the colors in our dragons are natural, in the wild there are red, yellows, oranges depending on where the animal comes from etc, the only one i think that isnt in existance in the wild is white dragons or rather known as "snows"



sure our dragons are bred to attain their colors but these colors do exist in the wild, one of the nicest orange dragons i have ever seen was a picture of a wild dragon in australia, he was nothing short of brilliant and like nothing i have seen.



yes using food to enhance their color would be masking their natural colors. I firmly beleive giving a dragon a good healthy varied diet will allow them to attain their truest and best colors, lighting will also help this emmensely, a happy dragon is a bright dragon.



if someone wants to "spruce" up their pet, fine, nothing i would do but its up to the individual, but as far as breeders and babies, a buyer should know that a color enchancer was used otherwise i feel they would be misrepresenting their dragons as something they are not.

well anyhow.. i ramble





>>This brings up some interesting points, since the colors in the dragons that are desirable are not typically thought of as "natural" then using food to enhance them may be masking the actual genetics. For many tropical fish and some animals you are simply trying to give them a diet that will allow them to express the vivid colors that are present in their natural environment, captive diets can be lacking in the substances that lead to vibrant coloring in the wild. I have seen pictures of dragons in the wild that had some different coloration that could have been due to the local diet. If you used a spirulina to gutload crickets and gained the color enhancing benefits from it then I would say that you should inform a buyer about the special diet neede to attain the colors exhibited in your adults.

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