Quote Originally Posted by nykea View Post
Not sure why you say that. I didn't say anything about mutations or "defected morphs". By the way, mutations can be neutral to fitness and deleterious. Majority of morphs are neutral mutations, at least in captivity (in wild they could be deleterious as they would make the snake more visible to predators) so I see absolutely no problem in breeding them, that's what I'm planning to do! I'm just saying that while breeding ANY kind of animal, dog, snake, wild type or morph, the looks should NEVER be the sole factor in selection decisions.
I agree with everything Jinx stated, but I also like this point you brought up (I didn't read the whole thread ). My calico came from Chris Berrios, and when I did a BOI check before buying, everyone said that Chris' calicos are piggies! I thought they were just being nice, but after almost a year of keeping her, she is most definitely more pig than snake . She only refused probably 4 meals the entire time she's been with me, and each of those were either her deep in shed, or the rat exploded because I thawed it for too long .... I'm hoping her babies will be the same .