Posted by:
aliceinwl
at Sun Jan 4 20:24:38 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by aliceinwl ]
I don't consider the tremper method cheating because it only evens the playing field between males and females. Since males are incubated at 90, you can't tell in the majority of cases whether or not a male has "brown" genes.
I do believe, however, that the breeder should be open about how the geckos were produced. This way customers can make an informed decision. I'd love, for example, to get a pair of light trempers that would produce more of the same without any temperature manipulation. Unless, however, breeders are candid this would be impossible.
When I incubated my trempers I only upped the temperature to over 85 (I use hova-bators so when I try to keep them at 90 I end up with lethal temperature spikes so I aim for the high 80's). This produced pinkish rather than white trempers. I only had one deformity out of 100 eggs and no increased mortality.
-Alice
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