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Hi All,
I was reading on a site about their Beardies and they call the baby the color it looks like and then put the parents color which are completely different. A example is as follows:
Father Red/Gold Sandfire
Mother Hypo Red
Baby Orange Sandfire
So please explain. I have always called the baby what the parents are like this:
Father: Red/Gold Sandfire
Mother: Hypo Red
Baby: Red/Gold Sandfire x Hypo Red.
Which is correct? I want to make sure I am doing this correctly when naming the color of the baby but I can't see how Its right to call the baby something its parents aren't. Maybe because I am a Manx Cat and German Shepherd breeder also so I am getting mixed up since I realize genetically dragons aren't the same as cats and dogs. Thanks for any help you can give me on this. Deb
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Beardies: 8.13

Pyro-Red Flaming Tiger x Orange German Giant Male
Kai-GG x Orange GG Male
Skyla-GG x GG Pastel Female
Voodoo-Yellow Red Desert Male
Banshee-Orange Sandfire Female
Puff-Citrus x Red/Orange Sandfire Male
Cera-Citrus x Sunburst Female
Moon-Hypo x Snow Female
Jewel-Yellow Sandfire x Orange Sandfire- Female
Ace-Sundial Coral x Snow Male
Sundra-Sunrise x Red/Gold Sandfire Female
Nitro(Stubbs)-GG x GG Pastel- Male Juvy
Rainbow-GG x GG Pastel Female Juvy
Ember-GG Orange x GG Pastel Male Juvy
Wicket-Sundial Coral x Snow Male
Sedona-Blood x Red/Orange Sandfire Female
Seven-GG Orange x GG Pastel Female Juvy
Flame-GG Orange x GG Pastel Female Juvy
Cinder-GG Orange x GG Pastel Female Juvy
Kiowa-GG Orange x GG Pastel Female Juvy
Echo-GG Orange x GG Pastel Female Juvy

Leopard Geckos 6.10

Bonzai-High yellow Jungle Leo Male Juvy(Bruckman's Reptiles)
Basil-High Yellow Jungle Leo Female Juvy(Bruckman's)
Chaos-HQ Red Stripe Leo Male
Swayze-HQ Red Stripe Bold Jungle Leo Female(Hot Geckos)
Rayna-HQ Red Stripe Bold Jungle Leo Female(Hot Geckos)
Ayesha-Outcross JMG x HQ Red Stripe Female(Hot Geckos)
Chaz-High Yellow Leo Male
Asia-High Yellow Leo Female Juvy( Bruckman's Reptiles)
Cyrano-Super Hypo Tang Carrot Tail Baldy Male (Hot Geckos)
Cajun-Super Hypo Tang Baldy Leo Female(Hot Geckos)
Calypso-Super Hypo Leo Female
Arwen-Rainwater( LV)Jungle Albino Leo Male (Hot Geckos)
Aries-Rainwater(LV) Banded Albino Leo Female (Hot Geckos)
Ice-Blizzard Leo Female Juvy (Bruckman's Reptiles)
Blondie-Blizzard Leo Female Juvy (Bruckman's Reptiles
Kashmere-Banana Blizzard Leo Male Juvy (Bruckman's Reptiles)

Tortoises 2.3

Velvet-Leopard Tortoise baby poss male
Marley-Sulcata Baby poss female
Sammy-Red Foot Female
Isis-Red Foot Female
Jade-Red Foot probable male

4.3 Ball Pythons

Stripe Male 05
Black Back Female 05
Het Pied Male 05
Axanthic Female 03
Reduced with Blushing Female 03
Chocolate Reduced Male 04
Banded Male 04

Tarantula's

1.0 Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula(my husband's)Baby
1.2 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula(my husband's)Babies
1.0 Curly Hair Tarantula(my husband's)Baby

Other Pets:

11.13 Manx Cats
Too many to name here (Adults and Kittens)
2.1 German Shepherds
Danzig(Red Sable)male Search and Rescue Tracking
Sakotah(Black Sable)Male Pup ( Dan/Onyx Pup)
Onyx( Black) Female SAR Air/Ground Scent retired
1.0 Hedgehog-White Wicca
0.1 Giant White New Zealand Rescue Rabbit- Callie
2.2 Chinchilla's-Breezy, Stormy Nights, Myst, Black Velvet
0.1 Eastern Gray Squrriel-Paws
0.1 Ferret-Jumanji

Here's what I do, if the dragon is orange, I call it orange, if it is red I call it red, if it is purple with green spots, I call it purple with green spots, no matter what the breeding is. I am tired of all these names out there for the same thing!!

In my opinion, as long as you describe the dragon, you are just fine! For instance, my "gold" dragon is really a red/gold sandfire X normal cross, and I may include that description as well, but to me she is still just Gold!

I had a few clutches of orange sandfire X red/gold sandfire x light normal babies last year, and let me tell you that was a pain in the butt to type in every single add I placed, I should have just said yellow, gold and orange babies for sale!

I have seen sooooo many dragons called blood that have hardly any red in them! To me, blood dragons need to be BLOOD RED.

I think names and descriptions can get very confusing. I like simple!

There is no hard and fast rule on beardie color like corn snakes or ball pythons, unfortunately.

Hope I didnt confuse you more, I get confused with them every day!

Sarah
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FireDrake Exotics
www.FireAndLilac.com

Your absolutly right. The babies cannot be anything the parents aren't. to breed a red sandfire x orange glow, and call all the yellow babies yellows, orange babies orange or some other fancy name is doing a huge disservice to breeding projects as well as bearded dragons as a whole. You can use names, colors etc. but when it comes down to selling your babies customers/future breeders should know exactly what lineage the babies are born out of to do their best in choosing unrelated mates..
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