No they do not have a dying gene. But there does seem to be some hardiness problems and or furtility problems. I'm not sure that these problems are confined to the albino strains. Over all male North American hognose don't seem to do real well in captivity. Before anyone posts about the male they've had for blankety blank years, I'm speaking over all here. Hognose in general are prone to feeding problems. A close friend of mine, who I consider a hognose expert has a saying (A male hognose will woof on ya in a minute) in other words die for no apparent reason. The fact that the price for Albinos has stayed high for as long as it has, I think is a testament to there being problems with them. Whether these problems are unique to the albino strains or common to all North American Hognose is an interesting question.
Southampton Herps


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• Dying Gene ? - Jasonmc, Sat May 22 22:17:46 2004
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