i think if ya want some extra color in your orange or red dragons thats fine i do know that CANTHAXANTHIN does have some good antioxidant properties, its the same stuff humans use to "self tan" from the inside (blech). my point is that its fine if someone wants to enhance color but they must be sure to let buyers know, if they are breeders etc, that the color was acheived that way. guess im a natural girl people really want to see a dragon they are buying in its best natural colors, not enhanced by anything. if someone were to feed their babies a diet higher in things such as beta keratin its something one might want to mention to a buyer as i dont think that the color stays and one might be a bit disappointed down the road, i dont think that is has even been proven in dragons that beta keratin in the diet will effect color, i think someone was doing some research on it recently, but i dont have any more info on that.



ah well...







>>I'm not talking about pumping beta carrotine in at extreme levels. But I know that some people feed their crickets carrots and thought that carrot juice soaking for the pellets would be about the same. And a once or twice a week helping of squash as well.

>> I don't think that if you feed beta carrotine it will "produce" color in beardies only enhance what is there and make it more vibrant. Therefore the color would pass on. But I have no studies to backk that up. Just what I've percieved from listening to people and how they explained it to me.

>> I'm not talking about getting a normal dragon and pumping it full and selling it for a 300 dollar high orange hatchling. Merely asking if anyone has any info on the effects of the way it colors the dragons up. If it's permanent or if the color recedes in them after the supplimentation is stopped and if it's anyone feels it's ethical to do this.

>> I did notice after some discussion in the forum on the way pictures are taken alot of people started posting... No soaking, no special lighting, even though some were doing exactly that for awhile. Now it's no beta carrotine supplementing!!? LOL Just a thought.

>> Doesn't seem to be many posting on this. Must be a grey area.

>>Thanks for your input!

>>Robert
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