AW2EOD;1699276; said:
What's wrong with that? Are you one of the people that think it's unethical, to cross breed species?
Nothing wrong with hybrids, but the people and future owners (if it end up changing hand) that end up buying those hybrids are the ones that will forget that they are hybrids.
Remember... every time a hybrid change hand, more of the knowledge of their genetic background is lost. Hell, people are EVEN starting to doubt the purity of their cornsnakes because more and more new entry-breeders are believing Turbo Corns (Gopher Snake x Cornsnake) and Jungle Corns (California Kingsnake x Cornsnake) are just
morphs, not hybrids. Is it the breeder's fault? No. It's the previous breeders'/owners' fault for not making it clear they are hybrids. The same can be said about Root Beer Corns and Super Corns.
Now, I have nothing against hybrids, but rather the people that do possess them. Look at Blue-tongued Skinks. It's already a trainwreck. It's damn near impossible, or even impossible, to find pure species. Every pure "Northern" I seen have traits of Irian Jaya or Indonesian in them. Why is this the case? People just don't care, want to produce babies without looking for matching offspring or they didn't bother trying to find out from the previous owner(s).
I found out from one breeder, who originally bred the "Meruake" blue-tongued I was considering buying from another person one time, that the parent pairs were Irian Jaya x Indonesian mix, but the skink I was considering buying somehow transformed into a Meruake Blue-tongued somewhere down the line after it went through a few owners.
Now that being said, I ended up getting an Irian Jaya x Northern mix, but it's because the person did not lie or me nor did he lost track of the genetic history of the skink. If I ever end up breeding him, I will call the offsprings all Blue-tongued Skink hybrids or
Tiliqua sp. 'Hybrid'
Hell, I am even picky about
locales. Like my female "Nicaraguan" boa doesn't even match the traditional traits of Nicaraguan boas. She fall under the size limit and their temperament, but her pattern remind me more of Costa Rican; however at the time I bought her, everything screamed Nicaraguan until the colour of the patterns changed with the mood. However it might not be the breeder's fault, but rather the
importer's fault. See, Costa Rica banned the export of their boas, so a lot of them get smuggled into Nicaragua to be exported. I will have to ask a few boa experts, then decide for myself. If I do breed her, I will just sell the offspring as "Central American boas" since that what they are.
Just my little rant.
Probably more than what I wanted.
