Quote Originally Posted by Jessicat View Post
That makes sense, thanks for that.

I had added the little story in my former post as I wasn't sure if the deformities of the snakes [missing eyes] were a result of line/inbreeding or something else? [and if it's something else, what could it be? o.O]

It's just that there are probably some out there who go for the minimal investment for the most profit, with all of them relating back to the first pair that was obtained, or possibly further back if the pair were related too.
So, ideally, if there are no bad effects from inbreeding what's stopping people from doing things like this? Would having a 6th generation line/inbred super-something really be possible with no issues as long as said "super-something" was a genetic morph or trait that was desirable? o.O I'm just a little sceptical that it can't be *that* easy, but if it can, well... ok *shrug* I'm wrong :B
I have no doubts there are quite a few multi generation inbred animals out there. Unfortunately there is no real way to know unless you produce everything yourself. Even then do you know with certainty where your original snakes came from. The point is to not perpetuate the scenario and try and put new blood in your lines. I would even do something like trade straight across for the same animal just to get new blood (ie, Mojave female for Mojave female).

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