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Hi All:
I rescued a dragon about 4 & 1/2 months old now who I thought was a girl. Named her Bent because of the tail which has a normal part going down about 3/4 of an inch than turns at a right angle. Well it looks like Bent is a male. The question is Bent able to mate when he is full grown, or should I never even try. He is yellow with orange diamonds on his back so he is a beautiful dragon no matter his deformaty. Being a rescue makes him special also. Either answer will not affect his importance to me, as well as, the fact that what sex he/she is not important. But I would like to Know if he is able to mate?

If the tail is bent after the bulge, it shouldn't affect mating.

Sean
Heart Mountain Herps

THANX
This dragon has very pretty colors and I hate to through away good DNA due to a fault that was probably caused by enviroment and not genetics.

Are you sure it was environment and not genetics? I've never bred but I think I've read a lot of breeders won't breed deformed beardies. Not only that but do you know his history? Does he indeed have good genetics you want to throw into the population of beardies? Is it possible he was inbred to begin with and you may be passing those genes along? Just a thought.
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Rob Talkington

I was told improper incubation temp is what caused this deformatiy. Or I should say not even temps. If I am wrong please correct me.

Very well could have been. If it was incubation temps that caused the deformity could it have messed up his genes somehow? Aren't genes the roadmap of the physical makeup of an animal?

I was just saying why take the chance reproducing bad genes and then distributing them? I guess I would hope someone else here might have an opinion that knows more about this stuff than I do. I could be waaaay wrong and would like to know what some other breeders (I'm not one but thought you may be) think.
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Rob Talkington

I would like to know what others think to.