Tangerine Het Tremper Albino - What're my options?

[Lena]

I have a tangerine female that I want to breed when she is old enough and am curious about what I could breed.

I've seen a lot of different looking leos defined as 'Tremper Albino'. What should I be breeding for for the most profit?

 

[Lena]

What I mean is, I've seen leos referred to as tremper albinos that look pure white, and then ones that are a peachy or orange color.

Anyone want to give me some options and outcomes as far as breeding goes? What I should look for in a male?

 

[acpart]

I can't say much about "profitable" but do have opinions on "interesting". As you probably know, the albino trait is a simple recessive, so if you breed your gecko to another Tremper albino, statistically 50% of the babies will be albinos and the rest will be het for albino. If you breed your gecko to another gecko het for albino, statistically 25% of the babies will be albinos and of the remaining normal looking ones, 66% will be het for albino. The other traits, tangerine color, reduced or absent spotting, sharpness of color vs. pastel color, striping, etc. ranges from being line bred (occurring with greater frequency with similar types bred together) to dominant/recessive to co-dominant. In some cases we don't really know which it is. In my opinion, you should find a mate for this gecko that's an albino who looks the most interesting to you. If you get a "hybino" or "sunglow" (combination of superhypotang with albino), the babies will probably look like that too. If you get an albino that has a tang color, the one you have will reinforce that color in the babies. So, look for something you like and see what you can come up with.

Aliza

 

[Halley]

I've seen a lot of different looking leos defined as 'Tremper Albino'. What should I be breeding for for the most profit?

Honeslty I think you have to look at what you like first, then the money. Pick one morph that you like and stick with it. If that morph ends up being a morph that is worth a lot, then why not make money at something you like to do?

But what I would do is get a sunglow male. And all the different tremper albinos that you see, are different crosses. I would say with a tang, het tremper, a sunglow would be your best bet.

 

[Lena]

Thanks guys. I think I phrased that wrong in the first post..

What I ment by that was simply that I'm hoping to be able fund my hobby of breeding. Sorry for the confusion.

Well that's very interesting indeed. Thank you!

 

[Morph]

i agree with the sunglow!

 

[Ccrashca069]

Either sunglow or anouther shtct het tremper. I have noticed that tangs hold their value more.

 

[Lena]

If I'm right.. If I were to get a male SHTCT with het Tremper Albino.. The offspring should be... 75% SHTCT and 25% Tremper Albino, right? That's assuming that the ladder is recessive and SHTCT is dominant.

Thank goodness for punnet squares. Honors biology and animal science taught me something.