Posted by:
CheriS
at Sat Aug 23 18:55:29 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CheriS ]
a 2nd generation inbreeding starts showing problems and get progressivly worse with each generation.
Low clutch rates, poor immune systems, failure to thrive dragons, smallness, deformities, twining (unable to survive), organs outside the bodies, extreme aggression and more.
they just seem to be more sensitive to inbreeding and back breeding than others. Maybe it has to do with the small gene pool to begin with.
I do know many breeders that are very disappointed over this and have left trying to breed bearded dragons due to it, having several clutches with problems and special needs becomes more than most people can deal with and putting them down is heartbreaking, when you know you caused it.... it was thought that this could be done safely, but more breeders are acknowledging that it can not be with them.
It is one of the reasons we are so opposed to inbreeding them, you may get some awesome colors and traits, but they are not proving to be recessive and the other results are not worth it. Also with the growth of popularity of bearded dragons here, there are other alternatives now.
[ Hide Replies ]
|
Not that I am aware of.. dragons, unlike other reptile species - CheriS, Sat Aug 23 18:55:29 2003