Quote Originally Posted by blue roses View Post
So, since my boy is a spinner blast (spider, pastel, pin stripe) I got my girl from an unrelated breeder in another state, an enchee firefly, (pastel, fire, enchee) to eventually breed to him. Will i be able to water down the spider gene. I would also love to pick up a coral glow female from an unrelated breeder, to give me enough of genetics to work with. Is this a good plan of action, since my house space is limited. As an retired dog breeder, i know the challenges of line breeding, and maintaining the best traits during outcrossing. In dogs any breeding you do using dogs related closer then cousins is in-breeding, line -breeding is cousins or niece, or nephew to aunt or uncle, and a out cross is no relation to any dog for at least 3 generations. The accepted practise is 1 line breed to 2 outcrosses, then a line breed then 2 out crosses, but this is in dogs not really nessecery in snakes, i guess, unless you want to bury a bad trait, like a wobble. Am i being over causious or is this a good practise, any suggestions would be helpful and opinions weighed carefully.
What do you mean "water down the spider gene"?