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Do albinos have shorter lives?

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Posted by: pinkypie at Thu Nov 10 16:24:28 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pinkypie ]  
   

I read an article that one breeder wrote about cornsnakes.They went on to say every albino they ever had died sooner then most.
I wonder if anyone else has experienced this and do other species also have this problem.

I wonder what other health problems are being seen in "morphs".I know many wont know what will happen until the animal is much older and with the recent boom in fancy morphs there is bound to be some problems down the road.I would guess most people wont care if their ball pythons live 20yrs instead of 40 anyway(by then there will such a glut of BPS they will be wanting them to die off)...Sorry I guess Im a pessimist.But it just seems "everyone" is breeding ball pythons in particular right now.


   

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