Hybrid Photo Thread

[ConcinusMan]

I have no photos but feel a thread dedicated to hybrid photos is in a way promoting the practice or possibly sparking an interest for the practice

Actually, most photos I've seen would have the opposite effect. I mean, look at this picture. I think we can all agree that checkered garters are great and so are concinnus' but look what happens when you cross them. They just look "blah"

T. sirtalis concinnus X T. marcianus:


Now, crossing species usually has that effect. The offspring are usually just "blah" and not near as nice as the pure parents. Crossing similar subspecies such as concinnus and infernalis is a little different. (they are both T. sirtalis') The offspring can look just as attractive as the parents (but certainly not MORE attractive) but will have some traits of both.

I think it's a terrible idea both for the hobby and possibly wild populations. If I were to accidentally create a litter like this, I would surely cull them. I wouldn't want to take the chance that they could escape into an area where wild garters occur and I certainly wouldn't want people to breed them to each other or other pure garters. The only way to ensure that doesn't happen is to cull them or use them as feeders.

[Greg'sGarters]

I think it's a terrible idea both for the hobby and possibly wild populations. If I were to accidentally create a litter like this, I would surely cull them. I wouldn't want to take the chance that they could escape into an area where wild garters occur and I certainly wouldn't want people to breed them to each other or other pure garters. The only way to ensure that doesn't happen is to cull them or use them as feeders.

Instead of culling them, you could just keep them and separate the sexes, so that they don't breed. If you can't keep them, I would be more than happy to take them. I run an unofficial garter rescue and I would be more than happy to take them. I would assure that they did not breed.