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Just curious what thoughts any of the breeders might have?
I was thinking about keeping the two females from this years clutch and even the idea of eventually breeding them to dad.
Is this a common practice, or would it be a big no no?

Thanks in advance,
Tony.

It all depends on what your goals are. If you are trying to breed for a select trait then it is sometimes the best way to do it. If you are just breeding for the fun of it, with no real intent of producing "special morphs" etc...I would recommend not doing it. If you need a baby male they are easily purchased from $50-150. Let me know if you need help finding one.

Thanks,
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It's more that I have two adult colombians already and Don't think I could get rid of them. My adult female has become nasty over the last two years and is hard to handle- I don't think I'd be able to find her a home. My adult male I've had since he was born, and I'm attached. Now I have two babies I've decided to keep... hmmm I'm going to need a bigger snake room. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to try and trade a baby female for an unrelated male.

Thanks for the advice.
Tony.

It is a common thing in the morph world to slightly inbreed a line (As a genetic student) I can personally say that one generation of inbreeding in a strong line isnt that bad and is in fact common, BUT it is not exactly something that my company or I recommend doing. If you are breeding to create beautiful animals there are plenty of lines out there to outbreed too, you dont need to inbreed to inhance color... Think of all the great possibilities out there... I wouldn't recommend it but i can't say that it is all that uncommon

IN MY OPINION!
Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind
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