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love this snake !

That thing doesn't even look real! What a cover shot animal you have there.....something I bet Mr. Bartlett would love to photograph. By the way I have seen a ton of those and that by far is one of the best around!

I was at Jeff's yesterday and although this one has quite a bit yellow the sibblings really aren't very far behind. The other two are nicer then 90% of what I've seen (for my tastes of course). I'de hate to breed sibblings in the future, but I haven't seen anything like these 3 around. Funds permitting I will pick up her brother asap .. before somebody else does! Doug T. showed me a photo of an animal in Europe who looks alot like my female, but I think it actually has more yellow... yup, imagine that !

Yeah the breeder in europe definately has the most insane ones you will ever see.....plenty of yellow!

Yeah, that one from europe is a freak! I personally wouldn't sweat it about breeding sibling to sibling for a generation or so. If you're looking to prove or accentuate a given trait then it's really the best way to go. Besides, madagascar is a small place and I'm sure it's happened a time or two in the wild already. It's the classic morphs vs. purity debate. Do we trade healthier animals for better looking animals? I personally haven't seen much evidence that inbreeding healthy reptiles for a generation or so causes them to regularly become genetically unhealthy. Sure, there was the one eyed albino boa, but this was probably a case of someone taking it far beyond the F2/F3 range. If the animals have healthy internal organs to start with, then their offspring should also have healthy internal organs, and so on, and so on. The hope is that the desired color/pattern mutation is the ONLY mutation that exists, and will therefore be the ONLY mutation that is passed on genetically.

the same pairing produces the next year or two . Since Jeff lives around the block I can always see them first hand... Next year he may try 2-3 females again , so hopefully a male with as much yellow will pop out and then i'll be in heaven... If not, there's always dad.