Milk x King hybirds?

Thanks Doug! That was a really good post. I understand completely. Hybrids, personally, I don't have an issue with, but I can't stand when people falsely label them.

Originally Posted by GreenTreePython13

Thanks Doug! That was a really good post. I understand completely. Hybrids, personally, I don't have an issue with, but I can't stand when people falsely label them.

Thank you for undestanding some of the very valid points I made there. Yes, and on the other side of the coin, what also happens quite often is that many crosses/hybrids are perpetuated and sold as genuine species/subspecies very un-knowingly because the folks aren't even aware of them being crosses as a matter of fact. If more people knew exactly what they were looking at and could accurately identify most of the snakes in the hobby, it would be a different story, but the vast majority of folks in this hobby know very little about identifying most snakes, especially to the subspecific level. I recently just saw a KNOWN Cal. king x floridana cross labeled as an "axanthic Florida king".........arrrrgh!!!

It is these man-made crosses that are not very blatant, easily distinguishable crosses that are the most harmful to authentic snakes in captive collections. And their crossed percentages can also vary greatly which can make them even more un-discernable to the average eye, let alone to the novice hobbyist that doesn't have much experience at all.

Anyway, I appreciate your being able to understand just a few of these simple reasons they can be so detrimental to many captive collections.

My stance is not that many aren't pretty, or nice looking. It is all about what they "do" later on by the many folds...........




regards, ~Doug

Doug, quite talking out of your A$$. hahahahaha Sorry, just trying to liven things up. This looks just like a Cal king but its actually 50% Cal king, 25% Desert king (splendida), and 25% Pueblan Milk snake. There is not one thing I can see that tells me this is not a pure Cal king. Pretty crazy.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=236216

Ross-Wow you're right.

Doug-Yeah I absolutely CAN'T STAND when people purposely label animals as something they're not just to get more money for it. There is a pet store in my area that I refuse to go to anymore after seeing a blue crayfish being sold as a "miniature electric blue lobster." Yeah right.

[quote=RossCA;1342172]Doug, quite talking out of your A$$. hahahahaha Sorry, just trying to liven things up. This looks just like a Cal king but its actually 50% Cal king, 25% Desert king (splendida), and 25% Pueblan Milk snake. There is not one thing I can see that tells me this is not a pure Cal king. Pretty crazy.


Geeezus man!,.....my point EXACTLY Ross..LOL!. Thanks for posting that great example of a Cal. king "imposter". That thing would NEVER even raise ONE single eye brow as to it actually being a mixed up multi-mutt!

Gosh, if someone were to ask me what it is, I would also say it is ALL Cal. king.

Just unbelievable bro!!..........ARRRRGH!!!!



~Doug

Boy, what a joke that store is. Yes, I would avoid that place for sure!


~Doug

Originally Posted by D. Mong

Boy, what a joke that store is. Yes, I would avoid that place for sure!


~Doug

What store?

Originally Posted by RossCA

What store?

The store the poster said was selling a blue crayfish and actually being sold as a "miniature electric blue lobster" to make it sound awesome and more exotic.

It was mentioned a couple posts up.


~Doug

Oh yeah, doh. lol

Originally Posted by RossCA

Oh yeah, doh. lol

I really should have put that in a quotation box Ross. My comment there did seem to sort of come out of the blue..LOL!


~Doug