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Newbie questions from Atlanta....

Daniel Eaton

Daniel Eaton

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I don't have any corns yet, or any snakes for that matter. I am doing a lot of research with my home-schooled kids before we actually pick some up. Hope to do that at the big herp show in Raleigh in three weeks...from Rich if he still has some left! :) Since we live in Georgia, we have to get a permit first. I have some questions that I am hoping some of you experts can help me with.
1. Folks selling wild-caught snakes warn about the inbred nature of captive bred snakes. What is the true story here?
2. I really like the okeetees and hypo-okeetees. My son likes the normals. We are interested in teaching/learning a little about genetics with this project. Are there some normals and oaks available with similar "het" phases that will produce interesting offspring variations? Anyone have any suggestions on other breeding pair combinations considering the goal of teaching a little biology and genetics?
3. Anyone else gone through the permit process in Georgia? What all did it take? How long before you got the permit?
4. Anyone on the list from the Atlanta area? I'd love to get together with someone in person with the goal of getting my daughter a little more comfortable with the whole snake-in-the-house idea. :)

I'm sure I will have a lot more questions, but that is all for now.
I really appreciate some pointers on this...
Daniel
 
GA

Drop me a note and I'll fill you in on all you need. Try email or private message.
 
to answer the inbreeding question: most reputable breeders, i believe, continually breed new lines into their projects to guard against the dangers of inbreeding. to me it sounds like sommeone was just trying very hard to sell a wild-caught snake. alot of the larger more experienced breeders have been working with their snakes for many generations to produce a snake with exceptional colors and a good feeding response and i don't believe you are as likely to find the problems that you may encounter with a wild-caught.
as far as the genetics question i think my advice would be a ghost (hypo and anerythristic) and a normal het. for ghost. this way when bred together you will get a mix of normals, hypos, anerys, and ghosts. in my opinion that is probably the easiest way to see the interactions of two recessive traits in the offspring. ( a pairing of a charcoal ghost to a normal het for charcoal and hypo would work the same as the above) anyway thats my 2 cents. enjoy!!! ---jim
 
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