Like it was stated before, you cannot trust anyone NOT to breed it when faced with all the dollar signs. If you dont want to keep it as a personal pet, put it down. To sell it would be just as irresoponsible as the guy selling the "no-eye" boa a while back, and I read a post on another site where a heeper wanted to prove out "eyeless" scrub pythons. It will just add to corruption of gene pool.

I have one "pet" boa. As primaraly a python keeper my first boa was one that came through my store that had a small birth defect on its underside. And though it is one of the most beautiful reg. boas Ive seen I didnt want it to be sold and bred and have the trait passed down even if in under lying genes. So thats how i enede up with my first boa, and one of the few (writen in stone) permanent pats. Meet "Defect":





For everyone who things that it should be given a fair chance just like every other boa, think of it this way: how long do you think a blind albino boa would really last in the wild. a few hours? maybe a few days if its lucky?

Keep it of cull it.
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• Ethical question for all breeders. - m-colvin, Sat Mar 26 17:37:03 2005
• You cannot trust - giantkeeper, Sat Mar 26 17:45:19 2005
• RE: You cannot trust - Randall_Turner, Sat Mar 26 18:01:47 2005
• RE: You cannot trust - snakepimp, Sat Mar 26 18:51:52 2005
• Be Careful! They are still........... - Daniel Klopson, Sat Mar 26 18:56:39 2005
• that is VERY interesting........... - echo0330, Sat Mar 26 20:14:33 2005
• RE: that is VERY interesting........... - Daniel Klopson, Sat Mar 26 22:56:37 2005
• What about a Zoo - boids-n-more, Sun Mar 27 02:01:56 2005
• Just to play devils advocate... - vcaruso15, Sun Mar 27 08:45:48 2005
• or... - echo0330, Sun Mar 27 09:16:29 2005
• Take is easy I'm not saying we should do it just "stiring the pot" but... - vcaruso15, Sun Mar 27 11:10:14 2005
• Has it been proven ... - Paul Hollander, Mon Mar 28 18:49:34 2005
• Keep it or cull it. - echo0330, Sat Mar 26 18:54:34 2005
• RE: Keep it or cull it. - bthacker, Sat Mar 26 19:31:31 2005
• RE: Keep it or cull it. - DaveyFig, Sat Mar 26 20:04:51 2005
• RE: Keep it or cull it. - bthacker, Sat Mar 26 20:23:43 2005
• Davey's right - echo0330, Sat Mar 26 20:34:12 2005
• Keep it...... - kirby, Sat Mar 26 18:57:52 2005
• I'll fight for the underdog! - JohnLokken, Sat Mar 26 19:55:49 2005
• I agree with John, Keep it or give it to someone respectable who will - topnotchboas, Sat Mar 26 19:59:37 2005
• Well, here you go.......... - madisonrecords, Sun Mar 27 01:44:11 2005
• Nothing respectable about selling B grade animals - joeysgreen, Sun Mar 27 07:41:35 2005
• RE: Ethical question for all breeders. - primevalbeauty, Tue Mar 29 17:52:21 2005