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Pennebaker
at Fri Mar 12 15:45:00 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Pennebaker ]
I'm going to agree and disagree....
When it comes to bloods, if it is a Dragons Den line blood, then no matter what color it looks like, I think it should be labeled as a blood or from "blood lines". Something to keep in mind is that color is dependent on many things including stress, diet, and lighting. I would rather know the genetics behind what I'm buying and then be able to see what color it looks like at the moment. The other thing is that bloods also change color a lot with age--it can start off more yellow or normal and then turn "blood" later down the road. This is the case with many morphs (sandfire, reds, oranges, etc). Many "normal" looking dragons turn very colorful down the road depending on genetics. Of course morphs can go the other way too--start off red and turn brown.
Especially when buying for breeding purposes, I would hate to buy a "blood" labeled as a yellow since it is showing more yellow, only to breed it to a blood down the road and not realize that I'm inbreeding. I think this happens a lot.
However I will agree that I would like to see people clarify by saying what color the dragon shows, and then what bloodline it comes from. i.e. "dragon showing normal coloration, from red x gold lines".
And I dont think there is anything wrong with a nice normal! They are almost hard to find these days and very necessary with all the line breeding out there!
Just my 2 cents.
Dana
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RE: Discussion about Morphs and the Beardie Market....long rant - Pennebaker, Fri Mar 12 15:45:00 2004