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NUCCIZ_BOAS
at Tue Nov 15 23:41:09 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by NUCCIZ_BOAS ]
I have not read the other reply to your message yet, written by Jay, but Im sure it's much of the same I am about to say.
using 2 males is recommended for many reasons. More success breeding being the bottom line.
However, it depends what you are trying to do. A lot of breeders that own/breed high end morphs, cannot afford to use more than one male for the soul reason that they need to know who the real father of the litter is.
Take for example, you use a normal female. breed it to 2 males, one being a normal, the other being snow (anery x albino). there is a very big difference in the price of the babies. If the babies were normal, they would run for anywhere from 80-150 a peice, depending on looks. However, if the snow male were the father, those babies would all be 100% Double-heterozygous for snow, which cost 1000-1500 a sexual pair. Being double-hets, you dont know by looking at them, you just have to know what the parents are.
It's called selective breeding. By knowing exactly what the parents were can make an enormous difference. Unless you are using 2 males of the same breed, then it doesnt matter, such as 2 albino males, or 2 common males. But once you throw 2 different genes in there, it is critical to know which male is the father, unless it is a visible morph such as Arabasque, Hypo, Motley, etc. These snakes are said to be co-dominant traits.
Taking an F1 (first generation) hypo male, bred to a normal female, should, in theory, give a litter that consists of 50% normal-50% Hypo babies. The hypos would still technically be considered "hets" because of the way the biology works, but they are visibly different from a normal boa.
Hope this helps
does it sound right Jay? haha
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RE: breeding my boas - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Tue Nov 15 23:41:09 2005