Would you?

[Blaze]

Would you ever purchase a leopard gecko with unknown genetics? If so, for how much?

 

[bfb345]

Only for a small amount and it was in a bad situation and was calm and tame

 

[DrCarrotTail]

Personally I don't think i would. Bringing a new gecko into a house where there are several others can present a health risk to them all and i have enough pets to keep me busy!! If I found one that was in serious need of a home I would ask a friend to care for it until I could find it a better home (or convince them they needed a gecko for good!!)

 

[stager]

No, If I wanted a pet sure. But I like breeding and not worth taking even if it was free unless it looked out of this world. I would hate to test breed and find I crossed albino strains.

 

[B&B Geckos]

If you wanted to breed Great Danes, would you want to start with one that is het Chihuahua and Giant Poodle? If you line bred these, you would not obtain the consistent breed standard or temperament. Instead, you'd get a wide variety of offspring: curly coat, wavy coat, medium, small, "Great Danes." You essentially would be producing mutts, the equivalent of geckos of unknown genetics. Would anyone pay top dollar for this knowingly? The answer is obvious. Even worse, how many generations would it take to extract these mutt genes once they spread through the Great Dane breed to achieve consistency once again.
If someone simply wants a pet gecko, unknown genetics are of no consequence. However, breeding such geckos is detrimental to the hobby, ignorant and irresponsible. Not disclosing hets or selling geckos with hets as pure is fradulent and undermines the industry and efforts of legitimate breeders. It is essential that, as a community, we maintain the purity of the albinos, snows and different eye pigments. Here's a must-read article on the topic from John of Geckoboa.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/geckoboa-reptiles/ethics-with-genetics/546291942084386

 

[warhawk77]

I read the question and answered but maybe I took it the wrong way. I would be buying to save them from a bad home or to be able to give them a better quality of life. I'm not a breeder and it will be many months down the road before I even start to thinking about that.

If i was buying to breed maybe not but again the question is kinda open to what reason you would be buying them

 

[KTyne]

Yes.
I would never breed an Animal with an unknown medical history or genetics but I would and I have gotten a Gecko that I knew nothing about as a pet.
For breeding animals I would only ever get a Gecko from a reputable breeder that I knew the parents and their genetics.

 

[lisa127]

Yes.
I would never breed an Animal with an unknown medical history or genetics but I would and I have gotten a Gecko that I knew nothing about as a pet.
For breeding animals I would only ever get a Gecko from a reputable breeder that I knew the parents and their genetics.

Same here.

 

[NinnJinn]

I am a newbie, so my thinking might change later. But I don't breed so I am interested in the patterns/colors.

 

[WoWo]

The title says unknown genetics. It means unknown parents (het). It doesn't mean health, is it? If it's +3months old i can totally guess the morph, therefore i would take it, if it's interesting for me. I don't really understand this poll to be honnest..?

 

[KTyne]

You don't want to breed Geckos with unknown genetics not necessarily just for the morphs but because of health and temperament reasons as well.
You don't know if that Gecko has a genetic predisposition to being aggressive.
You don't know if that Gecko has a genetic inability to absorb calcium properly, which then would lead to MBD without UV light.
There is also the issue that what if you breed a Gecko that you didn't know was het for Tremper to a Bell Albino? There is that no-no in terms of mixing types of albinism.
LOTS of reason not breed Geckos that have unknown genetics, history, etc.

 

[B&B Geckos]

With all due respect WOWO. Even the most experienced keepers are often unable to distinguish between the albinos and the snows. If you mix genetics, you could end up with a Tremper albino, het Bell or Rainwater, or both, a multi albino, or even an "Allbino." The same applies to mixing snows. This undermines the hobby.

The title says unknown genetics. It means unknown parents (het). It doesn't mean health, is it? If it's +3months old i can totally guess the morph, therefore i would take it, if it's interesting for me. I don't really understand this poll to be honnest..?