>>I recently purchased a nice 2011 male grayband hatchling that has one vertebra that is raised higher than the rest on its second orange band. Its hard to detect unless you know where to look and it doesn't effect its movement at all. It may be from incubation or is it possibly genetic? If I bred him would he pass that blemish onto his offspring? Whats your opinion and have any of you had any experience with this type of situation? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Kris

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I would call that a malnutrition kink.......Lots of alterna and mexicana will start kinking (bumps on the spine) when they are stubborn feeders.....

If this is not a stubborn feeder I would say it is a result of incubation temps and/or moisture......Most of the time it is not genetic.....i had one thayeri hatch before with a bump on its spine and by the time he was 2 years old you could not tell 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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