OK, here it goes. I really hope this doesn't cause any bad blood. This is a sincere question.



I have bred a few "hybrids" in the past, which I don't think are "technically" hybrids, actually crosses (please someone correct me if I'm wrong), consisting of ratsnakes that are known to intergrade naturally. A few I have posted on this forum (below). In my opinion, this is no different than breeding two snakes of the same sub-species that hale from different localities. These snakes would have never mated naturally, just as the snakes I have produced. But never the less I have gotten just short of a beating from many people who are adamantly against hybrids. Which by the way, I have some disagreements with also- guttata x getula "jungle corns" for example. Hybridizing snakes of different species, not to mention different genus!, is quite disturbing IMO, but each to his own. I just hope that more locale breeding will become common place, as to save pure specimens as they occurred in the wild for generations to come. Now to get back to my point, I believe that creating "natural intergrades" does not fall in this category. There is not too much else I can say except that I know that this can be a touchy subject. Though, I believe that if represented honestly these man-made intergrades would cause no harm, and when this is done it would actually help the hobby rather than harm. Unlike the breeders out there representing "pure" snakes which in fact are not i.e., yellow and everglades rats!LOL



So please put in your two cents. Once again, I am not a "troll", and I believe that if this is read carefully, then one will see that this is not your every day "hybrid" debate. BTW, no I have not got into an argument about this recently.LOL I respect the opinions that I have read from many of you and would like to hear yours on this subject. Thanks. Later on-Brett

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