I have to disagree with you on morphs. Somewhat anyway. A well bred morph can certainly be as healthy as a normal snake, possibly more. Especially with outcrossing to particularly robust and non-related individuals. Some of them are certainly stunning. And any non-camoflaging wild albino that survives some time in the wild MUST have something impressive going for it.



But look at some of the disasters suffered by snake morphs due to poor breeding practices. We have albino redtails with one or no eyes, delicate non-feeding blood red corns, bubble eyed leucistic texas rat snakes, and I know a nice little albino Cal king who's fed one tiny mouse every two weeks and still looks like a stuffed sausage.



The short term reward for inbreeding snakes to get morphs quickly is big, tempting and monetarily punishes good breeders who take their time to build a healthy bloodline rather than churn out attractive but inherently flawed animals. So while color itself is not inherently bad, some terrible genetic weaknesses are often allowed to come along for the ride.
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