Quote Originally Posted by jhall1468
Yes, and do you know why you feel 100% certain? The Canine industry developed registries BECAUSE the issues you have complaints about with dogs were becoming issues in the canine industry. And without paperwork, you can't know with ANY degree of certainty if a dog is a purebred or not.

I said you know only because of the generations of pedigree paperwork.

Most of the morphs created in captivity would never meet in the wild. In fact, I'm willing to take bets that the Queen Bee (Pastel Spider Lesser Platinum) is a great deal more unlikely than several of the current hybrids.

I said base morphs. Designer combos are obviously another story.

I don't agree... a reputable breeder isn't going to bring in a snake with questionable heredity.

Says you. I would have more faith in some than others, but without the heredity paperwork, you can't be 100% sure, since it is so common.

I do think Adam is correct... however that is really moot. As you said... EVERY Spider has that flaw, so reputable or not, if you have a spider it has the flaw.

Agreed, but this was a response to what you originally said. "Could you imagine one of the major breeders bringing in a genetically tainted BP, and selling the offspring as Ball Pythons?" I said, yes, I can imagine. Look at the Spider morph.

And once again, if you feel 100% comfortable buying a purebred dog, what's the issue with a snake?

Like I said, I'd only be comfortable breeding dogs if I had AKC pedigrees for my parent stock. That's not an option w/ snakes, so hybrids make me uncomfortable.