Norman....you are quite wrong here.....more......

Posted by TC Reptile on July 04, 2001 at 10:44:34:

In Reply to: Re: Does this bother anybody else besides me???ME-I'm Him! posted by Norman on July 03, 2001 at 18:15:01:

Yes, we DO believe that Indigos are precious....but throw that out the window because I'd be just as concerned if you were talking about crossing a Bull snake with a Gopher snake! The problem lies not so much with the individual that produces the mutt, (although if NEVER produced....no problem at all), is going to sell, give away, whatever...these mutts. Even if he represents them honestly, you know as well as I do that someone down the line will represent one as a "purebred" of one sub species or the other. A person looking to breed will purchase that animal not knowing it is a hybrid and screw up a breeding project he\she may have been working on for YEARS.
Not only does hybridization screw up the gene pool, but when succesful, what do you really have? A bunch of mutts that no self respecting herper would want in the first place!

HOPING this hobby can maintain a SHRED of integrity,
TC - TC Reptile

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• Are you releasing any of your offspring?... Norman 07/04/01 (4)
  • I wanna know my sweater box has an actual Indigo in it instead of a mutt!np TC Reptile 07/04/01 (1)
    • No problem T.C., just buy one from me!!(Shameless promotional plug) Fredrick Albury 07/05/01 (0)
  • reasons we need successful breeding populations.... Dean Alessandrini 07/04/01 (1)
    • Re: reasons we need successful breeding populations.... Norman 07/04/01 (0)

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: Yes, we DO believe that Indigos are precious....but throw that out the window because I'd be just as concerned if you were talking about crossing a Bull snake with a Gopher snake! The problem lies not so much with the individual that produces the mutt, (although if NEVER produced....no problem at all), is going to sell, give away, whatever...these mutts. Even if he represents them honestly, you know as well as I do that someone down the line will represent one as a "purebred" of one sub species or the other. A person looking to breed will purchase that animal not knowing it is a hybrid and screw up a breeding project he\she may have been working on for YEARS. : Not only does hybridization screw up the gene pool, but when succesful, what do you really have? A bunch of mutts that no self respecting herper would want in the first place! : HOPING this hobby can maintain a SHRED of integrity, : TC - TC Reptile

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