enclosure & breeding Qs

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

you can inbreed 4 generations (in garters) without defects arising

but he/it's her son isn't inbreeding bad?

[Snake lover 3-25]

man... i wanted a girl!!!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

u could of still done it wrong, sorry

well i read it in a book... when i did it about 1/2 came out male and 1/2 female

[adamanteus]

Popping and probing are often viewed as being fool-proof, in fact they are both fallible and potentially dangerous. I don't do it any more, I try to assess other factors to establish sex... I'd rather be wrong than pop or probe. I never buy a snake these days if I know it has been sexed in either of these ways, they are so often damaged.

[Lori P]

The guy I bought my baby ball python off of MORTIFIED me when he "popped" her to show me it was a female. It was very brutal. I won't ask anyone to do it again unless it's someone I KNOW to be an expert!! I was so scared that he had hurt her...

[Snake lover 3-25]

oh... yes i agree that i shouldn't have but when i did they were just a few hours old and it didn't seem to bother them at all, but i agree and i won't do it again...

[adamanteus]

Shanley, I wasn't having a go at you. Many people pop their snakes. It's just my personal preference not to do so.

[Snake lover 3-25]

i know but i do agree with you... the book does say that it's risky...

[Snake lover 3-25]

and there was really no point in that risk, seeing that i was wrong about the only one that i kept... and i didn't even sell the babies... i just let them go...

[Snake lover 3-25]

maybe i'll breed the mom again so that i can have 3 generations like i had origionally hoped... too bad it took me 2 yrs to figure out that i was wrong...