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albino???

clarinet45 said:
something with as high UV requirementsas as beardies makes it highly unlikely that an albino would live a long, healthy life and be able to reproduce.
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Please explain the above statement. I can only assume since melanin helps protect the skin from ultraviolet light, is it either because they burn or can not process vitamin D properly without melanin?
 
It`s also because they are sensitive to light, and require so much of it.

Think of a nearly blind Beardie, who can hardly even catch his food. :(
 
Yeah with gliders and alot of other animals they are also high stress too and they also some call them a genetic defect I call them a morph :) I love the albino coloring! they are soo pretty Also is there like a cremeino coloring in beardies? I know alot more bout Gliders and Leos then beardies lol
 
There is a breeder in Australia that has albino bearded dragons, but since they can not ship any reptiles out of their country we will probably never see them.
 
Please explain the above statement. I can only assume since melanin helps protect the skin from ultraviolet light, is it either because they burn or can not process vitamin D properly without melanin?
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There are two separate issues with albinism. First is that the skin lacks protection from UV light, leading to damage to the cells and DNA. Second is retinal problems: without a pigmented iris or retinal pigemented epithelium, the amount of light reaching the retina is excessive and even damaging. As a complication to this, albinos have a poorly developed retina, resulting in various other complications in vision.

Mokele
 
There are a few other threads in the Bearded Dragon Forum concerning albino beardies. Just a run a search in this forum for "albino" and have fun reading!!! :)
 
Thanks for the replies, I never really thought about problems associated with albinism. I have an albino ball python but it basically lives in a world of shadows and doesn't appear to suffer any problems from albinism since it has no UV requirements.
 
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