Burms Disease?

[crown0826]

That why you should breed  morphs to normals and get hets. and then breed to a completly different bloodline

[Joel]

Any new recessive morph is going to be inbred.  It takes generations of responsible breeding to prodice healthy bloodlines.  That means more hets and more new bloodlines.  There are only a few folks out there that I trust enough to purchase Burms from.  I am sure there are other good folks out there, but I am comfortable with the folks I know.

[crown0826]

Understandable

[abi21491]

I've always heard Burms are more susceptible to RI's and it always seems most common in albinos (that I've seen). I agree with Joel, I think it is a direct result of inbreeding and shallow gene pools. It is unfortunate to say the least. Another example, but more of a physical consequence is albino boas. For a while albino boas with no eyes were being born all the time because people were inbreeding, and being irresponsible breeding animals who either had no eyes or were siblings to no eyed babies. It all comes down to people and what we do with these animals... Animals like that should never be introduced to the gene pool but people think they can make a quick buck with no regard for the animals

[Geegmasta]

Yeah that is a weird disease...I've always heard burms are more susceptible to RIs than most other exotics but for no reason why.  Also, working with any recessive trait is likely to show areas of decreased stamina and such.  Pretty much why it became recessive in the first place.  Weiiiiiirrrdd.  We don't need another form of IBD around.