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I was wondering how pure the blood is on captive bred geckos. Do you think that breeders recycle their geckos to breed with their parents and such? Can they do that and will they look normal?

It can be and is done regularly, more so in certain gecko species. It should only be done by those that know what they are doing to retain reptuable bloodlines, abuse or to much inner breeding will cause problems. It is usually used to help retain a bloodline or to bring out certain charactoristics of certain animals.
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1.2.15 Tokays
1.4.10 Leos(13 albino)
1.2.0 AFT's(amel male)
0.2.0 Stenodactylus Petrii(Dune Geckos)

But will it cause them to have physical or mental problems?

The amount of physical and mental damage that a species will incur based on inbreeding depends a lot on the species. Many species are much more susceptible to inbreeding than other species. Sugar gliders for instance, do not do well with inbreeding. Although, it is necessary for you to know that inbreeding is the method used to created our genetic mutations that are so popular in the pet trade. Such as albinism and pretty much every other genetic "morph". I would suggest as a general rule that whenever possible it is best to not inbreed, especially with rarer species. Although, there is a reason that some species are classified as rare. For example, there are only 1.1 Gehyra oceanica in the country. Therefore, inbreeding is not an option.

- Alejandro -

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So basically all of the tangerine type leopard geckos are from some sort of inbreeding? I'm getting reading to breed a few giant day geckos and was wondering if i should stay clear from inbreeding them. Thanks for your help

Yeah, I'm sure for the most part. That is basically how you get the nicer tangerines. Giant day geckos are very abundant, so inbreeding is not necessary, but with day geckos, inbreeding seems to not effect them too much, if at all.

- Alejandro -
Gekkonids