Quote Originally Posted by BallPython17 View Post
Well I'm not a newbie, Ive had snakes for about 8 years now. Like you said no one knows how the super balls health would be in the long run and of course no one will find out either if no one attempts to breed them and keep them. But really think about, you guys are concerned about the hybrids health, and I care about its health also, but no one will ever know how their healths would be and how they act, etc. if no one tries to keep one. I mean think about it, when people started catching snakes in the wild and putting them in cages and breeding them in captivity no one new about their health problems and what their conditions needed to be in captivity, but everyone started learning by keeping a snake with the little knowledge they had. And everyone learns by trial and error. So if I happen to breed the hybrid I would take care of it by my knowledge of blood and ball pythons. And if the snake thrives well then I can share my knowledge to future herp collectors who want to do the same thing I'm doing.

You can own snakes for 20 years, but it still doesn't make it better. the fact that you are mudding two bloodlines "because you are curious". Just because they are out there doesn't mean that you should make more. If you have both, I don't see the need to have the hybrid, unless you just want to "show it off".

Look at carpets for instance. Pure carpets are getting fewer and fewer because people like you are mixing the bloodlines. Imagine if everyone wanted to do the super balls, so everyone gets some bloods and starts crossing the breeds, years down the road pure bloods may not be so easy to find. (not saying it will saying it could)

It is a touchy subject, and to come on here and say you want to do all of this because you are curious?????? why don't you find someone who has one and go see it. But to figuratively destroy two bloodlines for your own curiosity is not a good reason.

Thats it I'm done.