"pop eyed" blind albino

[jrice]

has anyone here heard of a blind male "popped eyed" albino boa being succesfully breed?, and do you know if they would produce a higher rate of "popped eyed" babies?

[robertmcphee]

I have no proof or anything, but I would be 100% against breeding any of the one eyed or no eyed snakes. It has not been 100% linked genetically buy I have my suspicions. I think anyone who produces a one eye or a no eye snake has the responsibility to sterilize the animal.

They can make good pets. But breeding in my opinion is a bad thing. Just look at the albino burmese market. I know that I might get ripped for my views but this is how I feel.

It makes me so sad to see such deformities, and it makes me madder when people purchase them (discounted) ofcourse and then tries to breed them and then they are shocked when a couple more no eyes are born. Again I only have a minimum amount of research on any of this but I say no it is not a good idea to breed no eye snakes.

Thanks

[Panama_Red]

Exelent post Robert.

Albino or not, boas born with physical defects should not be bred. Boas that have positive qualitys that are going to benifit the current "gene pool" are the ones worth breeding. Do you think a breeder of show dogs would use a stud with no eyes to breed their champion female? If someone thinks differently I don't want to buy a boa from them.....

[robertmcphee]

Now if only we could get everyone to agree. Im glad to see Im not alone in this.

Thanks 8)

[bcijoe]

Deffinately not alone.

[trinitywolf]

Absolutely not alone. I would go so far as to say that even the parent animal(s) should be taken out of breeding projects. One of them carries the gene, and it's worth loosing the other to weed out the weak link.
That's my take anyway.

[HerperCCC]

I'm with Trinity on this one, if indeed the trait appears to be genetic. If only 1 offspring in a litter had a "deformity" it could be a random or temperature related issue. However, if there are more than 1 with the same deformity, I wouldn't breed the parent again as well. To me, breeding is about making "better" boas, not weaker!

[Chris13160]

I am with you guys !! I think there are not so many people who breed with genetic deformed animals on purpose. Unfortunately there are a few of those criminals !!!!! :-X

Chris van Kalken
The Netherlands

[ratman]

Ditto to all of the above! :'(

[jrice]

thanx for all the input i'll advise my friend against using that male in projects although he got it for free he'll probrably just keep it as a pet. i believe it was the only one he produced out of nearly 200 albino babies.