Padawan Breeder Questions

[YungRasputin]

Depending on the expectations of keepers, it may be. Hiding incompatible hets in animals with no good reason to do so is frowned on in some circles. In leopard geckos, Mack Snow and Gem Snow are only partially compatible, and mixing them (that is, hiding Gem in a the super form of Mack) is a big no no, as it makes the animal worthless for future breeding involving that gene. If I was sold a Mack Super Snow that turned out to be hiding Gem, I'd be furious, since by the time I figured it out I'd have scores of worthless offspring, and have mislead many buyers of my animals. Not sure how boa breeders view this, but I hope they frown on pointless crosses.

am v glad you say this because this is the type of thing i’m trying to avoid because for me the point is not to stack up traits but more to develop albinic variations within the 2 main species i am focusing on (Burms + Colombian red tails) - like with my mainland Burms they’re both Het for T+ albinism/Caramel, my dwarfs are Het for regular albinism and hypo and my current Colombian pair 1 totally normal female, 1 visual Kahl albino - so when i was asking my question i was wondering how such a pairing might turn out or if i really wanted to produce T+ albino Colombian would i need an accompanying male that was T+ albino

that’s kind of where I stand on morphs - i prefer normal types of pure locality but i also think albinos are cool because a) outside of photophobia in T+ albino Colombians i haven’t seen any health defects in albino Burms and Colombians and b) while perhaps really rare, it’s something which could conceivably happen in the wild but that’s moreso my mindset here to put it more plainly