Whats the limit for inbreeding

[adizziedoll]

When I found out that we can inbreed BP, i was kind shocked, appalled, ect. I've come around a little more, but now I'm wondering the limits? I know you can breed mom to son, and im guessing father to daughter....but can you breed 2 siblings, or is that a no no?

[JimiSnakes]

A law for this is simple: don't do it unless you have to. It all depends on your reasoning.

[elevatethis]

Unless you are trying to prove a new unique morph where only one animal exhibiting the trait exists, something NONE of us probably are dealing with, there's no reason to do it. There's tons of people out there who would do an equal trade to bring new blood into their program.

[monkeywrench133]

This question was asked on one of the other forums I visit. No one had an exact answer, but one of the breeders on that site figured you could go out 10 generations before problems started to appear. But, like Elevate said, it's something to avoid if possible.

[adizziedoll]

Unless you are trying to prove a new unique morph where only one animal exhibiting the trait exists, something NONE of us probably are dealing with, there's no reason to do it. There's tons of people out there who would do an equal trade to bring new blood into their program.

thats pretty much the circumstances i was wondering about. One day, when done playing catch up, i would like to make me some pretty albino pieds ONE DAY

[JimiSnakes]

albino pieds are really neat. I wouldn't mind owning one of them either...or two...or three... or...well you get the idea.

[Adam_Wysocki]

I think corn snakes are on their 11th generation of inbreeding/line breeding with no major ill effects.

There are probably less than 5 true captive bred generations of ball pythons in captivity.

We've got a while before it's a concern.

-adam