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Old 02-06-2016, 04:33 PM   #44
Big Borg Reptiles
Stanley:

What evidence do you have that this is a genetic defect caused by inbreeding? What evidence do you have that these snakes should not be bred? Other than the fact that people have trouble with hatching out babies, which another (experienced) person has said is normal due to the difficulties associated with incubation and breeding this species. Have you personally bred this species and noticed that inbred babies always have split scales and outbred babies do not? For that matter, have you bred them at all?

I have seen you make some pretty serious claims and have not seen you provide any sort of basis for them. We have an experienced keeper of indigos having 3 generations of unrelated pairings that still have split scales; this to me implies it is NOT the result of inbreeding and completely invalidates your claims.

If you could share with us what you are basing your argument on other than buying one snake and returning it I would very much appreciate it (and I'm sure others would as well).