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    Re: what do you think of hybrids

    Quote Originally Posted by Rapture View Post
    I think hybrids could be a great idea if they were all produced responsibly and also microchipped... but I know that doesn't happen. I realize the problem with high percentage hybrids and the difficulty in finding a pure species. I know that there are already problems identifying carpet pythons and coloubrids, and I think the boas will soon follow, if they are not there already. I think 50% hybrids are probably the "coolest looking" and safest hybrids to produce. While we're on the subject... I have a carpet that was sold to me as a Coastal, but it doesn't seem to be a pure Coastal anymore... a very pretty animal, but I may never know what percent of what species it really is. This could possibly deter me from breeding her in the future.

    And this is a perfect example of what I was saying. A misrepresented animal. And if I am not mistaken, the buyer threw my name in there when talking to you about his adults. Rapture and I conversed and I have never sold this "seller" one of my carpets. He may have got it from someone else, but I doubt it.

    Not to mention, what if Rap bred this to a coastal later and tried to sell the babies as coastals. With as large a clutch as carpets have, you would have a few that would not show the coastal influence but more of the other crossed species.
    If she is truly trying to breed and sell pure coastals, she has wasted several years in a project that didn't help the problem but make it worse by putting more hybrids on the market.
    Last edited by MPenn; 11-29-2007 at 08:50 PM. Reason: addition

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