In the beggining people did have more success breeding albino males with hets than albino females. During that time some people did have success breeding albino x albino but overall the general opinion was that the success ratio of breeding was higher with a het female. What has changed is that albinos have been outcrossed to the point were now they are becoming much more reliable breeders. The introduction of the stripe and hypo genes into albinos are good examples. Stripe line and sunglow females seem to be very good breeders and I wouldn't be surprised if they are better breeders than albinos that haven't been outcrossed as much. I think the fact that more albinos weren't produced in the early years demonstrates that female albinos were not that easy to breed at that time.

I think the same will hold for snow boas. The introduction of more outcrossed albinos and anerys into snow projects will result in more vigorous snow animals and the snow project should really start to take off. The introduction of the hypo gene into the snow, which I am sure we will see this year, should make the production of strong healthy snows easier than it has been in the past.

Bill Kirby
KRBS HERPS

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