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I posted a simular question in the breeding forum but it has not gotten any replies and the board seems pretty dead so I will try it in the general area as well.

OK I have had BDs for over 10 years now (presently I have 2 females) I don't know if I will ever breed BD but I still have a few questions

First what happens when you cross a normal and a color morph? (will you you get lighter babies, or half mom and half dad or just normals?)

What ages are reccomended for breeding (I have a huge female german giant, normal phase) German Giants seem to be a fairly comman in morp breeding she is 5 years old and never breed, I had her from a month old, is she too old to breed?

My other female is 2 years old and is an orange red cross no idea of her blood line.

That takes me to my next question do you need to know blood line, I know if you sell them you will get more for them with a good blood line, or is it reccomend to breed only known blood lines?

I was thinking of getting a high-end red or sandfire Male. Like I said I don't know if I will ever breed BD but I enjoyed breedig other herps so the idea crossed my mind.

Any help with my questions would be great.

Another question what is the best color morph to breed with a normal phase Dragon and which is best with a red X organge cross.

if you breed a normal to a color morp...you'll get a bunch of normals with a little color in them. some will be very colorful, some will show almost no color, and the majority will be half and half.

usually people who breed BDs only do it between the ages of 2-4 (thats the age of the dragon, not the owner...you sickos) and thats it. But, you have to understand that people that breed do it to make money. so they breed the crap out of them to get more babies and more $$. So if you are doing it just for the fun of it...then breed the old ones that you have. It may work fine...the differences will be that an older dragon will have less eggs per clutch (and probably only one clutch) in addition to the eggs not hatching despite properly maintaining incubation.

if you've already bred other reptiles, then you should have no problem with BDs...as its probably the easiest to breed (hence the overpopulated market)

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a free range dragon is a happy dragon

Knowing the blodlines deffintly helps in breeding any animals. It helps you so you can track the breedings and to avoid inbreeding and producing weak dragons.

Usually they are bred for a couple years for 1 to 3 years and sometimes longer if it is a really good female. Males can go longer. I had a female that was 9 going on ten years old and she was still breeding. I would only get two clutches of about 20 eggs. But the cool thing is I had 100% hatch rate. And the babies were very hearty. The male was an older male as well, around 5.

peace,
nate