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So I've looked into breeding albinos, is it true that you cant or shouldn't breed two albinos??? what is the best route to take to produce the most albinos?? i definitely dont want to hurt any of my snakes or produce retarded young. so if you know, please let me know. i thank you all in advance. also if you know of any websites that have good reliable info let me know, i want to know all i can before i try this. thanks again.
 
You can breed albino to albino, it has been done several times with good results. I would suggest using as outcrossed as possible animals if you do it, to be on the safe side with inbreeding issues. I can't think of any links with information on it, as most of the people I have talked to or seen mentioning it were in message boards around the net.

Good luck with what ever you end up doing.
 
You can breed albino to albino but most people don't. I am one of those that do not. It is true that by breeding albino to albino you have an increased risk of having boas with problem eyes and other issues. Your best bet is to breed an albino to a het albino. This will give you approximately 50% albinos and 50% het albinos and allows you more freedom in outcrossing for stronger genetics.

Do a search here on fauna on albinos. There are a few really good threads on the eye problems in albinos.
 
Also do a search on eye problems with albino burmese pythons. Early on there were similar issues with albino burms and eye issues. With years of outcrossing its almost non existant, as with BCI being outcrossed the issue has dropped significantly.
 
ok can anyone of you tell me, can you breed any albino with any hypo? are there any "rules" to this ? also im thinking about the kahl and the sharp strains, does that play a part in any of this sunglow buisness??? let me know what you think, your all helping me bunches with your vast knowelege on this subject. thumbs up !!!! thanks alot!!!
 
If you can afford it definetely jump into the Sharp albino line, as they aren't as readily available and fewer combination projects going with them.

Regarding any albino to any hypo. Yes you can do that. Just keep in mind if you pick up a hypo that is het albino, be sure it is the same strain of albino as the albino you are working with. Otherwise you will have confusion down the road since both albino lines would be together in the gene pool potentially causing trouble later on, if line bred.
 
does the hypo 'have' to be het albino?? or are they naturally, being what they are, het albino??? and i dont know if i can afford a sharp strain how much are they? im prepared to put forth some bucks simply because of the profit to be made. also will all their babies be sunglow or whats their ratio??
 
No hypo's aren't already het albino. You would have to purchase a hypo that was specifically het albino if you were looking to produce sunglows directly from that animal.
If you were to breed an albino with a hypo that was not het albino you would get roughly 50% Hypo's het albino and 50% Normals het albino, this is assuming you don't have a super hypo.
Sharp Albino's are running about $1500-$2500 right now I believe but don't quote me on that. Sharp albino's and Kahl albino's are not compatible so you must be sure to get both of your animals with the same strain. If you don't you will not end up with any albino's in the litter but rather animals that were het for both strains.
 
Forgot to add, if you breed a hypo het albino to an albino you are looking at roughly 25% Sunglows, 25% Albinos, 25% Hypos het albino and 25% Normals het albino
 
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ok can anyone of you tell me, can you breed any albino with any hypo? are there any "rules" to this ? also im thinking about the kahl and the sharp strains, does that play a part in any of this sunglow buisness??? let me know what you think, your all helping me bunches with your vast knowelege on this subject. thumbs up !!!! thanks alot!!!
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Yes, but most of the sunglows are Kahl strain albinos because they are more common than Sharp strain. And you want a salmon rather than any of the other varieties of hypos.

The only rules that I know of is that one snake must be a male and the other a female. You also have to know the genetics rules needed to get the sunglow combo.

1. salmon x albino -->
1/2 salmon het albino
1/2 normal-looking, het albino

2. albino x salmon, het albino -->
1/4 albino
1/4 salmon
1/4 normal-looking, het albino
1/4 salmon albino (sunglow)

3. het albino x salmon, het albino -->
1/8 salmon albino (sunglow)
3/8 salmon
1/8 albino
3/8 normal-looking

Good luck
 
excellent, thank you all so much ill be getting into this i a couple years and now im pretty sure on what ill be looking for. i tend to plan way ahead, and this helps loads. so thank you all again!!
 
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