Mutt genetics really?

[Quantumhigh]

Isnt mixing the two albino genes a huge no no?

Hypo Tangerine 100% het Tremper Albino & 66% het Bell Albino

Giant Tremper Albino 100% het Bell

I send the website an email about the geckos genetics and if Iam reading a typo or not.

 

[robin]

BIG no no

 

[Keith N]

Its happening a lot more than people think. I took some rescues a while back that Aptor het bell and normal het raptor and bell

 

[thegeckoguy23]

iF YOU DO THAT THEN YOU GET HETS AND U HAVE TO STRAIN OUT THE ALBINO GENE...

 

[Taquiq]

And getting out the Albino gene is almost statistically impossible. It would take YEARS to breed it out but it would still have a small chance of being Albino.

 

[Tony C]

It wouldn't really be difficult to breed out one of the albino genes, it just takes time. The ethical dilemma behind the process is that to breed out one gene, you have to do a lot of test crosses which will produce more "mutts." What do you do with those mutts? Even I would have trouble culling them, and I take a pretty hard line on culling, but I also would not want to release them as pets, and I can't afford to feed and "waste" rack space on dozens or hundreds of non-breeders. Better to avoid the situation altogether.

 

[Quantumhigh]

Thanks for the clearification. I feel you on the rack space Tony =) every spot counts.

 

[ariana]

i hope whoever decides to buy those leos decides not to breed. it could cause some serious issues if they sold them anyone who breeds on a larger scale and didnt tell them the genetics.

 

[serialzombie]

At least it's being disclosed.