If you read many of the negative blue albino posts from "those people", you'll see that most of them have never owned an albino blue tegu and in many cases, never owned a blue tegu at all. So consider who this information is coming from. I own and have bred snow and albino blues and love them. All of my animals are provided UV lighting and while their eyes do tend to be more sensitive, I have never had one that was actually blind. Nor have I had one yet show any signs of any skin problems from exposure to UV. One of the biggest problems with albino tegus is over line breeding. MANY breeders not only use siblings as their breeders but then they sell sibling pairs from these sibling breedings making for multiple generations of direct inbreedings. I've always been very careful to only breed to het animals that have been outcrossed. I've never had a problem with hatchlings feeding and I attribute this to having good strong bloodlines. The blue tegu pool of genetics is small enough without breeders trying to make a quick buck by not outcrossing. So...if you decide to purchase an albino (or any blue tegu), make sure you ask the breeder if the pair you're about to buy is related and if the pair they came from is related.
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E. M. Allen
www.RiversideReptiles.net

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