I’ll start out by saying, I love the bamboo morph. I think the reason that not as many breeders are working with it is the same reason why I as a breeder have chose not to include it in my projects, there just isn’t many ways to improve it if any. The original bamboo is what I think looks best. I have not seen any combos that I’ve actually liked better than the original so that makes it hard to have goals as a breeder with a gene that is difficult to improve with the addition of more genes. I’ve talked with a few local breeders when I was first looking into bamboo and they basically chose not to work with it for the same reason but they were a little more harsh about what they thought about what the gene does to other genes. But they do have a point, the bamboo gene has a strong influence in combos and so they all look similar to the original bamboo but not near as nice. So if you were looking for a pet snake, I think the bamboo is a great choice, it’s beautiful and nothing else looks like it. It may not be the best choice as a breeder though as a lot of the combos don’t add much interest and most become less visually pleasing at least imo. Bright and flashy seems to pull a lot more interest and although the bamboo has an amazing pattern, it is not bright and flashy and only gets duller with the addition of more genes.
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