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heaton177
Yearling
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 Posted - 19/10/2009 : 18:45:01
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hello all. i went to the pet shop i get all my food and my snake from ect. and she told me they had a albino royal down at there other shop,so i went down to see it and i was thinking about buying it, but i would try n get a female one so i could breed it with the male one i have. my male now is about 130g. but the albino ones are a similar size (both o9 royals) the only prob i have is i have a 4ft viv split in half to 2ft for my male one and if i got the albino i would put it in the other half until the albino female got to weight, the only concern i would have is they will oyut grow the viv whilst the tank is split and then that would mean they would both be together. but i wouldnt want that due to impaction on the female. would i be beter getting a seperate viv for the albino and only putting them in together when they where ready to breed?
another question is the current one i have now is a normal royal, so if i got an albino royal and bred it i would only get het albino royals if they did breed? that correct? and then could i breed the hatchlings together? or would i have to breed them with a seperate royal, due to insest? the lady in the petshop said breeders interbreed them for 8 generations and then stop because thats when breeders say they start having problems?
and advice will be gratefull, as i have only researchd and asked people questions about doing this. the 09 albino royal is going for £550 is that about right?
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hodgie
Fully Grown Royal
United Kingdom
1197 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2009 : 21:32:32
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Ideally you want to have your Royals in their own vivs. Then just putting them together for a few days at a time when breeding.
As for your breeding questions, yes you`d get het albino`s, then if you breed 2 of them together you have a 25% chance of an Albino.
£550 is about right. |
Royals owned "lots"
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2009 : 23:12:18
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| Yes you'd get het's, but instead of breeding the sibling hets back together, which as above only gives a 25% chance of an Albino and takes 3 years for the female to get up to weight, breed a male hatchling back to its mother. It only takes 6 months to a year for a male to be ready and you get a 50% chance of an Albino per egg. |
 
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heaton177
Yearling
204 Posts |
Posted - 20/10/2009 : 16:58:04
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Thanks,The weight for the female is 1800g? so i would have have seperate vivs for the male asnd female. and when the eggs gatch they live in little rubs in a viv with the correct temp? ill have to wit a litle bit if i did get it for the female to be ready. and another question. in winter do you still need to drop the temp if u are not breeding them? and what would the temp drop to an when would it drop?
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/10/2009 : 18:07:25
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| You don't even necessarily need to drop the temp if you are breeding them, it just increases the chances. |
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Posted - 06/01/2010 : 10:33:21
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| they form a snakeball when they mate.And never disturb them at that time or they'll bite. |
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james200789
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/01/2010 : 12:42:10
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| breeding is really complex. i cant remember what site i was on but the had a morph genetics calculator it was absolutely briliant ill try and find it and put a post up on here |
1.0.0 Royal Python (Monty)
1.0.0 Western hognose(Fredo)
0.1.0 false water cobra(Suzy)
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/01/2010 : 14:01:12
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| There are a couple of STICKYS at the top of the forum about breeding. |
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james200789
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/01/2010 : 14:14:41
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| yes the one that you posted about genetics is extremely good it has explained alot to me about het and homo genes and dominant genes thanks nice on BE :-) |
1.0.0 Royal Python (Monty)
1.0.0 Western hognose(Fredo)
0.1.0 false water cobra(Suzy)
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