Rainbow Boa Morphs....

[Swany]

Originally Posted by Rainbowsrus

They came out of a dorsal stripe project of mine that went insane. I bought a 1.1 pair from a litter that showed some degree of dorsal striping (simple connecting of dorsal patterns only), raised them up and bred them together to see of more dorsal stripes like the parents had would be produced and not only did I get babies like the parents, I got four with the amazing "Candy stripe" pattern/color. At this time I believe the trait is Co-Dominant with the normal stripe being the heterzygous expression of the trait.

None are for sale at this time, I need to work on the project for a few years before any will be available.

Doesn't breeding siblings cause problems ? I'm new to snake keeping and know nothing about breeding

[Rainbowsrus]

Originally Posted by Swany

Doesn't breeding siblings cause problems ? I'm new to snake keeping and know nothing about breeding

Inbreeding can cause problems. More with higher order species like Mammals. Reptiles are a much lower order species and less prone to difficulties from inbreeding. Simply put there are significantly fewer gene pairs to go wrong. Not that I would ever recommend it, there is a boa breeder that is up to F5 and F6 with no noted problems. Unrelated animals are F1 breeding two siblings result in F2's, breeding those F2's make F3's and so on.

Part of my work over the next couple of generations will be outcrossing to unrelated animals to keep the babies strong and healthy.

[Swany]

Originally Posted by Rainbowsrus

Inbreeding can cause problems. More with higher order species like Mammals. Reptiles are a much lower order species and less prone to difficulties from inbreeding. Simply put there are significantly fewer gene pairs to go wrong. Not that I would ever recommend it, there is a boa breeder that is up to F5 and F6 with no noted problems. Unrelated animals are F1 breeding two siblings result in F2's, breeding those F2's make F3's and so on.

Part of my work over the next couple of generations will be outcrossing to unrelated animals to keep the babies strong and healthy.

As I said I really know nothing about snakes, I know it causes problems in mammals. Thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated.

Cheers