How to ethically prove?

[Hankj]

I recently posted a thread and pictures of my buddies new gecko:

Still seems to be some confusion. It appears to be albino and patternless. I heard you guys say Tremper and Rainwater.

Now my question is how do I prove this and not be frowned upon by the community? Unless someone can look at that and give me a definite answer or we some how track down this breeder who supplied the vendor with this gecko I don't see any other way other than breeding. If I got a tremper and bred with her and she is not tremper I will have a bunch of het tremper and rainwaters. That's bad, from what I have gathered, and I understand the argument.

I could give/sell these babies away to friends and family, like a young niece or nephew, that I know have no interest in breeding. I would still remain in the ethical bounds, right? There is nothing harmful about a gecko that is het tremper and het rainwater, except muddy waters, yes?

I just want to know for sure so I know what we are dealing with if we ever did decide to breed her and can not think of another way to really know. Thoughts? Concerns? Be honest, I can take it.

 

[Hankj]

I meant for the title to be "How to ethically prove?" but I guess I am looking for the ethnically and ethically way, kind of.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

Do you have a good picture of his eyes? If there is a way to track down the breeder i would attempt that. I personally wouldnt mix strains but thats my personal beliefs. You could breed to a non albino and see what you get there.

 

[Hankj]

Eyes:

I do not understand what breeding to a non albino would do for me. Explain, please?

 

[triplegex]

looks tremper to me...Rainwater eyes look a bit darker from what I have seen

 

[sunshinegeckos]

Looks like tremper. If you breed with non albino you will not be mixing strains. I was just giving an option besides mixing albino strains

 

[Hankj]

Okay so if I got a consensus that it was Tremper and bred it to a Tremper I would not be frowned upon and unethical (to the community in general) for attempting it even if she turns out to be Rainwater and I place the babies in new homes with much discretion?

 

[Hankj]

Christina, you mean breed to a non albino, then breed a son back to the mother or to a sister? That makes sense to me.. and kind of a simple solution, would just take a year longer or so

 

[Thorgecko707]

People would still frown upon it. Remember you would get around ten eggs. And they live a couple decades. There is no telling who will have them by then. I agree with breeding to pure like an afghan. In the future never buy a gecko without knowing it's albino strain. Even box pet stores can be het for an albino strain. Good luck.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

It appears to be a Tremper Patternless. A very nice one, too!

 

[sunshinegeckos]

You can do that but you would need to be prepared to hold back all or you run the risk of putting out a lot of potentially muddied offspring. Easiest would be to breed to a pure line and then your nt mixing strains

 

[Tony C]

Is it a chain store gecko? If so odds are very much in favor of it being Tremper. I have a nice Tremper Patty that I picked up at Petco last year.

 

[im faster]

It was from a breeder at a local show.. I think the breeder gets most of his from JMG

 

[Hankj]

Yes, at the reptile show. I asked the vendor what it was and he said a blazing blizzard, I disagreed, and he said "Oh I don't know then"
Do you know the name of the vendor Dennis? Or his "company" name?

 

[im faster]

he is the guy that runs the show.. i can never think of his business name..

 

[im faster]

d&k i believe


http://dkreptilesales.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93&Itemid=81

Leucistic gecko on that page looks like the one you have right?

 

[Hankj]

The "albino" one looks more like her.

 

[Hankj]

I sent them an email, hopefully he can clear this up. Thanks a lot Dennis!

 

[Hankj]

Just called dk and they said it was Mac's poison.. They gave me a number so now I will try to get a hold of them and figure out who their breeder is

 

[im faster]

cool