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Breeding
Gene Pool in 2023?
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[QUOTE="AHBD, post: 2028919, member: 40059"] Hello, this is an interesting subject for sure but probably not many concrete answers since specialty reptile medicine doesn't seem to be too far advanced. First off my question to you is when you say "what I perceive to be genetic issues (most people see them as morphs), then which morphs do you mean , and do you feel the morphs themselves are produced through a genetic flaw and seen as a negative health issue ? Sorry if that's confusing but hopefully you get what I mean. As far as wondering how diverse the gene pool is for beardie's , that's a good question. Back in the day there were breeders that put out huge quantities of dragons, probably Pete Weiss, Bob Mailloux [ sandfire dragon ranch ] , Rick Millspaugh, Kevin Dunne [ Dragon's Den, creator of the " Dunner "morph ] Then there was Tammy Aldrich from Dragon Tails [ famous for the bold colored citrus tiger and other high color dragons ] and the Dachiu's who still breed to this day. Some of those breeders also traveled to or had dragons shipped from other countries so they no doubt brought the most diversity in to their bloodlines as possible. As far as the most common and serious health problem [ aside from MBD which is usually related to husbandry issues like lack of proper lighting + calcium intake ] there seems to be an alarming number of dragons that develop gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma and many of us scratch our heads as to what could be causing this fatal disease. Then there's yellow fungus disease which may at times seem to pop out of nowhere, whether the dragon is kept in good conditions or not. Those are just a couple of serious problems that come to mind. [/QUOTE]
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