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Old 07-09-2006, 06:16 PM   #1
geckogrl6
inbreeding- how close is too close?

I am now ready to breed some of my own hatchlings (Yay!) from last season, and would like to do daughter/father and son/mother combos, but I'm not sure what the risks would be. Is it just me and my own human morals that say this could be a problem, and what potential issues could arise?
PS- for those who may have missed me recently, sorry- I had to move twice this spring and things are only now settling down.
 
Old 07-09-2006, 07:02 PM   #2
SirKevin
Breeding back to parents is fine. Some say it can be become an issue with very minor defects after four or five generations, but apparently Ron Tremper hasn't added any new blood to his lines in thirty-plus years.

Remember, the only way we have all these colourful morphs is through a LOT of very close inbreeding.
 
Old 07-09-2006, 10:45 PM   #3
LeosForLess
Yeah, the thing with Ron Tremper, he has 70000 geckos so inbreeding is kind of hard.
 
Old 07-09-2006, 10:55 PM   #4
SirKevin
Well, those 70000 (is that really the number, just out of curiosity?) all came from close inbreeding originally.
 
Old 07-10-2006, 07:25 AM   #5
LeosForLess
He got his first het albino and bred that to like 100's of w/cs i beleive. My friend has his book and he says how you can make a few hundered albinos with 1 albino male and 400 normal females. I know he produces 70k, he may own somewhere from 20-30k. Ill get my hands on the book sometime next week.
 
Old 07-10-2006, 08:36 AM   #6
Dan Lubinsky
I've bred the same tang line since '95 but every few generations outcrossed to less colorful animals to keep them fresh. It takes longer than straight line breeding but the animals will be larger and more vigorous with less deformities. It also takes longer to attain your goals but then again you never know what might pop up.
 
Old 07-12-2006, 09:03 PM   #7
geckogrl6
Thanks all! It's nice to be back
 

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