Artificial inseminaton for ball pythons?

[Monty]

yea but that will cost way to much in the long run instead of just breeding. think about it this way you spend 1200 on an albino male and 2000 on a female albino . you have how many breeding seasons. then if you go and use artifical insemination your prolly spening 2000 on the sperm itself for what one season of breeding to me it seems a waste of money and time i would rather buy the snakes and breed them out myself that way i know that its coming from a good stock. and not some over used under nourished male

[darkbloodwyvern]

i wish you the best of luck with that new and exciting venture!

send me a cloned pied when you have some extra!

ditto! since you can clone, they must be cheap right?? XD

[darkbloodwyvern]

yea but with cloning they are all gonna look identical so why would you want a bunch of snakes that look exactly the same i like the variety in the ball pythons

Monozygotic twins have all the same genes, but they aren't ever EXACTLY alike, just very similar. The same kinds of genes can get expressed in different ways. They can both have the same gene, but it may be "ON" in one twin and "OFF" in the other, which will result in slight or even extreme differences in appearance. I had twins for roommates and I could always tell them apart, one was taller and had a thinner face. At a distance it was hard to tell, but close up it was pretty obvious who was who. Some twins look more alike than they do, but there are always going to be differences.
I'd bet you could get low, 50% and high white pieds from a clone of the same animal.

[pythontricker]

YAY 700th POST! WOOP! SORRY THAT WAS RANDOM, LOL.

[naba2002]

i often wondered if that was poss but seein all those morphs on one page like that WOW i mustve stared at it for a good 10 mins

[Sonya610]

its not a joke. You dont beleive scientists can create het for anything, but they can clone animals. The snake is probally inserted with the het of your choice while still in the egg. science is amazing but we will never see its true capability with government restrictions

Haha...yeah if the name "April First Bio Engineering" isn't a hint, check out their "Really Big Lizards Division" linked on that page.

http://lizardkeepers.com/

rofl!

[Sonya610]

its not a joke. You dont beleive scientists can create het for anything, but they can clone animals. The snake is probally inserted with the het of your choice while still in the egg. science is amazing but we will never see its true capability with government restrictions

Yeah, for sure they are real. Check out their "Really Big Lizard Division" linked on that page. ROFL! http://lizardkeepers.com/

"Really Big Lizards has actually cracked the genetic code and begun limited commercial breeding of a select variety of prehistoric animals. We will have a small number of breeder pairs of animals available in the spring of 2008. Please review our pricing and availability below"

They even sell supplies to go with their lizards:

Tools and Supplies
Mite Spray - 55 Gallon Drum - $700
Worming Paste - 55 Gallon Tube - $900
"Piggy" Pump - For picky Feeders - $500
22 Foot Steel "Travel" Cage - for pets on the go - $19.995.95
Set of 8 foot stainless steel sexing probes(5) - $220
20 Foot Feeding Tongs - $350

[stangs13]

I am in the show cattle buisness. I can spend 20,000 dollars on the bull, or 45 dollars for a straw of semen from the bull. A straw of ball semen wont be nearly as much as the animal, hopefully.

[AjBalls]

its not a joke. You dont beleive scientists can create het for anything, but they can clone animals. The snake is probally inserted with the het of your choice while still in the egg. science is amazing but we will never see its true capability with government restrictions

I'll believe that when I see some of those velociraptors that are supposedly "AVAILABLE NOW"

[fattielumpkin]

http://aprilfirstbioengineering.com/-----HAHAHA....if you go to the really big lizards page and click the contact, it gives you "jeffb@kingsnake.com" whoever that is, that is hilarious.