Culling?

[pitbulls4me]

I was thinking about it today while I was checking out some breeders websites. Do snake people cull? Like normals are as popular or anything as the morphs are. so say a breeder has a clutch and they are trying for something and they get a bunch of normals do they cull them or use them for later breedings? I havent seen a lot of normals for sale on websites so i was just curious to see what happens to them.

[blackcrystal22]

Most respected and strong breeders would never cull.
If they get normals, they sell them or breed them in the future.

If there is culling going on.. I haven't heard of any.

[sg1trogdor]

I cannot speak for all but im sure that culling is only done when the animal can not live a happy healthy life like severe deformities. I cannot imagine why anyone with a heart would kill perfectly healthy animals just because they were not the hot new morph they were aiming for.

[temec]

sadly.. i have seen post on kinsnake that say they kill unsold snakes... very very sadening

[pitbulls4me]

I know it happens all the time with dog breeders. Like if they dont get the color they want or for example the Rhodesian Ridgeback is born without the ridge they will cull it as well. I was just wondering how snake breeders compared to dog breeders.

i am glad to hear it isn't a big part of the breeding!

[blackcrystal22]

I know it happens all the time with dog breeders. Like if they dont get the color they want or for example the Rhodesian Ridgeback is born without the ridge they will cull it as well. I was just wondering how snake breeders compared to dog breeders.

i am glad to hear it isn't a big part of the breeding!

Any color of a breed that disqualifies it from show is often culled. White german shepards for example. Too much white on whipits and some other breeds.

[pitbulls4me]

Its done a whole lot more than just for disqualifications. i have one pitbull who i rescued when a breeder told me to get it because it wasnt the right color fawn she was breeding for. There are plenty of other examples of dog culling, I used to show for a bit and the topic went round..

[blackcrystal22]

Its done a whole lot more than just for disqualifications. i have one pitbull who i rescued when a breeder told me to get it because it wasnt the right color fawn she was breeding for. There are plenty of other examples of dog culling, I used to show for a bit and the topic went round..

I can imagine. :[

[llovelace]

My Neemo was headed to the freezer when his previous owner got him, all because he had a small kink in his tail when he hatched, it's hardly noticable now he's 4 and an absolute angel.

[Haitun]

I used to breed goldfish, and culled the (BADLY) deformed ones that couldn't have a proper life.

But jeez for snakes? As long as it's not too bad (I haven't bred snakes before but I assume serious deformities in snakes are much more uncommon than with goldfish) I'd keep a snake. Hell someone would buy it for 40 bucks as a pet. Culling because of color or slight imperfections? That's just wasting money. That's the breeders loss and the snakes loss of life...