New and have some questions!

[Hankj]

He's been pretty honest it seems like. He told me the male has a regenerated tail and the female is a tad overweight because he couldn't feed her properly during her last egg laying.

 

[Dog Shrink]

Ok I'm confused... overweight because he couldn't feed properly during her last lay... should that be UNDER weight?

 

[Hankj]

Ha excuse me yes, I noticed that right before I posted and then got distracted. I meant she's a little UNDERweight.

 

[Dog Shrink]

Ok, now that makes more sense, but as long as you know why he had the problems with feeding her during her last egg lay and you feel confident it is easily remedied then, after seeing them in their environment, you feel they're healthy and well adjusted, I'd go for it.

 

[Hankj]

He just said money was an issue. Which is why he is selling them. He doesn't feel like he can take care of them properly. He seems to know a lot about them and is trying his best and is selfless enough to know they need better. I'm definitely going to check them out before I make a final decision, though. He had them listed for $35 and $50, got him to go down $20.

He says it is definitely a blizzard but he's not entirely sure it's a blazing blizzard, that's just what Jack's said. But if I understand this right, blazing = albino? So any offspring produced by these two will be 100% albino, correct?

 

[Dog Shrink]

That one I can't answer for ya hon...I know NOTHING about morphology sorry. My biggest thing is to make sure they're not making beginner mistakes like keeping them on sand, improperly supplimenting, are feeding proper feeders etc. When checking them out bring a good flashlight with you to shine thru the gecko's belly to check for impaction problems if he's keeping them on sand, or hell even if he isn't just to make sure all is in proper order, no constipation etc. Just shine it thru like how you'd candle an egg, you should be able to see pretty well thru them. He might think it's wierd but it's better than getting a messed up leo. Also make sure to ask how they've been pooping.

 

[Hankj]

I have some very fine sand in there, just to fill in the cracks, is that okay?

 

[prettyinpink]

Well...yes... But you don't want to mix albinos strains (depending on what she is)

yes the sand is fine for the cracks

 

[Dog Shrink]

Yeah using it as filler between cracks should be fine, jut make sure when you feed that you either put down a piece of paper towel or cardboard even a small square of tile maybe and drop the feeders on there so there's no chance of accidentally ingesting the sand. The prospect of that just really scares the hell outta me honestly not that just eating a teeny bit should matter but it's just me being ocd abut making sure they don't... know what I mean...

 

[Hankj]

Okay great.
And what do you mean by you don't want to mix albino strains? Like they will be ugly babies or they will have health problems?

 

[Dog Shrink]

You want to keep trempers with trempers, bells with bells etc. because if you mix strains you can't figure out stuff like hets and what not from what I understand of it.

 

[Hankj]

Hypothetically speaking... Let's say the Blazing Blizzard is a tremper and the albino is a bell. The blazing only has the tremper albino traits and the albino only has the bell albino traits. Will their babies be weird albino or just hets?

 

[Dog Shrink]

I can't answer that hon. There was a thread a couplemonths back where sme one crossed the albino strains and everyone went into great detail about why it was wrong... I'll see if I can find it for you or maybe... ANYONE recall the name of that thread?

 

[Hankj]

I found it, no worries and points taken.

So my next question is, can you visually determine what kind of albino is in a Blazing Blizzard?

 

[prettyinpink]

I don't have any experience with Blazing Blizzards, if you post in the morph section they may help ya out

 

[Hankj]

Okay I will if I get them

 

[Dog Shrink]

Never hurts to ask anyway... it would increase your morph knowledge and may help another poster in the future

 

[Hankj]

I asked someone who would have a lot, if not the most, experience with albino's if there was a problem with it and he said there is no moral or ethnic problem with breeding different kinds of albinos. So it's not going to hurt them. Only problem anyone should have with it is if they are real anal about knowing the HETs.

 

[Dog Shrink]

Sorry but a lot of the members here will tell you there's a HUGE ethical problem with crossing the albino strains. It's not a matter of being anal about knowing the hets (which anyone should know about their leo) it's a matter of muddying the waters, and if you were ever to breed or sell your leo it will eventually add it's dirty genes to the already huge problem of unethically bred leos that we already see today.

 

[prettyinpink]

No reputable breeder mixes albino strains...and being reputable is very important considering there's so many people out there selling leos. I suggest if you want to breed, to stick with the same strains, otherwise you're going to have trouble selling.

Good Luck!