You hit it right on the head with this. Whats sad is this kind of inbreeding is in all morphs, mostly the recessive traits but still even in the codom/dom morphs too. Most people don't want to wait 12 years or more, or spend the extra money for multiple unrelated snakes, to make a double recessive ball. So they just take the easy rout and inbreed like crazy. Then the babies that survive (or that aren't too messed up) get sold or given to some one else, who in turn repeats the process. Some breeders even go so far as to suggest to others to inbreed. It is a common practice in the business unfortunately. If only every one was responsible enough to stop this practice. Before too long we will all be producing train wrecked animals if things don't change.

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