Ethics of Hybrids

i would like to own a ballxburm hybrid if you could actually work that out somehow.the thought of a snake with the length of a burm and the temperment of a ball seems to be quite a nice idea to me :snake:

Whats a hybrid snake?

i was acutally just thinkinb about this concept the other day regarding boa crosses. Ive seen a lot of hogXcolumbians. pretty interesting stuff.

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Originally Posted by serpents-prey

i would like to own a ballxburm hybrid if you could actually work that out somehow.the thought of a snake with the length of a burm and the temperment of a ball seems to be quite a nice idea to me :snake:

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Isn't that pretty much a normal burm? Burms are docile, just big, right?

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

Whats a hybrid snake?

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Breeding two different snakes, like a Woma and a Ball python, or a Carpet Python and a GTP or a Blood x Ball. The babies and any future generation, no matter how close they look to a pure snake, will all be hybrids.

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i was acutally just thinkinb about this concept the other day regarding boa crosses. Ive seen a lot of hogXcolumbians. pretty interesting stuff.

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Hogg island boas and columbian boas are both Boa constrictors. I'm not sure that qualifies as a hybrid. Though it probably depends on which definition of 'hybrid' you want to use.

Mark

hmm didnt think about it like that. so surinameXcolumbian and all that other mumbo jumbo isnt even hybrids?

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

Whats a hybrid snake?

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The crossing of two different species of snake.

BurmeseXBall

CarpetXBall

BloodXBall

I am thinking Brazilian rainbow boa x Ball python..hmmmm pretty

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hmm didnt think about it like that. so surinameXcolumbian and all that other mumbo jumbo isnt even hybrids?

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Well, like I said, it depends on which definition of the word 'hybrid' you want to use. In the strictest sense of the term, no they aren't hybrids since they are the same species. However you'll see many boa fanciers disagreeing with me on this because you're crossing two different localities and therefore not producing an animal that is pure to the locality. It would be like crossing a golden retriever with a poodle. It's still a dog, but to a poodle fancier it's a mutt and they probably would not want a dog like that in their kennels. So, in the same way, someone who breeds a Suriname X Columbian is still making boas, but they'd be mutts. And someone who is a fancier of Suriname boas probably wouldn't want a mutt boa in their collection.

Mark

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Originally Posted by Travis

I am thinking Brazilian rainbow boa x Ball python..hmmmm pretty

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How 'bout a sand boa x frilled dragon. :D

I'm gonna breed some kind of an arboreal viper and a chicken and make my own :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:-a-trice.

I always thought ball python x thorny devil would be interesting. You could call the result a Royal Prick. ;) :twisted:

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Originally Posted by KLG

I always thought ball python x thorny devil would be interesting. You could call the result a Royal Prick. ;) :twisted:

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LOL!!

Nice Kara, very clever.

Could you imagine a ScrubxRetic....:taz:


Mike

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Originally Posted by Travis

I am thinking Brazilian rainbow boa x Ball python..hmmmm pretty

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I don't even know if that's possible.. or humane.

If it causes them pain or any type of mishap with their internal organs, then I think its wrong and cruel.

If not then sure, I'll take one!

i have mixed feelings.
i feel that some snake just shouldnt be cross bred...
(i.e. The burmball) because its like... cool, but wtf were they thinking....

you know?

I don't think there's anything unethical about it as long as records are kept and breeders are honest with what they are.

That being said, I personally hate them. Especially STP crosses.