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Inbreeding = weaker species?

hmmm...

however ive never heard of any negative affects from inbreeding leopard geckos with the exception of MAYBE kinked tails.
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You haven't heard of any negative affects of inbreeding because that information is not something that breeders like RT would allow us to be "privy" to. I agree with Justyn because I think kinked tails, nasty blizzards, bug-eyes, etc., are only a few of the results of irresponsible inbreeding. These things are surely not made public, and would hopefully get culled by responsible breeding.
 
I did have a long conversation with Tremper about the effects of inbreeding and weakened immune systems. He expressed concern and gave many examples of how crypto did not seem to effect WC animals, but that inbreed captive animals did not show as strong as resistance to the effects of crypto. Again, one of these days when I have research to support this I'll get more in depth.
 
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