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16-Apr-08, 11:55 PM
|  | Cool Dude Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Fairfield Heights,NSW Gender:  | | |  Beardie Housing/New Enclosure
Hey guys this week i will be moving my beardies into a bigger enclosure and i am trying to figure out what i should do. Atm they are 5-6 months old they are brother and sister well i think they are boy and girl gotta sex them still. Anywho i have been told that i shouldn't house the two because they are related and could produce newborns which would be considered as Hybrids?
So i am trying to work out if i should split the new enclosure into 2 parts or leave it as a long one and start doing all the wiring and work this weekend.
PS I will Upload a picture of the enclosure that i am discussing.
But can someone tell me if the is any specific reason why 1 beardie is considerably larger then its contender? I tried feeding the smaller one separately |
17-Apr-08, 12:25 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Queensland Age/Gender: 19  | | | | Hybrids in the same breed.
No.
But there is a slight possibility that the offspring could be mutated (depends on how long they inbreed).
A hybrid would be a Pygmy Beardie x Central Beardie. |
17-Apr-08, 12:26 AM
| | Cool Dude Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Fairfield Heights,NSW Gender: | | | | Thanks for clarifying that deadflesh so if they did breed i would dispose of the eggs humanely before they have the chance to develop? |
17-Apr-08, 12:31 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Queensland Age/Gender: 19 | | | | Well, there is also a chance that you could have perfectly healthy babies.
The only way to find out is to contact the person who you bought your beardies from and ask whether they were interbred.
Reptiles can inbreed for quite a few generations before mutation occurs. |
17-Apr-08, 12:35 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Queensland Age/Gender: 19 | | | | I do know of some blue tongue skinks that were badly mutated with an extra head and limbs.
But havent come across any beardies yet - so they might be able to inbreed longer. |
17-Apr-08, 12:39 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Queensland Age/Gender: 19 | | | | Oh and about the size difference: it just happens... with almost every animal, from mice (I have a runt mouse pup in my breeding tank at the moment and it is about half the size of its siblings) to dogs, even reptiles I guess, individual growth... my bf's blue tongues have an enormous size difference as well (they're from the same clutch too). |
17-Apr-08, 08:01 PM
| | Cool Dude Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Fairfield Heights,NSW Gender: | | | | bump? | |
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