Tail Kinks frowned upon?

[MiamiLeos]

I wouldn't assume anything.

If there was a fifty fifty chance, not many people would take it, but what about a twenty five percent chance? Ten? Five? One? Just how low do the odds have to be before someone risks screwing with an entire captive population for decades to come? I think it needs to be treated like an absolute. Any possibility, no matter how minor or remote, of a genetic cause and it needs to be treated as if it were genetic. The potential negative consequences just outweigh any arguments to the contrary.

Bravo! Bravo! I couldnt agree more!:main_thumbsup:

 

[tlbowling]

Im just having fun now...so dont think Im serious, but why when the first snake eye leopard gecko hatched, why is that considered cool? (they are neat looking dont get me wrong) but just for fun...why wasnt it looked at as if something was wrong with the eye, since it wasnt like all the others?

Why is it only considered a NEW MORPH when people think it's cool? What if I thought a tail kinked gecko was cool, and wanted to make my own new morph, called "the kinky gecko"" :main_laugh:LOL....just having some fun with you guys, but really, if everyone thought they were cool, than it would be acceptible, like engimas.

 

[aburningflame]

Hey Miami,
I checked the tail - the mail is kinked for sure.
The female looks like a bad shed - its hard on one side (calloused) but very soft on the other - so this is a bad shed correct?

I have 2 breeding projects that will be starting up in a few months as soon as i get these lil guys fattened up

Bell Albino M x Normal F (i actually like normals)
Super Snow x Tang

I went to the reptile expo today and got some amazing geckos

$80 super snow male from triple r cornsnakes
$60 tang female from the urban gecko

picked up a bunch of cool stuff too for pretty cheap.

 

[Tony C]

What if I thought a tail kinked gecko was cool, and wanted to make my own new morph, called "the kinky gecko"" :main_laugh:

Somebody tried that, they thought curly tails were cute and bred for it resulting in severe spinal deformities.

 

[gumbii]

Somebody tried that, they thought curly tails were cute and bred for it resulting in severe spinal deformities.

oh shhhnap!...


my friend has a male he's been having for years as a pet... it's a tang with a kink tail shaped like a lightning bolt... his name is pikachu... lol... i thought it was very fitting...

 

[tlbowling]

Somebody tried that, they thought curly tails were cute and bred for it resulting in severe spinal deformities.

Just for the record...My new Morph...the Kinky Gecko....was just a joke

 

[MiamiLeos]

his name is pikachu...

Bahahahahahaha omg I love it lolololol

 

[eyelids]

Scott you should have posted the pics to begin with... You made them sound like freaks... LOL...

I'm a person that thinks all of the breeding just for the sake of breeding is pretty shameful... Don't make more of what there is already so much of out there unless you're going to keep the babies or already have homes lined up for them... If you're going to breed leopard geckos (anyone) pick a trait(s) you like and focus on making the best example (virtually limitless) of that trait...

 

[Tommy13b]

It starts out just breeding tail kinks, it may end up as geckos with spinal deformities, why risk it?

 

[JordanAng420]

Somebody tried that, they thought curly tails were cute and bred for it resulting in severe spinal deformities.

I remember that...there was a thread about it here if I am not mistaken. I can't seem to locate it though.

 

[Tony C]

I looked for the thread and couldn't find it, but it is here somewhere.