breed a kinked male?

[cmack91]

see if you can get him x-rayed, the doctor may be able to tell if its an injury or a genetic problem? idk, but it might be worth a shot

[John1982]

I've heard of snakes hatching or being born kinked but I'm not that familiar with the subject. Do kinks sometimes spontaneously develop as they're growing? I know they can become more or less pronounced with growth but if he wasn't kinked as a hatchling what are the odds the kink that "developed" is hereditary as opposed to some sort of injury? Is it possible the kink was so minor at hatching that you didn't notice until it grew larger? Was there no kink one day then the next a very noticeable kink appeared? I'm for taking it in for x-rays as cmack91 suggested and seeing what a qualified snake vet has to say.

[paulh]

I voted "other" because no choice matched my opinion.

I would breed them because it is the male that is kinked and not the female. IMO, kinking is environmental, from borderline nutritional problems in the female. I would get a good bird liquid multivitamin and put a couple of drops in a dead mouse for the female once or twice a month starting at least 6 months before breeding.