Does incuabtion temps really play such a role that finding a dark male is impossible. I have been on a search of dark leos (dare I call them melanistic) I found three females pretty easily but a male is proving difficult. What's with that?
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Why is it so hard to find a dark male?
skmcwilliams
Mar 31, 2004 06:44 PM
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fadetolemons
Mar 31, 2004 07:59 PM
Not sure, I believe it's simply because they need to be at low temps to be melanistic, and most low temp hatchlings are female. I have one leo who is very melanistic, and i'm assuming she's female, but they are too young to really tell right now. A friend told me of how they can be bred, by taking my melanistic one and breeding it w/ a blizzard then taking the offspring of that and breeding it back with the first melanistic, thus getting very dark ones. I'm no breeder though.
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davecable
Mar 31, 2004 08:26 PM
I tend to agree that incubation plays a big part in how dark a leo appears. It’s a morph that I haven’t been able to work with myself, mostly because they are somewhat hard to find. If it were easy to make very dark leo, I think we would see tons of them for sale. Anyhow just my 2 cents, I hope someone with a bit more experience can give us insight into this topic.
DaveCable
Snarks
Apr 01, 2004 12:49 AM
I think it might be cuz they're not popular.
Everyone is breeding hyptang, etc.
