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LeosForLess

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GeckoMandi said:
Didn't I see someone who came across one of these are a reptile show? and they wanted like $1,000 for it?? I dunno if it was this forum or not.
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The macks had a paradox albino dwarf for 2500
 
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bcreptiles

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last year we also hatched out a dwarf-leo, male.(jungle-albino)
he has grown very well, but the propotion are exactly the same as the female.
we don't breed with it, he got his own viv, and is not going anywhere!
i'll make some pics tomorow.
i think its crazy if people would ask such crazy prices for an accident offspring!
 
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brandy101010

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What a beautiful little girl! She is very Special!
I agree she should not be breed nor should any other dwarf Leopard Gecko. But it does not seem that that is your intention.

Soooo Cuuuute!
 
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Wretched

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Yes, It would be dangerous to breed a dwarf female, but what of males? i mean, personally? I'd be interested in them as pets. And if you had a small breeding group, and kept them contained (ie, dont spread the dwarf gene so that it gets out of hand.) I'd love a little dwarf collection.
 
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bcreptiles

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this our male.
if he would have been normal, he would have been huge!!!
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he's doing great and does not seem to have a problem.
just missing a girl, but we won't breed him!
 
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dsreptiles

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leopardgecko95 said:
awwww i feel sorry for it
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If he's 100% healthy, eats well, and a reptile vet has cleared him being free of any complications (mainly due to organ problems -over crowding etc.-) and he's not suffering in any way I certainly wouldn't feel sorry for him. After all I don't feel bad for midgets.

With that being said that is one cute little leo.
 
Kotsay1414

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I was watching TLC last night and they had a special on human dwarfs... they max out at about 36" height wise. Anyways, dwarfism in humans is a rare recessive trait and only about 100 people in all North America are true dwarfs.

I was just curious after looking at this and watching the show... could Leopard Geckos possible carry a recessive trait for dwarfism?
 
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This could quite possibly be a genetic trait, especially considering how similar the two pictured here are in body proportions, etc. Many species of animals can exhibit dwarfism. Take Hereford cattle, for example. Dwarfism caused tons of problems for that breed in the mid 1900s.
However, this could also just be some sort of a freak genetic mutation.
Either way, I'm pretty sure that breeding would be a problem for these guys. If they were in the wild I doubt that their genes would be passed on.
 
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IMacBevan

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There are actually several forms of dwarfism. The one most commonly seen in humans is achondropliasic (sp?) dwarfism where the head and body are roughly normal sized and the limbs are extremely truncated.

True PROPORTIONAL dwarfism is, as has been mentioned, relatively rare.

We see various forms of dwarfism around us all the time in livestock, we just don't associate the two. Miniature horses, miniature cattle, pygmy goats and sheep, mini lop rabbits, etc.

I did hatch out what I believe to be an achondropliasic dwarf leopard this season, however it didn't survive much more than a week. I'll see if I can find and post the pictures.
 
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steve75

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I think the dwarfs are adorable. Does anyone know if they're fertile or capable of bearing eggs without becoming egg-bound? I don't see breeding dwarfism as any more unethical than breeding giants unless it's detrimental to the health of the animal and their offspring's chance for survival. It will be interesting to see if a female will even lay infertile eggs.
 
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