Just a question, and don't take this as any insult because its not meant as one. Why are you breeding her if she was born with a birth defect? Any birth defect, whether caused by the incubation temps or genetics (We really CANNOT know which it was caused by) is a bad thing to be putting into the gene pool. Its like the bug-eye Trait in leopard gecko morphs...or the same trait in leucistic and albino Texas rat snakes.. People let bad blood and bad genetics keep breeding into the lines so they could make more money. Any animal with a deformity is going to be weak.. in the wild she would never get the opportunity to reproduce as she would have been eaten long before now. Harsh but reality always is. So really, any offspring she has are going to have very high chances of being weak individuals both internally and maybe even exhibiting signs of those weaknesses externally, as in a kink somewhere...or even several kinks to the point they're unable to eat properly...

To me this is just foolish breeding practice and I've been breeding reptiles going on 10 years now, mostly lizads but the same rules of genetics apply to snakes as well. Don't breed anything thats not 100% healthy. You risk the mother and any resulting offspring in doing so..And also unfortunately, the only way to ensure`the gene pool stays strong is to not breed animals with visible or even invisible infimties.

So, don't take this as a bashing or flamings, its not meant to be. Just supposed to be a a question and some friendly advice/information.
-----
Mel Goodrich
RavenCrest Reptiles: Sale and Rescue
drune@charter.net

~Updated animal list coming soon~

[ Hide Replies ]

• tri-hog first timer - jimfmcdonald, Fri Mar 2 23:30:19 2007
• RE: tri-hog first timer - Lucien, Sat Mar 3 20:11:47 2007
• RE: Sounds like a bad idea - aliceinwl, Wed Mar 7 21:17:26 2007
• NOOOOOO!!!!!!! - philbradley1, Thu Mar 8 12:28:30 2007
• Clarification - jimfmcdonald, Thu Mar 8 19:35:46 2007
• RE: Clarification - Dillybird, Fri Mar 9 07:30:34 2007
• RE: tri-hog first timer - tom, Thu Mar 8 14:43:27 2007