can you breed siblings?

[recycling goddess]

okay... so if i have two snakes... and i want to breed them.

can i breed the babies back to the parents?

can i breed the babies to each other?

how about... breeding the babies from one clutch to the babies in another clutch but same parents to both clutches?

[Nate]

I think...yes...a lot of breeders will breed babies back to parents. Siblings....eehhhhh i dunno..maybe.

Perhaps Adam and his words of wisdom will chime in

[titus]

You can actualy do both though it shouldn't be done too much. The plus point to doing this is to narrow your gene pool to known genetics or line breed a forum of morph ie. Bloodred corns. This can lead to problems as you also raise the chance of bringing out unwanted ressive genes ie, deformities and so on. So you'll want to out cross you lines every so often to keep them fresh. Breeding half siblings is also a good way of producing most morphs.

[recycling goddess]

well i have a normal male which i'll be adding into my eventual breeding projects... so that'll bring some new bloodlines into the mix.

thanks guys... this is the info i needed

[ddbjdealer]

There are many good threads in the breeding forum about this... take a lookie

[uro1001]

sibling x sibling =no
offspring x parent = okay for about 1-2 generations but after that you will get deformities(ex:eye problems)

edit:i forgot to mention its possible to breed siblings but not recomended.

[Mendel's Balls]

sibling x sibling =no
offspring x parent = okay for about 1-2 generations but after that you will get deformities(ex:eye problems)

edit:i forgot to mention its possible to breed siblings but not recomended.

Please give a rationale for why sib to sib crosses are not okay or recommended. Parents and offspring share 50% of their total genetic material while full siblings also share 50% of their genetic material.

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

this is like the what type of feed is better live or dead. you are going to get thousands of different opinions. i personally think it is ok to breed siblings x siblings and siblings x parents. with out it there would not be many of the morphs out there. but some inbreeding is highley frowned on. like albino to albino. most people dont even like breeding unrelated albs together.

[Kizerk]

personally i don't ever want to do that, sure it's useful for proving out possible hets, but i'm wary of deformities etc...

[Mendel's Balls]

most people dont even like breeding unrelated albs together.

Really? I am quite skeptical of this statement.....as long as the albinos are of high-quality and are compatible (i.e. of the same gene) then I see no reason why a breeder wouldnt breed them.