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What to call male and females.

Jeremy Letkey

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I remember this question on a different forum a long while back. I don't recall if there was a conclusion. What do we call the male and female geckos that reproduce. Sire and dame. Parents. I would love to hear your thoughts and would like to know what to call them. Any thoughts or answers.
 
Yes I believe it is Sire and Dame. I know for sure you call a male a Sire. Craig (Urban Gecko) uses those terms on his website. :)

Shayna
 
I use mother and father to describe the breeders most of the time. I have however used sire and dame before. I would say it’s up to what you want to use. All the terms describe the same thing. :)
 
Dame?...not a word I've ever heard used for a mother.....do you all mean dam?...in other animals that's the proper term.
 
StinaUIUC said:
Dame?...not a word I've ever heard used for a mother.....do you all mean dam?...in other animals that's the proper term.
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Oops. . . I meant dam. It was early in the morning so I guess I shouldn’t type while half asleep. LOL.
 
StinaUIUC said:
Dame?...not a word I've ever heard used for a mother.....do you all mean dam?...in other animals that's the proper term.
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Thanks for the quick spelling lesson. Although I think that everyone got the point. Other than correcting my grammer, do you have any input?
 
MOM and POP??
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Actually I like the terms Sire and Dam-kinda elegant-LOL!!
Sandy
 
Well seeing as how there is not only a spelling difference between dame and dam, they are pronounced differently and mean completely different things...so I think that's kind of an important distinction to make....

From dictionary.com....

dame
n.
Used formerly as a courtesy title for a woman in authority or a mistress of a household.
A married woman; a matron.
An elderly woman.
Slang. A woman.
Chiefly British.
-A woman holding a nonhereditary title conferred by a sovereign in recognition of personal merit or service to the country.
-The wife or widow of a knight.
-Used as the title for such a woman.

dam
n.
Abbr. d. A female parent. Used of a four-legged animal.
Archaic. A mother.

Lots of people don't know the term dam to begin with...so I don't think they would have gotten the point. I wasn't trying to start an argument...I wasn't sure if the word was actually dame or if you really did mean dam. I think this was an important thing to add as it is a significant difference.
 
Christina, thanks again for all the useful information. Do you personally have an opinion on the matter???
I do not want to start a flame war either, so if you have an answer to the question then share it.
 
:uhh: That was an answer to the question...which was what to call male and female gecko parents...I fail to see how that wasn't an answer... :bandhead0 Jeremy you need to relax and learn now to take the correction of a simple but important mistake in stride...again, I was not trying to start an argument and there is no reason for you to be all huffy about it.

Sorry Overton!! Didn't mean to ruin your pleasant readings! :spinner03
 
I'm not trying to be huffy and am taking it all in stride. You however did not state an opinion as to what the male and female geckos should be called. I really am open to any ideas. I'm not lookig for a fight just some thoughts. I have no hard feelings on this at all.
 
I just call them mother and father. Sire and dam seem too fancy for leopard geckos, I don't like it. I'll leave the fancy stuff to the poodle breeders.
 
Actually dog breeders don't even go that fancy...dogs are just dogs and bitches...lol Horses are sire and dam though :)
 
StinaUIUC said:
Actually dog breeders don't even go that fancy...dogs are just dogs and bitches...lol Horses are sire and dam though :)
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HeHe I’m joining it too. I thought with dogs it was Studs and Bitches ;)

As for the leopard geckos, I've always used the Mother Father approach though it would be interesting to call the male a Bull and the female a Doe, there’s to many to list when it comes to breeding. It’s just better to stick to what’s comfortable to you. Maybe that’s why there isn’t an actual name set in stone to call a breeding pair or groups.
 
hehe :) I think some do use stud for dogs...but they always use bitch! lol I always wondered where they come up with all those terms...seriously...who was the first one to call a mother horse a dam and mother dog a bitch?...lol I'm pretty sure the breeding term bitch came before the derogatory one...lol
 
hmmm...

I usually just call them the "Papa and Mama" or "Mother and Father." I must admit though, that I do have a couple of males that I call "Stud Muffins."
 
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