As a NA milksnake breeder for 15 years I am more than a little familiar with the concept of locality breeding.To be a TRUE locality breeder you must CONTINUALLY add to the bloodline from known outside sources.I have found that even the most staunch locale breeders often just buy from other breeders with the same locale to outcross instead of adding wc animals. I think this is a problem for a couple reasons...the first is that it over-represents that phenotype in captivity(like "pure"glades)and the second is that keeping the "pure" flow of blood(as well as aknowledging the NEED for new wc specimens)which is the reason most locale-breed to begin with!

There is plenty of room for every type of breeder,but I think it totally irresponsible to breed ANY animals without a known disposition.....that is to say if noone wants to BUY them,DONT produce them!! There are too many "kittens"see,not "mutts",lol)out there as is for those who just want a cheap snake...A GOOD example of this is the crosses I will be attempting within the getula complex...with all the different genes within the brooksi/goini/getula line MULTI morphs should be some spectacular animals. PURELY domestic,their "mutt" offspring will still be well within most "species-pure"sights.

Realize that there are not many new discussions on this topic anymore and I had a well-recieved post on the hybrid forum a couple months back based on the same subject. Just my opinion,Jeff

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