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Posted by Lyn on May 11, 2001 at 20:25:39:

In Reply to: Re: Outbreeding Leucistics? posted by mmg on May 11, 2001 at 17:12:38:

Starting w/ hets would certainly shave years off this project. I'll see if they have any once I get the cages built. They have some really good looking snakes! The solid black Kings are awesome! Thanks for the info!

: Basically, you just need to introduce some unrelated blood into the line. The best way to do that is to breed a leucistic to a normal to produce hets. The hets will look normal of course and have some genetic diversity from the original leucistic line.

: Ideally, you would eventually breed these hets to other hets or leucies from a different set of parents if possible.

: With the plethora of mutations out there in various colubrids, it is nice to have some normals to use in outcrossing if you are serious in working with a particular species or trait.

: You might want to look up Cherryville Farms. I have heard that John Cherry makes a point of outcrossing this trait, and you could probably get some outcrossed hets from him and start breeding.

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: Starting w/ hets would certainly shave years off this project. I'll see if they have any once I get the cages built. They have some really good looking snakes! The solid black Kings are awesome! Thanks for the info! : : Basically, you just need to introduce some unrelated blood into the line. The best way to do that is to breed a leucistic to a normal to produce hets. The hets will look normal of course and have some genetic diversity from the original leucistic line. : : Ideally, you would eventually breed these hets to other hets or leucies from a different set of parents if possible. : : With the plethora of mutations out there in various colubrids, it is nice to have some normals to use in outcrossing if you are serious in working with a particular species or trait. : : You might want to look up Cherryville Farms. I have heard that John Cherry makes a point of outcrossing this trait, and you could probably get some outcrossed hets from him and start breeding.

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