I wasn't sure which forum was the most appropriate for this thread. If this was the wrong choice, sorry about that!
As some of you may remember, a few months ago I acquired a female dragon from Rainbow Bearded Dragons. She was stunning when she first arrived and has continued to grow even more stunning. Her beard is literally blood-red in some places, to the point where I once actually thought she was hurt and bleeding! It took me a few minutes to figure out that it was only the color of her scales!
Also, she is 100% het for both hypo and trans.
Now, RBD is having a sale on their stock, so I took the opportunity to buy a male from her that is not too closely related to Pele and who is also 100% het for hypo and trans. I am going to spend the intervening years while both grow to maturity preparing to breed them. I only intend to breed them once or twice, but they're both so exquisite that it just seems a shame not to.
However, I also feel that it is wise to find out how much interest there is in the future babies. This is not the only place I am posting this question of course - I am also investigating local placement possibilities - but I thought the people of this forum might want an opportunity to have a shot at such nice babies for much less than a professional breeder would sell them for. I don't really intend to make money off this, I just want to propagate these really amazing genes carried by these dragons, and try to add some more hypos, trans, and/or hypo-trans to the world. Of course plenty of the babies will simply be het for one or both genes, but still, they will have absolutely lovely reds, oranges, and purples.
I'll try to take a new photo of Pele so you can see what she looks like now, but it's very difficult to take a photo of her which does her justice. The male hasn't arrived yet; I won't have him until the beginning of next month, after I get paid and thus can pay for him. But he's spoken for! He'll be just as red as Pei is when he grows up, if his parents are any indication!
So, all in all, what I'm asking is this - how many of you would be interested in a het hypo, het trans, het hypotrans, hypo het trans, trans het hypo, or hypotrans baby in a year or so? They'll be brilliantly red with nice purple patches on their sides pretty much no matter what, but since both parents are het for both traits there is a good possibility of hypos, transes, and hypo-transes in the clutch. If I find enough interest I will breed them as often as necessary to fill the interest in the babies, but if interest is low I will probably breed them only once.
Thank you all for reading! I will update with new photos of Pele once I'm able to get some that at least sort of do her justice.
As some of you may remember, a few months ago I acquired a female dragon from Rainbow Bearded Dragons. She was stunning when she first arrived and has continued to grow even more stunning. Her beard is literally blood-red in some places, to the point where I once actually thought she was hurt and bleeding! It took me a few minutes to figure out that it was only the color of her scales!
Also, she is 100% het for both hypo and trans.
Now, RBD is having a sale on their stock, so I took the opportunity to buy a male from her that is not too closely related to Pele and who is also 100% het for hypo and trans. I am going to spend the intervening years while both grow to maturity preparing to breed them. I only intend to breed them once or twice, but they're both so exquisite that it just seems a shame not to.
However, I also feel that it is wise to find out how much interest there is in the future babies. This is not the only place I am posting this question of course - I am also investigating local placement possibilities - but I thought the people of this forum might want an opportunity to have a shot at such nice babies for much less than a professional breeder would sell them for. I don't really intend to make money off this, I just want to propagate these really amazing genes carried by these dragons, and try to add some more hypos, trans, and/or hypo-trans to the world. Of course plenty of the babies will simply be het for one or both genes, but still, they will have absolutely lovely reds, oranges, and purples.
I'll try to take a new photo of Pele so you can see what she looks like now, but it's very difficult to take a photo of her which does her justice. The male hasn't arrived yet; I won't have him until the beginning of next month, after I get paid and thus can pay for him. But he's spoken for! He'll be just as red as Pei is when he grows up, if his parents are any indication!
So, all in all, what I'm asking is this - how many of you would be interested in a het hypo, het trans, het hypotrans, hypo het trans, trans het hypo, or hypotrans baby in a year or so? They'll be brilliantly red with nice purple patches on their sides pretty much no matter what, but since both parents are het for both traits there is a good possibility of hypos, transes, and hypo-transes in the clutch. If I find enough interest I will breed them as often as necessary to fill the interest in the babies, but if interest is low I will probably breed them only once.
Thank you all for reading! I will update with new photos of Pele once I'm able to get some that at least sort of do her justice.