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Quick Breeding Question
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rachel132002
New member
Some people breed the f1's back to parents or with each other as it can often be fine but after that its when you inbreed you get the problems but if you can steer clear of it totally that's your and if it's cuz you only have 1pair breeding then if you don't mind spending a bit of time and money a pair will be around somewhere!
Kat
I'm talkin' to YOU.
Long explaination short: It depends on the genes of the animals in question. Inbreeding brings recessive traits to light. If a snake has hidden genes that cause health problems, inbreeding will get you unhealthy snakes. If a snake lacks these genes, then inbreeding isn't much of a problem. In general, the more you inbreed, the more likely it is you'll uncover some unpleasant trait, which is why most breeders prefer to outcross their lines. Sometimes this is not an option, and thus inbreeding has its uses. It's a technique that's best used in moderation.
-Kat
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Clint Boyer
'Former' Snake slave
Good answer Kat.
For some reason, some people think that inbreeding CAUSES deformities. It's when the trait is already there that the chances of it appearing increase with inbreeding.
For some reason, some people think that inbreeding CAUSES deformities. It's when the trait is already there that the chances of it appearing increase with inbreeding.
Jicin
Corn love
Actually *all* creatures have deformed genes. Not because theres anything wrong with the bloodline. It's how evolution works. If you breed 2 creatures closely related you increase the amount of faulty genes. You should not want to do this as this creature, and all their offspring will have a much bigger change of these faulty genes actually sufacing. And so you damage a bloodline. A few generations of inbred wich have such an amound of faulty genes they just have to show up. But that does not mean there's not a thing wrong with their ancestors.
Nature does *everything* to ensure inbred does not happen. Offspring is either killed or chased away by their parents to ensure such a thing does not accure. Mating siblings is *always* a bad idea. The sad fact is some breeder do everything to get a favorable trait inside their breeding animals as quickly as possible. Instead of looking for that desirable trait in 2 non-related animals.
That's what happened to dogs. German Sheperd have bad hips, dalmations have a very high change of blindness ect ect ect. All examples of inbred at an early stage and the line is filled with so many defected genes it's quite impossible to ever completely bread that out. It's sad because it could have very well been avoided. We just had to wait a few more generations of crossing unrelated dogs.
Ofcource i simplyfy these things but that's how it is. You don't see the effects of inbreeding when it's to late. And inbreading is *never* good. Let yourself inform by a vetranarian. They can inform you much better then i do. Base your desision on that.
Nature does *everything* to ensure inbred does not happen. Offspring is either killed or chased away by their parents to ensure such a thing does not accure. Mating siblings is *always* a bad idea. The sad fact is some breeder do everything to get a favorable trait inside their breeding animals as quickly as possible. Instead of looking for that desirable trait in 2 non-related animals.
That's what happened to dogs. German Sheperd have bad hips, dalmations have a very high change of blindness ect ect ect. All examples of inbred at an early stage and the line is filled with so many defected genes it's quite impossible to ever completely bread that out. It's sad because it could have very well been avoided. We just had to wait a few more generations of crossing unrelated dogs.
Ofcource i simplyfy these things but that's how it is. You don't see the effects of inbreeding when it's to late. And inbreading is *never* good. Let yourself inform by a vetranarian. They can inform you much better then i do. Base your desision on that.
Clint Boyer
'Former' Snake slave
If it's how evolution works, then it's got good features as well as bad.
If all creatures have these 'bad' genes, then it matters not that they are related or not.
How can you 'ruin' a bloodline if there is nothing wrong with the snakes that produced the faulty offspring?
If man has no hand in developing genetics by manipulated them by inbreeding then we'd all have wolves sleeping at our feet. And how many other useful plants and animals have been bred this way?
If you breed sibs and get a bunch of deformed babies, just don't do that breeding again.
We are not trying to simulate nature here, we're enhancing desirable genetics.
If all creatures have these 'bad' genes, then it matters not that they are related or not.
How can you 'ruin' a bloodline if there is nothing wrong with the snakes that produced the faulty offspring?
If man has no hand in developing genetics by manipulated them by inbreeding then we'd all have wolves sleeping at our feet. And how many other useful plants and animals have been bred this way?
If you breed sibs and get a bunch of deformed babies, just don't do that breeding again.
We are not trying to simulate nature here, we're enhancing desirable genetics.