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tspuckler
at Thu Jun 17 14:27:37 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tspuckler ]
Nice post Tom,
We should talk about these things more often. I have two comments:
1. Kinked spines most often occur when eggs are incubated at a steady temperature, then a spike in the incubation temperature happens (even if only for a day or two). I have bred "kinked" snakes and had babies come out normal, so I don't think it's genetic.
2. Inbreeding snakes seems to prevent the animals from reaching their maximum size, as recorded from examples found in nature. The "average adult size" for several types of snakes common in the pet trade is significantly smaller than what those snake are are out in the wild, despite the captive snakes having a relatively constant supply of food.
Of course, these are merely my opinions.
Keep up the good work,
Tim Spuckler
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