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Are all albinos one or the other because i was told mine was just plain albino any opinions?

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1.1 Columbian common boas (Zeus, Athena)
0.1 BCI 50% het albino salmon (Aprodite)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

Your's is a Kahl.Your friend said it was a normal albino because Kahl's are the most produced line of albino's,so now I guess they are "normal"albino's now.Hope this helped

Mike and Tracy
www.JungleStruck.com
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junglestruck.com

I was told by the pet store that it was neither sharp nor kahl, because i specifically asked that question. Also what is the difference between the 2?
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1.1 Columbian common boas (Zeus, Athena)
0.1 BCI 50% het albino salmon (Aprodite)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

It is a Kahl anyway.

>>I was told by the pet store that it was neither sharp nor kahl, because i specifically asked that question. Also what is the difference between the 2?
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>>1.1 Columbian common boas (Zeus, Athena)
>>0.1 BCI 50% het albino salmon (Aprodite)
>>1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
>>0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)
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Caden Chapman
slithering.serpents@gmail.com
slithering-serpents.com

1.1 guyana bcc
1.2 suriname bcc
0.2 DH snow bci
0.1 red possible DH snow bci
0.2 hypo possible het moonglow bci
0.1 possible het albino bci

At least they didn't call it a sugar glider.

This is a problem that runs rampid in both herping and in my professional field. People who work in a certain industry tend to not want you to know that there is something they are unfamiliar with so they "make up" and answer as opposed to simply saying "I don't know" but "I can find out if you need me to". Whoever was in that pet shop had not the foggiest idea as to strains of albinism in boas. Unfortunately they were either too embarrassed or whatever to tell you that. (It would be even worse if they THOUGHT that they actuall knew what they were talking about). You do have a Kahl. Looks like a nice one as well...

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Please don't take this the wrong way as I don't mean any offense by it, but why do people spend a lot of money on an animal if they don't understand the genetics behind it? Maybe you bought yours as just a pet, but my guess is you were planning to breed it in the future. If you don't understand the genetics behind what you bought, how were you going to honestly represent the genetics to your future customers? I know I would never pay $600 - $1000 for an animal that I didn't understand the genetics behind.

Matt

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1.1 Columbian common boas (Zeus, Athena)
0.1 BCI 50% het albino salmon (Aprodite)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

Lots of debates on that and no definitive answer beyond they appear to be related to seperate gene pairs. AKA genetically incompatible. Not saying you couldn't have both but how to prove it out?

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>>1.1 Columbian common boas (Zeus, Athena)
>>0.1 BCI 50% het albino salmon (Aprodite)
>>1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
>>0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
12.24 BRB
11.13 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

ok there are some key differences between the two lines the first to being the obvious one was originated by brain sharp the other by peter kahl, second being price sharp strain albinos are much more expsensive double sometimes triple the price of a kahl. as to what was said before about the two lines being incompatible yes that is correct when bred together you will get all normals het for both. a side from that there are some visual differences sharp strain albinos have a burnt orange color to them where as kahls are more yellowish. they are both recessive morphs there is just something different about the way their genes are affected

hope this helps !