quote sorraia This is one thing I noticed while breeding rats... A "low quality" black rat (one who is faded or browned out, not good for show) had very strong potential of carrying hidden recessives, especially mink and beige. Also when the Burmese rat became popular a lot of breeders started advocating breeding low quality Siamese (one without good shading) into the Burmese to strengthen up the points of the Burmese. (I personally preferred to breed a high quality Siamese into my Burmese and get very good points and keep good quality Siamese instead of sacrificing one for the other, and personally never saw a problem with having shading on a Burmese, personally thought it made them look nicer actually!) If that can be transferred to snakes as well, it is possible there may be a place for "low quality" in improving or producing other morphs. Someone just needs to prove that now![/QUOTE]
This is a very good post.
It's easier to grasp how (genes, traits, and line-bred) visual (homozygous) appearances, on a faster generational timeline which rodents provide us with, can be applied to other goals. Whether they prove out exchangeable with other goals, or not, is probably contained in many (perceived as 'low grade') visuals.
Is anyone here able to remember when all royal pythons were wild-type-&-"classic" color?
Hey, I have a real question.
Please tell me how much the first amel ball pythons sold for? And if a pic can go with that, was it a low grade amel?
thanks for sharing, dp
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