I have a male and female candy cane corn, and they also happen to be from the same litter. I know it is not unheard of to let them breed, but does it increase chances for birth defects, agressive young, or poor health snakes? Would I be better off getting rid of one and swapping it with another snake from a fresh gene pool? If so, is it better to get rid of the male or the female? They are both in excellent health, eat really well, and are not aggressive.
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Snake Shuffling
stiletto
Jun 23, 2006 06:59 AM
Replies (4)
jyohe
Jun 23, 2006 05:41 PM
breed them...why take someone else's snakes?......
.......if babies are wierd.......then trade male........
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JYReptiles
Scales-N-Tails Reptiles ltd........Pa
stiletto
Jun 23, 2006 07:20 PM
Just figured it would be better for the overall gene pool to not have generations of brothers and sisters breeding. I am not sure of the mother and father of mine, whether they were related or not. After awhile I would think the snakes would just be retarded
mchambers
Jun 24, 2006 05:29 AM
is thought and can produce un-wanted traits as far as kinks in tail area and sometimes body kinks as far I have seen/heard. I have had several of this happening in breeding siblings together but not in breeding siblings back to parents and not at first, second or even third generations. Of course this has all been done to create royalties of humans of eras past. It is in whole not suggested to breed siblings together. No doubt though it is done in nature all of the time when we think of the micro-habitat of where reptiles come from and generations upon generations breed together. Other than the kinking issue, the only other weak gene that might be caused from breeding siblings to each other is a jaw/deformed mouth but there could be other causes for this as well as the kinking problem.
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btorgy
Jun 24, 2006 09:34 AM
As someone who has taken in lots of unwanted reptiles, why risk breeding animals that may not be desireable for resale?! Are you planning on killing off any deformed ones? Or just keeping them? This can get really expensive!
The easiest answer: get more snakes to breed to your two!! JMHO!
Beth
