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This is the best carrot tail I hatched this year as far as the amount of orange down the tail.
The father is from Hiss and the mother from Leo Lovers.
I am selling it's clutchmates but I can't part with this little lovely. She was nipped on her nose by her clutchmate as they dove for the same silkworm. Should I dab something on it?

Wow that is an amazing leo! I'm so jealous. I'd say she/he has about 80% carrot tail, which is very rare. That's the most orange I've ever seen on a leos tail. You should breed that one and go for one with 100% carrot tail. Great job!

P.S. What are you selling the clutchmates for? (wink, wink)

Should I try breeding her back to her father.
He only has about 25% - 30% on his tail.
The mother probably has 50% on hers. None of the siblings have that much on their tails. I sold most of them on kingsnake rather economically. I think I only have one left that is listed. The rest I am undecided as to whether to hold back and breed them or sell them but I may wait till spring to make my final decisions on who to keep but this one is staying with me for sure.
thanks for the compliment.
Sonia

I would definately breed her back to her father. Even though he doesn't have much carrot tail himself, he obviously has some genes for making great carrot tails (as you can tell by his daughter). If he didn't, your little girl probably wouldn't have the amount of carrot that she does. If you ever do hatch a 100% carrot tail, let us all know!

could you please post pictures of her parents?? i would really love to see what she came from!!

she is so lovely!! congrats!!

hethe
[zombielove]

I don't really breed geckos, so maybe I don't know but isn't imbreeding discouraged? If everyone that hatched a good leo bred it back to a parent wouldn't there be a lot of mutations a little down the line?

most good breeders don't interbreed past 1st or 2nd generation. reptiles are different than mammals and inbreeding doesn't effect them the same way. i personally wont breed past 1st generation when i get going.

hethe
[zombielove]

are mutations. That is how most of them probably got here.
Most of the really big well known breeders line breed or breed back to parents.
Actually that is probably how different dog and cat breeds were developed. Selective breeding did it to some extent but in the case of a simple reccesive gene the obvious carrier of the gene is a parent so that is how all the albinos, leucistics, ect were continued as a line. If not they would not be able to establish that mutation to future generations and create a genetic line. I am not an expert but that is just my opinion.
Here is a picture of the mother from Leolovers.