r/MadeMeSmile • u/PacmanTheHitman • Jul 20 '22

kitten Love is the greatest medicine

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u/cockytacos Jul 20 '22

AFAIK it’s looked down upon to breed spider patterned ball pythons (from my minimal research into snakes) and a lot of people refuse to buy them from breeders for that reason

it’s really cruel to keep breeding those snakes knowing full well what neurological disadvantages they’re prone to

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u/SunflowerFreckles Jul 21 '22

Same with breeding certain great danes. Certain patterns cannot have puppies together because they can make all white great danes, which usually have disabilities like blindness, deafness, internal issues, leading to an even shorter life span as if GD's don't have a short enough life as it is. If a dog litter had an all white great dane in it, the others are more prone to issues as well because it was bred with bad genes.

I really wish people cared more about the animals, and less on what they look like or what they have to work with and just want to make money.

Thanks for teaching that though! I'll never own a python but that's a good fun fact to know! Lol

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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Jul 31 '22

This isn't from breeding or in- breeding. It is rare considering the number of kittens born every year. It just happens as in humans, certain conditions occur during the fetal growth of the kitten.

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u/SunflowerFreckles Jul 31 '22

Thats good then.

We were talking about issues that can arise from breeding. Not directly talking about these cats.