Bad Match Breeding

[chris-uk]

I think that there is a higher risk of problems alright, but not necessarily just because they're albino. What's more problematic is the bad breeding practices done to produce them. Especially true of checkered's.

Spot on there. I wouldn't expect a first generation albino to be any worse health-wise than a natural coloured sibling. It's the other recessive bad genes that come out in subsequent generations when breeders are chasing the albino mutation. Our Binky will never breed.