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I have a one-eyed(born this way) albino female that has some really nice color in her pattern, and I was wondering if anyone has produced a litter of healthy babies by breeding a boa with this condition, or is she a pet?? Everything else seems perfect. Thanx. Casey

.. they should not.

Maybe the breeders doing this with albinos or any boa think there is a good chance the babies will not carry the gene for that or other defects..

Maybe they don't care..

Gus

My opinion leans more towards they 'don't care'. I think they are more interested in lining their pockets with some mighty greenbacks than producing high quality, healthy little boas.
Thats just my $.02 and thought if I would share it.
- Eric

The eye problem is assosciated with amelanism in boas, regardless.

I personally would like to hear from Stuart on whether or not this problem is common in his litters (simply because he outbreeds them so much).

I know of 2 perfectly healthy dbl het snows that bred and produced 1 snow (died) and 4-6 albinos (1 died and the rest have 1 eye), everything else in the litter is very strong!

Any genetic wizards care to explain?

Another one, I find very interesting is the 1 eye is smaller than another. Inbreeding, or bad genetics? We had a Schuett Larry & Bettie Hog offspring with this condition. Have any insight on that Gus?

All ears and eager to learn,
Chris
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"We had a Schuett Larry & Bettie Hog offspring with this condition."

Thanks for that info!

"Have any insight on that Gus?"

Too much inbreeding? That's my guess.

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Gus
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"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

If you can provide a loving,caring home for it as a pet...fine. I think every breeder carries the responsibility to ensure that physical defects are not passed into the gene pool.