Dinker Project Offspring Photos..opinions wanted

[RichsBallPythons]

Looks like a Genetic granite male as babies have granite looks

[jsschrei]

Thanks all.

I think there is some type of granite inheritance also from the dad. One problem I think I face with the outcome of this clutch is that both the mom and dad have very dark, nearly black ground color. The dad's has a great iridescent property too. I am not sure if the babies are getting it from dad, or mom, or both, because they are all very dark

I kept back the whole clutch. When the females are of breeding size a few of them will be bred back to dad and a few to their brothers to try to figure out what inheritable genetics, if any, are at play.

This season mom will be bred back to one of her sons. I'd love opinions on which of the males people would suggest breeding back and why (color? pattern? etc.) either in this post, or my other post that I made for this particular topic. She didn't ovulate last year until July. The boys should be big enough before then. All three are within about 30g of each other.

[mommanessy247]

i'm curious why the inbreeding? doesnt inbreeding lead to health problems & stuff?
forgive my ignorance, i'm merely just asking...

[jsschrei]

i'm curious why the inbreeding? doesnt inbreeding lead to health problems & stuff?
forgive my ignorance, i'm merely just asking...

Because they are imported and unknown history parents, the breeding back to parents and siblings is necessary to pair any alleles that the original parents may be carrying for a homozygote. Otherwise you may never get them by pairing the offspring with other animals in hopes that they might be carrying the same genes.

Because the parents are not related, the inbreeding is less critical. I would not breed F2 offspring together.