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16-Oct-07, 11:45 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nsw Age/Gender: 19  | | |  Related breeding
Just wondering what are peoples thoughts on breeding snakes which are brother and sister are?
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16-Oct-07, 11:50 AM
|  | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | | I dont know from personal experience, but i have been told it doesnt matter, as you can get just as many problems from unrelated pairs... |
16-Oct-07, 02:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nsw Age/Gender: 19 | | | | bump
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16-Oct-07, 02:48 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Rockingham Wa Age/Gender: 27  | | | | I've been told by a breeder that it doesn't matter
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16-Oct-07, 02:49 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Central Coast Age/Gender: 19 | | | | Every now and then it shouldn't matter, but I would not recommend it on a regular basis as it could lead to undesirable recessive traits becoming common. On the other hand, some recessive traits are desired by breeders and inbreeding is one way to achieve it.
Adam |
16-Oct-07, 02:53 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane, Toowong Age/Gender: 20 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by abbott75  Every now and then it shouldn't matter, but I would not recommend it on a regular basis as it could lead to undesirable recessive traits becoming common. On the other hand, some recessive traits are desired by breeders and inbreeding is one way to achieve it.
Adam | Like albinism ?
You can breed a brother and a sister over and over and over and nothing bad will happen. The problem occurs when you breed those offspring together, with eachother and with their parents, and then those offspring back to the parents and grandparents etc etc. That's when you start shrinking the gene pool and problems/traits can arise. That's why purebred animals such as dogs often have problems like hip dysplasia etc |
16-Oct-07, 02:58 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Central Coast Age/Gender: 19 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilK Like albinism ?
You can breed a brother and a sister over and over and over and nothing bad will happen. The problem occurs when you breed those offspring together, with eachother and with their parents, and then those offspring back to the parents and grandparents etc etc. That's when you start shrinking the gene pool and problems/traits can arise. That's why purebred animals such as dogs often have problems like hip dysplasia etc | Exactly. |
16-Oct-07, 03:10 PM
|  | Necker Cube Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: NSW | | | | The defect has to exist there in the first place. If you have 2 healthy animals that some from a long line of inbreeding with no negative results then you can probably continue inbreeding them without a problem. I believe there is a post from bigguy somewhere in which he explains how he has used multigenerational inbreeding to develop some pretty stunning blonde macs without defects. |
16-Oct-07, 09:05 PM
| | Bonus Member Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Ballina, Northern NSW. Age/Gender: 24 | | | Well explained guys! ( Chimera and PhilK )
Its never been explained to me properly like that before. So thankyou.  | |
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