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I know this is a terribly old post, but being a genetics major, I couldn't resist sharing a basic genetic concept.
Consanguineous mating (in other words, inbreeding) do NOT bring forth genetic variation. What inbreeding does is limit the gene pool. These morphs may bring forth more phenotypic variance (all these beautiful colors), but that doesn't mean they are expressing more genes. In actuality, their allelic options have become very limited.
And that's my nerdy input :)
 
Firefur said:
genetically speaking (having taken basic science) back-breeding of any species is not a good idea, it reduces genetic variability and leads to vulnerability to illness that would normally be handled by genetic variability. wow that sounded redundant
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While that makes sense, how do you think that we have acquired our wide variety of domesticated animals?

Also, any type of snakes you may own, that are morphs, are guaranteed to have been back bred at some point in their lineage.
 
Corn snakes are rather simple creatures and do not for complex pack dynamics like dogs. Many fancy morph begin with just one mutated parent. For example: We wouldn't have lavenders without breeding the wild type F1 back to the parent to produce the lavender F2. Brother/sister, parent/offspring, cousin snake pairing happens in the industry. It is the job of the breeder to weed out the weaklings or not breed a particular adult that may not be fit.
 
With all the points being made about canines...although they are "pack" animals, problems exist in a pack of social animals as well. It doesn't matter if these social "animals" are human, canine, feline or reptilian. Over crowding causes stress no matter the species of the creature.
 
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