Question for those that breed

[Sublimeballs]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

yes but I don't understand your point. If someone wanted to vary up the gene pool, what good would it do to tell them that the parents of my clutch were related, since taking the babies and breeding them to another jungle would be outcrossing? Wouldn't that be varying up the gene pool?

What I was getting at is that some people are opposed to inbreeding their snakes, so if someone wanted to purchase a pair with intentions of breeding. You should, as a responsible breeder, let them know that the babies are from related parents so they can then decide for themselves if they want to purchase both from you or one from you and one from another breeder; to vary up their projects gene pool.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by Sublimeballs

What I was getting at is that some people are opposed to inbreeding their snakes, so if someone wanted to purchase a pair with intentions of breeding. You should, as a responsible breeder, let them know that the babies are from related parents so they can then decide for themselves if they want to purchase both from you or one from you and one from another breeder; to vary up their projects gene pool.

Ah I see. I understand now that you elaborated on that point.

But even then wouldn't it be hypocritical for that particular buyer to not want inbred babies, yet take a pair for the purpose of breeding? Related parents or not, wouldn't it be inbreeding for them to take related babies and breed them together?

But of course, I'd give info like that before hand(When I give lineage information on parents, they would be able to see for themselves whether or not the parents were related).

[Derek Roddy]

In actuality, there are VERY few individual Carpet Python Lines in the US. Most jungles that come from lines that are know as "classic lines"... are a mixture of all the same stuff.
Chances are that any "Jungle" you buy is related in some way shape and form. It's nothing to worry about.
I've bred down to F7 with my Atherton Carpets and have seen no ill effects what so ever.

No need to worry about genetic depression in most pythons.

And think about it....even in the wild, How far would a clutch of carpets get away from it's founders? Or them from their founders?
The area in which "jungle carpets" actually habituate...is very small. How much genetic "diversity" is there in the wild anyway.... when you're talking about an animal that crawls? Haha.

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