypo tangerines that were almost sweet. All hatchlings, all kept the same and treated the same. The variation is the color.

Third example with a much more limited sampling is my own ratsnakes. The everglades are fine, nonaggressive. The yellows a bit more thrashing but generally fine. The 'greenish' are nasty beasts and the blacks likewise. The blacks I have had (don't have any right now) at least outgrew it except for a couple individuals. The greenishes.....filthy cheap shot so and sos that go for you like a dog in a fight. I hesitate to breed them for fear that temperament will carry to the babies.

Anyone else noticed this? Have you had nasty animals produce more tractable babies??
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

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• Temperament and breeding - Sonya, Wed Sep 22 14:07:04 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - KevinM, Thu Sep 23 10:49:03 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - amazondoc, Sat Sep 25 10:46:09 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - amazondoc, Sat Sep 25 10:48:11 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - KevinM, Sat Sep 25 13:42:55 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - curaniel, Sun Sep 26 12:48:42 2010
• Ahh!! okay! - DMong, Tue Sep 28 21:30:43 2010
• RE: Temperament and breeding - markg, Mon Oct 18 19:14:46 2010