breeding question

[mikehorton]

this seems like a stupid situation to me, but what do i know. anyways there is a pet store pretty close to my house that has a rainbow boa and a red-tail boa, in a cage and is trying to mate these two species. is this possible?

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

Anything is possible so it seems but many people in the herp world frown on hybrids imo. Did he say he was trying to get them to breed? Maybe he was just practicing a traditional pet store housing thing. House 2 species together to save on the cost of more cages. Bright idea

[mikehorton]

it was a good looking pair of snakes, but it said not for sale, breeder pair on the enclosure.

[JimiSnakes]

Anything is possible so it seems but many people in the herp world frown on hybrids imo.

How so?

[mikehorton]

how so what? that they look good? i mean if it was possible that would be a pretty cool morph. i woul ddeffinatly want one. i just dodn't now if it would work. i'm sure it wouldn't happen in the wild.