Should we breed albinos? V1.0

[natas]

I am a little confused about that to. If this theory were to hold true then Hypos would form at a slower rate because they are not as dark.

Maybe I am missing something.

Also, if heat is being distributed via flexwatt or some other NONLIGHT related device I would think that the darkness of the boa would have zero impact. Yes, in the wild via sun... darker colors absorb more light which therefor allows them to heat up better...and light colors reflect more therefor making it harder on the animal...but ambients temps and undertank heaters should be absorbed at the same rate with any animal.

[natas]

I know Julius is probably going to come back and shred to pieces my conclusion to his, but wouldn't any color pigmentation deficiency in that theory be bad? Hypo, Anery, Albino, heck any thing with less spots then normal could also be considered bad in that area. A boa missing saddles would have way less darkness overall then a normal

[JuliusSqueezer]

Originally Posted by muzixman

Why do you say they are developing faster than the albinos?? wouldnt they be obsorbing the same temp from there mother???

No, I don't believe they do. I've been watching this for years pondering why the higher incident rate of premature births. It's often complicated with random other prematurities for unknown or unexplained reasons...but after awhile the trend towards a certain flaw becomes evident. I'm not willing to go poking temperature probes inside of gravid females nor am I willing to gut a gravid female and quickly temp probe developing embryos so I really can't offer proof, just observations.

I think some of the other premature births has to do with their breeding habits. They will breed some times for over a month and each copulation has the potential of fertalizing eggs though as time goes on, the chances become lesser for anything to be left to fertalize so the earlier breeding(s) will be the more likely to succeed but now and then an egg gets left out and possibly gets fertilized late and ends up a premmie. I can't mathmatically even ponder the odds that albino offspring from a het x het or het x homo pairing will statistically occur more often in the later breedings of a given breeding cycle. There's no reason to believe such a thing so that can't explain their higher rate of stills and premature births. Heat absorbtion absoltely can though.

[JuliusSqueezer]

You guys are confusing light absorbtion with heat absorbtion.

I feel I have to clarify that this is all a theory that I have no absolute proof of. There could be something else entirely that causes it...but something ain't right and that's the best I can figure.

[natas]

Actually I thought you had it confused. How is heat absorbtion affected by color? I know heat absorbtion using light as the source is affected by color...but don't see how it is when nonLight sources are used.

[natas]

Also, in your theory are both Albino strains of BCI affected by this?

What about the other forms of albinoism? Hypomelanistic are actually considered by some as a form of albino...what about them.