Quote Originally Posted by dr del View Post
And as long as it is not done generation after generation I don't think there is a massive risk to it either. dr del
The only problem, and I think it's one that most people don't think about, is this;
lets say I line breed my co-dom/ dom/ recessive male snake back to his mother, (because I don’t want to purchase/care for a few more snakes to do it without line breeding) I now have inbred offspring. Now I sell these offspring to someone else. This person now has the same dilemma. Do I line breed or do I take the time/effort/money to get what I want? Now they too line breed this already inbred snake. It goes on and on down the line. Generation after generation.
So you see you may not want to line breed generation after generation, but you are setting it up for others to do it.

One of our goals is to produce Dreamsicles. We are getting the snakes to do it without line breeding. Yes it will take longer and will cost more in the long run, but we are going to produce (in our own opinion) healthier more genetically sound animals than some others may.

We choose not to line breed. Now If we ever end up with a one of a kind snake that we want to prove out. Then of course we may have to line breed. This is in our opinions the only time it should be acceptible to do so.