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i have seen alot of diff x and morph x example hypo x hypo
y is it there are no albino x albino is it genetic y ppl dont
breed them or something else? thank you

Most people do not breed albino to albino because the albino gene is too weak.
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Ray & Dustin Bueno
Bueno Brothers Reptiles
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I have bred albino to albino and have produced just as well as "other" crosses.

Chris

thank you for your info i was just curious about this cuz i have a coral triple hets kahl line albino and didnt know if its ok to breed him to a dh sunglow albino thank you very much for your info

So far as I thought I knew, "y" isn't a word is it? And what word is "ppl"? I guess I'm just to dumb over here.

If we don't stop these kids from messing up our language, some day some of us will be unable to communicate. Not that I'm able to do it that well now...

hp m ot hr!
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I admire your restraint for not giving both barrels. Andrew

Props are still the same.

WTF, IDK...teh intron3t iz jus crzy! TTYL ppl

W3RD!

Let me rephrase my answer... I personally would not breed kahl albino to kahl albino. To all that have, and had good results congrats.
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Ray & Dustin Bueno
Bueno Brothers Reptiles
www.buenobros.com

so what is it about the albino gene that makes it
not a good choice to breed them together? Thank you

Many people feel the Kahl strain Albino Boa is a weak gene. When bred together things like one eye ,pop eye(not the cartoon,LOL),kinks etc.. would come from those breedings. I think now ,this is my opinion there has been so much out crossing of this Albino gene. Therefore The Kahl gene, in many maybe most cases probably will not give you any more trouble (deformities) than any other breeding for the most part. I hope this answers your question.
. . . . . . . Lar M
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Boas By Klevitz

I agree with Lar, outcrossing has diminished the instance of genetic problems in the Kahl line albinos.

I've seen it posted many times that the Kahl Albino gene is "weak" IMO that is simple BS, the gene is just fine and has been propogated into thousands of boas. If the gene itself were "weak" then you'd have the same problems with het to het breedings where the actual albinos would have a high percentge of deformities.

I believe the real problem lies with other defective gene(s) that were present in one or more of the original or early on breeding stock. That gene(s) was propogated along with the albino gene in the required inbreeding to get the albino trait to express. I have read many people having decent success with breeding albinos from different sources that are at least somewhat unrelated.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

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