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BrianSmith
at Mon Dec 15 15:05:44 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BrianSmith ]
Without question it would be better to have the male albino retic and female albino burms. And here are the myriad reasons why:
First of all,.. males cost the same as females, so are roughly the same investment in terms of finance, but can be used in 1 year to breed, versus 2 1/2 to 3 minimum for females due to size requirements.
Secondly, with a male you can use him to breed other females such as tigers, supers, additional albino burmese females, all of which are relatively cheap.
Third, if you had a female albino retic it would be foolish to waste her ovaries on a gamble. If you get a female albino retic, make more albino retics. Go with a sure thing when you have something that valuable. It's easier and cheaper to get a male albino retic and a bunch of really afforable albino burm females (average 200 to 400 each for adults) and possibly some tiger females het albino or adult tigers to make het babies. It's a win-win-win situation this way.
Cycle the burms and mildly cycle the retics (not crucial, but what does it hurt?). Definitely have a mature female retic on hand if the male retic should need additional olfactory stimulation to breed. This if he shows little to no interest in the female burmese.
Good luck on all of your breeding.
>>I think my next call is gonna be Bob Clark to see if he has any albino female retics. I have the albino male burm. Would it be better to have male burm, female retic, or male retic female burm? What would be your preference? This could be a long project, but think about the benefits of being the first to produce an albino Bateater? That would kick so much @$$. I think I am gonna try in over the next few years. How difficult would it be to produce Bateaters? Would you cycle the animals just like you would to produce burms? Or are the cyclings different for each animal?
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>>Think about the possibilities, Albino Granite Bateaters, Super Tiger Bateaters, the possibilities are limitless. Maybe eventually a Leucistic Bateater!!!!! Kick @$$!!!!
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>>God I love GENETICS!!!!!!!!
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RE: Bateater Genes....Please read... - BrianSmith, Mon Dec 15 15:05:44 2003