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Will he pass this on?

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Malkingray

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I know this was brought up on another thread (keep the ugly/good feeder or the pretty/poor feeder at first) and I really hadn't thought much about it. But I now am questioning whether a certain corn I have - who is homo/het traits I need, should be bred. I have had him ~8 weeks and he has only fed 3 times. He ate the first time I fed him (a week after he arrived), 2 weeks later while in shed and the week after that. He is a yearling and on the small side (I have 05's that are now almost his size and will be bigger than him within the next few months). All of my other corns are excellent feeders, only a few of them refuse a meal and it usually is right before they shed. Will he pass on his poor eating habits to his offspring? Should I replace him with another snake carring the genes I need and not risk it?
Thanks,
 
To me it seems if you have 2 with the same genes go with the good feeder, it depends how important is it to you to produce babies that are good feeders, I can see breeding a snake because you like its look, but I'd pick an uglier sibling known to have the same bloodlines/hets if it feeds better. Have you had the snake long ? Maybe it's not something to worry about if it's only a few feeding instances that it's refused. How available would a replacement be is another q to ask here
 
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It would be fairly easy to find a replacement for him. He is a snow het lavender and I had planned on using him with a few breeding's but the two main breedins I had planned were to my normal female next year to prove out hets and my lavender het amel. I had hoped to be able to get lavenders/opals with him but my plans can change.
I can use my ghost to breed to my normal next year(07) and then use my butter motley the following year. It may be better this way as I will prove she is/not carring Anery A, Anery B, Hypo A, Amel, Caramel and Motley in 3 breeding's (I am testing her with charcoal in 06). My lavender girl I may use in my lava project.
I like my snow a lot, he is a nice snake but if there is a chance he will pass on poor feeders, I am not sure I want to take the chance. Who knows maybe over winter he may never miss another meal and grow like a weed. :shrugs:
 
Personally, I wouldn't use a problem feeder for breeding, just to be on the safe side (I have one myself who will just spend a leisurely life as a pet only). But I should also mention that I don't have anywhere near enough experience to say one way or the other what the odds are a lack of appetite/feeding response will be passed on.
 
This year I did hatch 3 clutches, and all the problem feeders were from the same clutch, it makes me think it's definitely heritable as their conditions were identical - The batch that didn't eat f/t took live eventually, at least :eatpointe
 
Thanks for the info! I really don't want to have any problem feeder hatchlings if I can help it. I will hang on to him for awhile - maybe he will turn around otherwise he will be a pet. He has since refused another meal since I posted. I have to go get fuzzies for my female BP who only eats live, so I may pick up a pink for him. Maybe that will get his attention. My yearling california king refused every meal from the time I bought her/him in Oct 04 until March 05. Tried everything I could think of to get her/him to eat and than one day I put a live fuzzy in there (just like several other occasions) and has only missed 3 meals since. I even was able to change to f/t.
I am liking the new breeding plans I have made better than the original plans, so chances are he will be a pet.
 
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