Hybrids-are you for or against?

[Barry.M]

After todays thread on Burms x Royals,it would be interesting to see how people feel on this FAST growing trend of inter breeding different species.
Do you agree with hybrids or not?

[captaincaveman]

Wheres the poll?


I agree with hybrids as long as theres no harm/suffering to the animal

[Barry.M]

at the top of the page !?

[captaincaveman]

Originally Posted by barrym

at the top of the page !?

cheers i posted before ya put it on

[PendleHog]

I voted no because I would never buy a hybrid. I do not have a problem with anyone that decides to interbreed their reps, but I would not buy the progency. I also think it is a shame that people feel the need to do this.

There are now a lot of dubious boas, corns, rats and kings out there whose breeding is not clear and I see no value in these animals to me.

It is also slowly moving into pituophis breeding which I find most upsetting, as these snakes are personal favourites of mine and good specimens are already harm to come by.

I voted no as the way i see it is with all the different species out there already reptiles can cater for everyone in personal taste without muddying the gene pools.

[SiUK]

im not really sure to be honest what my thoughts on it are, because in a way its playing god but uts the same with breeding different morphs in a way

[peaches]

I haven't voted because there's not 'certain species I don't mind' yeah maybe a bit hypocritical I know....No I didn't like the burm x royal, bit extreme for me.

I do have a hybrid ratsnake a grey x yellow or everglades, but I don't see that as that bad lol.

It really does depend on how you term hybrid also, some people only agree on breeding same locale species, even it's the same species but different locale, that too maybe determined as a hybrid.

You just know that out there somewhere in la la land, someone is trying to cross and corn and royal

[spider_mad]

I dont see prob with breeding certain genes but not going over board and breeding 2 entirely different species and mixing cos then lose the great traits in 2 species. Certain hybrids is ok but there is a limit what is acceptable and what is a bit too much.

[Athravan]

I think it's wrong because you can interbreed 2 species that need different temperatures, humidities, etc. and you get something that isn't either - so how do you know how to adequately care for? We can't use the rule of "simulate the natural environment" because these hybrids are not natural and have no natural statistics for us to use.

I always worry with hybrids whether we are getting the right environment for them - a wrong one might not kill them but it would affect them, and they can't speak out and say, it's too hot!