Fun hybrid question

[CrazycatOP]

Don't respond to this just to hate on hybrids. I don't care if you don't like them. I like them. But anyway, this has been confusing me for a few days. Ok, lets start.

So you breed a woma and ball python (I won't be doing this. Just wondering). It's 50% ball and 50% woma right? So then you breed it to a woma again. So then it's 75% woma and 25% ball right? But THEN, what if you breed it back to a ball? What is it? Then with that snake, what if you bread it to a half woma half ball again?

[asplundii]

A 75/25 bred back to a ball would give you a 37.5/62.5

And breeding that back to a 50/50 would give you a 43.75/56.25

[enginee837]

Attempting to breed a ball python to a woma would likely end in 1 less ball python and one happy woma. Aside from that the above is correct.

[dylan815]

wait, what? I've never heard of this. Would it be genetically possible excluding the fact that the woma might eat the BP?

[enginee837]

wait, what? I've never heard of this. Would it be genetically possible excluding the fact that the woma might eat the BP?

I am not an expert in hybrids but I would guess womas and ball pythons are too different. I believe this question was entirely hypothetical.

[dylan815]

I am not an expert in hybrids but I would guess womas and ball pythons are too different. I believe this question was entirely hypothetical.

Okay, thanks. I assumed this wasn't really a thing, but I was just making sure.

[OhhWatALoser]

Attempting to breed a ball python to a woma would likely end in 1 less ball python and one happy woma. Aside from that the above is correct.

Well considering woma/balls already exist, it seems some people made it happen without issue. here a thread with a picture of one https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...n-hybrid-cross

from what ive been told, any python theoretically should be able to breed with any python and any boa theoretically should be able to breed with any boa. However I doubt we will see any sand boa anaconda hybrids any time soon and it might be a challenge getting a ball and a gtp to breed. So physical limitation can still apply.

[dylan815]

Well considering woma/balls already exist, it seems some people made it happen without issue. here a thread with a picture of one https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...n-hybrid-cross

from what ive been told, any python theoretically should be able to breed with any python and any boa theoretically should be able to breed with any boa. However I doubt we will see any sand boa anaconda hybrids any time soon and it might be a challenge getting a ball and a gtp to breed. So physical limitation can still apply.

That things funky lol. I guess if there is a will, then there is a way.

[enginee837]

There you go, I stand corrected.

[hollowlaughter]

They're called "walls" (woma+ball) and aren't too common but are out there, $600-$1000 range last I heard.