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breeding siblings

MysticExotics said:
Many times, a clutch will have three, or four hets, and pairing siblings to get those genes in the next generations of babies is pretty common.

How long have you been breeding?
Most breeders know that breeding reptiles is not the same as mammals, in the fact inbreeding and line breeding is more acceptable, to a certain extent.
It's fine for you to hold your opinion, that is your right, but posting incorrect information based on what you think, doesn't help anyone.
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I love this site, learn something new every day. I answered "no" to breeding siblings, I know that in mammals you have to introduce unrelated genes to lessen the possibility of birth defects, but I think that is common knowledge, but I equated it to corn snakes as well. Thank you for the correction!

Is this the norm for all reptiles, or just snakes in general? And (now you have me thinking!) what about birds or fish? Does anyone know if any of these are okay to breed within a family? Huh. Interesting!
 
I know with fish it is common to buy a group from 1 spawn then allow them to pair up. Usually once you have group going you add in unrelated individuals to helps strengthen the genetics. It take several generations of inbreeding in fish before you start seeing any ill effect.
 
smigon said:
I love this site, learn something new every day. I answered "no" to breeding siblings, I know that in mammals you have to introduce unrelated genes to lessen the possibility of birth defects, but I think that is common knowledge, but I equated it to corn snakes as well. Thank you for the correction!

Is this the norm for all reptiles, or just snakes in general? And (now you have me thinking!) what about birds or fish? Does anyone know if any of these are okay to breed within a family? Huh. Interesting!
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I don't know about all reptiles, but one I know that you should avoid line breeding or inbreeding is Crested Geckos. The reason for that is because only a limited number of them came into the states in the first place, and as many as there are now, there's already a fair number that have been paired with related animals.

I don't know anything about breeding birds, so I cannot offer any info on that one.

We all started new at one point, and we all have something to learn. :)
 
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