Re: Indigo Breeding

Posted by Fred A. on November 22, 1999 at 13:00:17:

In Reply to: Indigo Breeding posted by W.B. on November 22, 1999 at 11:21:25:

: If anyone knows if you can sucsessfully breed a Eastern and a
: Western Indigo, please let me know. Also if you have, under what conditions were they bred. Thanx Much. W.B.

W.B.;
I would suppose that you could hybridize Eastern Indigos with species from Texas. But consider this, why with so few Drymarchon corais couperi in captive breeding situations would you want to. the offspring would be worth less money and you really could not represent them as any one thing. This is definetly a case for ethics, and I would err on the side of aborting this project. By breeding them together, you in effect"waste" the gene pool of your adults, Indigo market and interest in them is such a narrow window, if I was you I would not make it any narrower than it allready is.Hopefully this changed your mind, if not the hybrid forum is a more appropriate venue for it .

fred

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: : If anyone knows if you can sucsessfully breed a Eastern and a : : Western Indigo, please let me know. Also if you have, under what conditions were they bred. Thanx Much. W.B. : W.B.; : I would suppose that you could hybridize Eastern Indigos with species from Texas. But consider this, why with so few Drymarchon corais couperi in captive breeding situations would you want to. the offspring would be worth less money and you really could not represent them as any one thing. This is definetly a case for ethics, and I would err on the side of aborting this project. By breeding them together, you in effect"waste" the gene pool of your adults, Indigo market and interest in them is such a narrow window, if I was you I would not make it any narrower than it allready is.Hopefully this changed your mind, if not the hybrid forum is a more appropriate venue for it . : : fred

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