I've been having a short discussion with some other reptile keepers and we're kind of at a stand still with a topic. To be honest, I've never talked about this with anyone because I feel its a non issue, especially with BPs, but i know some people who think that (like in mammals) temperment has a genetic component.

The fox experiment was brought up. My logic is, we go OUT of our way to explain how reptiles are not like mammals. Why would we backtrack on this and say that breeding for good temperament creates offspring with good temperament. To be honest, I have no clue. I've heard anecdotal evidence of mean females producing nice offspring, and nice females producing mean offspring.

What do you think?