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Dumb question, I saw an ad for one-eyed albino boas for sale. Is the one-eye a genetic trait (is their an increased likelihood of future offspring to be one-eyed).
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Jeff Craven

www.houseofserpents.com

2.1 Morelia viridis (Green tree pythons)
2.2 Corallus hortulanus (Amazon tree boas)
3.6.1 Morelia spilota ssp. (Carpet Pythons)
1.2 Python regius (Ball Pythons)
0.1 Epicrates cenchria (Brazilian Rainbow Boa)
2.2.4 Boa constrictor imperator
1.1 Python molurus (Burmese Python)
0.0.1 Trans Pecos Ratsnake
0.0.1 Waxy Monkey Tree Frog
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2.3 Dendrobates tinctorius
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1.2 Bearded Dragons
1 Veiled Chameleon

Yes and yes. It is do to inbreeding. These animals should never be sold and definately never bred.

Matt Crabe

Completely agree and the person who is selling this animal should be selling this animal as a pet only and not as a breedable animal. This is most likely a very inbreed line of snakes, OR there was some large accident which caused it to have the eye removed in which case i would ask for vet bills and medicines which the animal took... Either way i wouldn't think that this animal should be breed it will produce weak animals.

Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind
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www.srsnakes.com

I see no problem at all with selling the animal, however BREEDING it would be wrong wrong wrong.

This is a trait at least that you can't say "but I didn't know they had it" I mean one eye is one eye it doesn't leave any wiggle room.

I bought an (apparently) unbreedable corn snake for my son, it's a very pretty butter female that has laid 2 clutches (in 2 years bred by 2 different proven males) that were all duds. This is something the seller could have easily hidden but he told me straight up, and I was buying a pet for my 3 year old so he can have a snake of "his own" to feed and hold. At least you can't hide one missing eye.
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Gary Harris - gary@mydixiesys.com
http://www.dixiesys.com/
http://www.8-95.com/

I think it was a reply to his one eyed trouser snake.

I had asked why he was crashing the market with $500. albinos and I got a respond that the snakes only have one eye.
But no that would be a birth defect known as cyclopsism.