All other bubs from the same parents have been normal.That is a little odd. Are his siblings normal?
The tail is rounded (nothing hidden) but also sort of thick where where it stops, sort of cowbell shaped for lack of a better description. There is no physical knob, just a tiny bump on the backside of the tail, but the whole tail pattern including that of the knob is present and wrapped around the back of the tail.That's so weird. It's rounded off so perfectly. Does the knob exist just tucked underneath?
Pretty sure the back feet both have five toes each (one is just hidden in the photo), but the front feet, he'll only ever be counting to eight on those.It seems to be missing a toe on three feet, or my eye sight is shot
You can be sure I'll be putting that to the test once it reaches breeding age, though pretty sure it's related to the lack of egg contents.I'd be interested to see if it produces "complete" offspring, weired little fellow none the less
I cant imagine why breeding a deformed animal is being considered. It may have other problems than just a physical appearance. Id seriously hope that if it were bred none of the offspring were sold.
I cant imagine why breeding a deformed animal is being considered. It may have other problems than just a physical appearance. Id seriously hope that if it were bred none of the offspring were sold.
Fair enough if it had a crippling deformity that made life unpleasant , but seriously? It's missing a couple of toes and a tail! Wouldn't depriving it of the right to pro-create be morraly wrong? After all isn't that what we're here for.
I hope that is a joke. Unless this animal has been checked over by a vet how would you know if there wasnt more serious internal issues? Not everyone/thing should breed. Especially when its defective.
If it has a serious problem, it's going to die pretty soon. If it doesn't die soon, then it doesn't have a serious problem.
When I used to live an area with wild green tree frogs, I once encountered a green tree frog with a deformed leg. It had the third section of it's rear leg missing and the foot on that leg (not sure if it was due to injury or birth defect). Over the years I lived there, I watched it thrive. Sure, it couldn't jump perfectly, and had a little difficulty climbing, but it managed to grow to a decent size, and I believe it even bred successfully.
i once found a brown tree frog with five legs, the 5th leg protruded from its throat and had a perfectly formed foot, I took it to the currumbin wildlife sanctuary where I was told the deformity was caused by fertiliser run off and they'd seen a few that year.
It seems like a pretty cool little gecko, and it just seems during development life decided that in order for it to survive it would put more energy into vital organs, rather than a couple of toes and a nicer tail. I don't see a problem with the owner breeding it in future if it survives, as long as there's nothing missing or abnormal in its genes, I don't see why it couldn't produce healthy offspring.
Lol how judgmental is that statement, not everyone/thing should breed ? If handicapped people or animals CHOOSE to breed it's exactly that, their choice!!!
If it has an underlying issue nature will take it's course, and there's virtually nothing a vetinarian can do for internal issues with small geckos.
ive noticed you always have something negative to say when someone has an odd gecko pop up in their collection, jealousy maybe?
Its not judgmental at all. Its logical.
And a deformed animal is nothing to be jealous over so i dont really understand that statement. Mind informing me how im always negative?
Theres a few people who have had exceptionaly nice geckos that are healthy show up in there collection that I have commented on but that has only ever been stating how nice the animal is. Defection isnt anything to be jealous over. And the intentional breeding of it is stupid.
A few easy comparisons are defects in dogs due to stupid breedings.
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And to elaborate a bit further, i had one egg go longer and eventually hatched deformed, somewhat resembling a bulldog in stance. It was given every chance in life and later passed, if it had of survived to adulthood it would never have been mated.
If that's logic to you than that logic is sadly flawed, Unless your a supremacist that thinks less fortunate are inferior to yourself?
as for the negative comments, The first to come to mind is with a high white Levi's that you stated wasn't high white as it wasn't as white as yours? Can't be happy for fellow herp lovers/breeders?
this isn't the place to debate the ethics of keeping or breeding, heck, keeping a herp in a cage outside its natural environment is unethical as is breeding for profit. Both of wich you don't condone
The high white gecko, was a white line gecko, not the same as what I am used to as the line i hold doesnt loose the white stripe.
I discussed that matter with redink and a few others to find there were lines that do dull. I still stand by what i said on that thread.
And actually it is. I also dont know any reptile keepers that make a profit from breeding. And if they did/do it certainly isnt from breeding defective stock.
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