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When people talk of the outcross morph in leopard gecko's, what exactly is this?
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Outcrossing is not a morph. Out-crossing is when you breed two geckos that have unrelated bloodlines.
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Outcrossing is done to strengthen bloodlines.
Paul, I would not consider breeding a Raptor to an Aptor an unrelated breeding. Even if geckos come from two separate breeders, they likely have come from the same line, which has been "inbred for 25 years". Unless they used "hets" that came from R/Aptor X (something else), I would not even recommend breeding them to a Tremper line animal, nor would I do it myself, again.
Here is a good example of how to outcross. Say the breeder bred their R/Aptors to SHTCTs like a few people have done, or bred them to Red Stripes, or Electric Tangs, Mack Snows, etc. These combinations would ad "new blood" which would enable a good breeder, to then breed those animals, back to the original lines.
...and "anything else would just be uncivilized" :main_laugh:
Paul, I would not consider breeding a Raptor to an Aptor an unrelated breeding. Even if geckos come from two separate breeders, they likely have come from the same line, which has been "inbred for 25 years". Unless they used "hets" that came from R/Aptor X (something else), I would not even recommend breeding them to a Tremper line animal, nor would I do it myself, again.
Here is a good example of how to outcross. Say the breeder bred their R/Aptors to SHTCTs like a few people have done, or bred them to Red Stripes, or Electric Tangs, Mack Snows, etc. These combinations would ad "new blood" which would enable a good breeder, to then breed those animals, back to the original lines.
...and "anything else would just be uncivilized" :main_laugh:
Well you are correct about the inbred statement referring to the average APTOR / Raptor. I am breeding my male raptor to a HUGE wild type female , but I think she is just too damb fat to want to breed! I have had her for 10 months
I'll post a pic later of her in show off your leos
I'll post a pic later of her in show off your leos
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paulnj said:Well you are correct about the inbred statement referring to the average APTOR / Raptor. I am breeding my male raptor to a HUGE wild type female , but I think she is just too damb fat to want to breed! I have had her for 10 months
I'll post a pic later of her in show off your leos
LOL!!!!
Ahhh ok guys, thank you for explaining that too me :main_thumbsup:
paulnj said:No really, I was told to put her on a diet so she will ovulate by a very highly reguarded breeder here
It sure does work too... I had to send two females to fat camp this season... One just started laying and the other finished a while ago and is already back up to 95 grams...
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