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Hi.. I was wondering how one would breed a dwarf to a normal size retic.. Would the female HAVE to be the dwarf to produce smaller babies, and then would all the babies be smaller than normal?

Or could you use a dwarf male and breed to a normal size female? What a size difference huh? WOuld this also work, or because of the large egg size teh normal size female produces, would the babies be larger and never be dwarfs?

Thanks

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I'm giving you my opinion only- I've not bred retics nor do I plan to breed intergrades.
It seems that if egg size would be an issue to a female she is better off being the regular- sized retic and using a dwarf male. That is only for laying the eggs- I am thinking that a dwarf female may have some trouble passing the larger eggs from a normal-sized male but I could be mistaken. The babies would carry 1/2 the genes of each so if the dwarf is truly a dwarf he (or she) would pass on those genes. I believe there is a size difference in the babies depending on which parent is a dwarf in mammal reproduction but I don't know if that holds true for retics. As for the size difference in a dwarf male and normal-sized female from what I've read on the subject of sexual dimorphism, it would pose no insurmountable challenge to the male. Best wishes,
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Marcia Pimentel
Tango River Reptiles
GiantFeeders

I was a bit shocked by the size of the Dwarf Tigers that Mike Wilbanks hatched as newborns. The animals I recieved had not yet eaten and just had there first shed. I was expecting smaller babys simply, after hatching pure jampeas. The parents were a male dwarf and normal sized female, the babys were very close to the size of a newborn normal retic. I suppose that the size of the mother definetly plays a direct roll in the size of the eggs, and thus the babys at birth. I wouldent guess that these animals geneticaly would be any diffrent than the cross if it was to happen the other way around, only larger at birth. In other words I think the potential will be the same of course directly related to both parents. But these are all new too us so, I expect we will learn more about how it works in the future.
-Thanks Shaun DeBord

The size of the father in no way influences the size of the egg. There's no reason a normal father would cause any sort of problem with a dwarf mother.