Is it ok to breed son back to mom?

[prhutchi]

i dont get this so what happens in the wild surely they mate sister ,mother ,brother to sister etc so why cant you do it in captivity i dont want to argue but im just unsure and for me is a learning progress to finding out more as when my leos are old enought and everything is ok im hopeing to breed

Yes this does happen in wild populations, leopard geckos appear to do this quite frequently in nature and appear to show an increased resistance to inbreeding. However, too much of anything will always be harmful at some point.

You also have to remember that nature has its own mechanism for purging inbreed lineages: natural selection; which is SEVERELY reduced in captive populations. Consider the enigma behavioral defect, I could easily see this hampering survivorship and reproductive success in the wild but in captivity these geckos can usually live out a full life and reproduce successfully (obviously). Point being: inbreeding is FAR more common in captive populations, regardless of the species in question.

 

[100yan]

The chances to have deformities and other problems in the offspring from inbreeding crossing are higher:

1) When cross back offspring to the parents?

2) Or brothers to sisters?

In other words, which is worse?

Thanks in advance for your opinion!

 

[lillith]

Holy necro-thread, Batman!