Bateater's

Ballchris · 05-19-15, 02:49 AM

I am really interested in this project I know im gonna get flamed for supporting a hybrid but I think there awesome, info on the net is scarce so any info you guys have on this amazing project I want to know thank you. I am a few years from doing this as I am enjoying my retic just as a pet and will contiue to do so for the rest of his life its just that I have the burm and the retic and i really want a bateater lol.

dave himself · 05-19-15, 05:44 AM

If your on Facebook join a group called Hybrid Pythons, Boas and Reptiles. There are lots of keepers breeding bateaters on there mate

**Minkness** · 05-19-15, 05:46 AM

What is a bateater?

dave himself · 05-19-15, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

What is a bateater?

It's a BurmeseXRetic hybrid

**Minkness** · 05-19-15, 06:37 AM

Ah, cool.

And another question....

Why are people against hybrids? I saw a really pretty cornsnake/thyrie kingsnake mix the other day and he was soooo pretty....are there health issues with hybrids or something?

**Aaron_S** · 05-19-15, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Ah, cool.

And another question....

Why are people against hybrids? I saw a really pretty cornsnake/thyrie kingsnake mix the other day and he was soooo pretty....are there health issues with hybrids or something?

Lots of threads outlining this.

Nothing wrong with the animals. It's when people get involved things go wrong. Lots of people lie.

**Minkness** · 05-19-15, 06:55 AM

Ah, sorry, I haven't seen much about it other than people not liking it.

What are the lies? Are the hybrids not distinct in their looks enough for someone to tell?

**Aaron_S** · 05-19-15, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Minkness

Ah, sorry, I haven't seen much about it other than people not liking it.

What are the lies? Are the hybrids not distinct in their looks enough for someone to tell?

Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

Example, diamond carpet pythons were super expensive 15 years ago. People would buy 1 and then breed it to a few jungle carpets, which are super cheap, then sell the babies as pure diamonds.

The purity of the bloodlines then become unpure. Some people continue on not knowing that they have a cross and breed/sell what they think are pure as pure further screwing things up.

It's to the point that I personally have a few projects I want but will have to find wild caughts so I know exactly where they came from.

Albert Clark · 05-19-15, 08:04 AM

One of the complications that a hybrid can have is the inability to reproduce. So, as long as you are using the two reproducable species ie retic x Burmese , the offspring can be sterile. I don't know what the percentages are but it exists. So, your bateater runs the risk of being sterile.

Ballchris · 05-19-15, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by dave himself

If your on Facebook join a group called Hybrid Pythons, Boas and Reptiles. There are lots of keepers breeding bateaters on there mate

thanks dave, and to everyone I dont plan to lie about the snakes if you guys would like one after if or when there hatched let me know u pay shipping ill give you one not interested in money just want a bateater

**Aaron_S** · 05-19-15, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Albert Clark

One of the complications that a hybrid can have is the inability to reproduce. So, as long as you are using the two reproducable species ie retic x Burmese , the offspring can be sterile. I don't know what the percentages are but it exists. So, your bateater runs the risk of being sterile.

As far as I've known, every hybrid reptile has NOT been sterile so the liklihood of it happening now is pretty slim.