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i have a female albino colombian boa...and i am a little curious about genetics...

...what are the breeding possibilities?...i can breed her to a 100% het albino male, and i will get all albino babies?...

what if i bred her to a het snow or het sunglow? would i just get het babies?... what if i was a double het? ...

i'm just curious what possibilities i have in breeding her in the future...

also, i have a female hogg island boa... what would be a good move with possibly breeding her?...maybe get a hypo hogg male?...or maybe create mutts?....

how would you get around to making an albino hogg?...has anyone done it yet?... breeding her to an albino male & then holding babies back?

thanks!
jessica
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0.1.0 Hogg Island Boa
0.1.0 Albino Columbian Boa
0.0.1 Red Albino Cornsnake
0.0.1 Aberrant California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Musk Turtle
1.0.0 Normal Leopard Gecko
0.1.0 Argentine Black & White Tegu
1.0.0 Leopard Toad
0.0.1 Wolf Spider
1.2.0 Dogs
1.2.0 Cats
2.0.0 Rats
1.0.0 Rabbit
1.0.0 Gerbil

Hey Jessica, first a little basic genetics, Albinism in Boas is a recessive trait. That means in order for the trait to express or show, the individual offspring has to have two copies of the albino gene, one from each parent.

So, with your Female albino bred to:

Het male = half albino, half het albino

Albino male = all albino babies

Two pairings I'd prefer are:

DH sunglow (hypo het albino) =
1/4 sunglow
1/4 hypo het albino
1/4 albino
1/4 het albino

Motley het albino =
1/4 Albino Motley
1/4 Motley het albino
1/4 Albino
1/4 het albino

One thing I really like about those pairings is you get a variety of babies AND the babies are visually discernable AND you know what genes the babies have. No possible hets. The real difference between the two is cost of the male. A DH sunglow would be signifficantly less expensive than a Motley het albino.

A het snow would give you half albino's and half het albino each of which 50% possibility het anery. Anery is another recessive trait.

I'll leave the hoggy questions to the hoggy folks.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

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