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| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 16:13:50
Not sure if there is a recent post to this but im curious. How do you guys feel about sibling breeding? In years to come im hoping to create a certain morph but to do this i would need to breed my clutch mates together. Is this good or bad in snakes? Can it create irregularities etc?
Any info greatly appreciated :) Thank you. |
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| eeji |
Posted - 04/10/2013 : 21:15:48
thats correct, each egg would have a 1:16 chance of hatching an opal |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 25/09/2013 : 12:20:22
i wasnt going to do it for many generations. my hopeful future plan was. if theyre compatable, amel x lavender 100% het hypo = (amongst other things) normal het amel, lavender, 50% het hypo.
Breed two of my multiple het normals and i may get opals :) as lav x amel = opal.
I may have this all wrong but that was my hope.
Please anyone correct me. |
| Coal |
Posted - 25/09/2013 : 08:54:10
I have heard that repeated inbreeding over multiple generations can lead to reduced fertility both in terms of number of fertile eggs laid and number of those eggs surviving to hatching, as well as to smaller average hatchling size, not to mention the increased risk of genetic deformity, though these may have been exaggerated by some sources and definitely aren't likely to be noticeable in one or two generations |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 23:06:42
Thanks :) |
| eeji |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 22:29:34
it all went pear shaped for bloodred corns when they were first out because they were so vigorously line bred to keep the deep red colouration. It wasn't until they were out crossed things settled down. Of course this out crossing lost the nice colour but healthier animals resulted. |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 20:31:53
I prefer not to do any inbreeding at all. People used to think this about a multitude of species "oooh, it's fine, it doesn't have any effect on these species" until, a few decades later, they look back and think "we should have known better". Huge health issues have appeared in inbred lines of so many species that I don't think it's safe to say it doesn't have an effect on corns - how would we know?
If used sparingly, it shouldn't have such huge consequences, but I'd still rather not do it at all (and I know I won't, with my snakes). |
| ScaryVonHayleystine |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 17:23:44
Thank you for the input :) |
| oakleyman18 |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 16:58:11
Inbreeding is common pratice "where necessary", in order to produce sought after offspring. For example, Palmetto "caught in wild" (I'm still not sold), which is then bred to a normal. All normals are het Palmetto, and then bred together in order to produce Palmetto's again.
It should be used sparingly though, and shouldn't be common practice year on year, because genetic problems can creep in down the line. Brother and Sister I'd say is fine, but then putting those subsequent babies together I'd avoid. Try to keep it to as little as possible. |
| LukeW |
Posted - 24/09/2013 : 16:32:06
Snakes aren't like other animals, inbreeding doesn't really have an affect, some will say you got more chance of the babies being kinked but there is no proof to back this up, if it wasn't for inbreeding we wouldn't have half the morphs we have around today :) |
