Hello al. I have a gorgeous female woma almost 5' long. The male is 4'. The male has about an 8" section of his lower spine that is crooked. Like a snake scoleosis. He moves, eats and behaves normally. My concern is that i have never had an animal like this and wonder if would hinder or disallow breeding. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Vinny
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Vinny Ferraiolo
Science Teacher
Thomas Dale High School
Chester, Virginia 23831
(804) 768-6245
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Male Woma "kinked" spine
vferra7777
Aug 06, 2006 02:01 PM
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Jaykis
Aug 06, 2006 05:03 PM
Birth defects are not always genetic. I wouldn't be concerned until it was proven to pass on to any young.
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zach_whitman
Aug 07, 2006 01:06 AM
Lots of kinks are caused by factors in the egg and are not genetic. Some are however. I had a male cornsnake that had a minor kink in the tip of his tail. To be honest, I thought it was probobly an old injury. HIs first litter, half the babies had BAD kinks and had to be euthanized. 
There is no way to know without breeding. If you have other males, personally I wouldn't breed him. Either way it should not interfere with his breeding ability, and most of the time the babies are normal.
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