Quote Originally Posted by RandyRemington View Post
The part I don't like is that as soon as the initial cross was made the decision was already made for future herpers that they can't be sure they have a ball python. Only the 2nd generation the records are getting muddied (aren't these 3/4 ball and 1/4 blood?) and some of them could pass for pure balls. I'm sure in another generation if not this some of them will be lost completely into the captive ball population. A few years down the road one of their more odd decedents could be picked out as a possible new ball morph and years might be wasted trying to bring it to market.
Thatīs exactly what i was thinking. Back in the days it was the same story with Cornsnakes. Beginners easily buy a hybrid snake without knowing it and a couple of years later they breed their hybrid male to a pure Ball Python and as long as the hybrid male is involved, the line isnt pure.