breed a kinked male?

hey everyone i have a pair of jungles i was thinking of breeding but my male developed a kink in his spine .. and of course this made me debate breeding him or not and i just wanted to see some educated opinions from everyone !

How did he develop it? Was he injured?

I wouldn't. You might get babies that are not kinked but non the less there would be kinking in the blood line. IMO

I wouldnt, Looking at your sig it looks like you have enough breeders for now anyways.

i believe he was injured .. he is pretty aggressive and has never really calmed down . i think it bay have been from striking ..... how could i tell if it was a injury or genetic ? is that possible ? if it was a injury hos can that be passed down to offspring ?

actually i have no breeders haha all my snakes are between 75-1000 grams haha no breeding for a while :P my only breedable snake is my big jcp she is about 5200 grams !

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Originally Posted by KingPythons

I wouldn't. You might get babies that are not kinked but non the less there would be kinking in the blood line. IMO

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Yeah, that. It's really not a gene that should be passed on, even if it doesn't always show up in every hatchling.

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Originally Posted by varnoid

i believe he was injured .. he is pretty aggressive and has never really calmed down . i think it bay have been from striking ..... how could i tell if it was a injury or genetic ? is that possible ? if it was a injury hos can that be passed down to offspring ?

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An injury doesn't impact genetics, and so can't be passed onto offspring. But kinking is a somewhat common defect in pythons, and it's unusual for an injury to mimic that.

I wouldn't.

Kinking can be genetic if you have the genetics that are known to produce them. BUt it could also of been egg stress during incubation that will NOT pass on to the babies.

Its your call not ours, if the kink is small and he eats and sheds all well, theres no problems as it wont pass on unless its a known genetic trait