What leopard geckos should i breed to my SHTCT and to my tremper albino?
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warhawk
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The best advice I can give is do all your research on the two you have and decide what morph you want to go for. To start with here is a link to get the basics of breeding and genetics.
Leopard Gecko Genetics - GeckoBoa Reptiles
Then you can read on these two sites to learn about morphs and what they look like.
Category:Morphs - Leopard Gecko Wiki
Leopard Gecko Morphs
The SHTCT is a Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail which is a line breed trait and Tremper (assuming you mean tremper albino) is a recessive trait. They are a little differ but the first link will explain all that. So you will be breeding both geckos in different ways to create the morphs you are after as they have different types of genetic traits.
Once you know what morph you want you can use this site to see what babies you might get. This will work with recessive and dominant traits.
Leopard Gecko Genetics Calculator
With that said if it was me I would pick up another SHTCT to breed to the one you have to get some nice colors.
And as much as I don't want to be that guy that kicks your dreams I do need to point out a few things. You need to think about the reasons you are breeding.
If you want to make money? That isn't realistic lots of us breed and none of us are rich.
If you want to create a new morph? That will take you years and a lot of money.
Then after you have the babies you need a way to house and feed them all until you find a place to sell them. I will say feeding cost add up quick, I started raising meal worms but it takes months to get enough to stop having to buy them.
Hope this helps.
Leopard Gecko Genetics - GeckoBoa Reptiles
Then you can read on these two sites to learn about morphs and what they look like.
Category:Morphs - Leopard Gecko Wiki
Leopard Gecko Morphs
The SHTCT is a Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail which is a line breed trait and Tremper (assuming you mean tremper albino) is a recessive trait. They are a little differ but the first link will explain all that. So you will be breeding both geckos in different ways to create the morphs you are after as they have different types of genetic traits.
Once you know what morph you want you can use this site to see what babies you might get. This will work with recessive and dominant traits.
Leopard Gecko Genetics Calculator
With that said if it was me I would pick up another SHTCT to breed to the one you have to get some nice colors.
And as much as I don't want to be that guy that kicks your dreams I do need to point out a few things. You need to think about the reasons you are breeding.
If you want to make money? That isn't realistic lots of us breed and none of us are rich.
If you want to create a new morph? That will take you years and a lot of money.
Then after you have the babies you need a way to house and feed them all until you find a place to sell them. I will say feeding cost add up quick, I started raising meal worms but it takes months to get enough to stop having to buy them.
Hope this helps.
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warhawk
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Your welcome and feel free to ask more questions we all are still learning here.
I breed because I enjoy working with geckos. And if you have a rack system that will help with space for sure but be warned you will need more. I'm about to upgrade my rack system again to double the space and I'm thinking about building a new hatching rack before next spring. My point is you always need more room.
I breed because I enjoy working with geckos. And if you have a rack system that will help with space for sure but be warned you will need more. I'm about to upgrade my rack system again to double the space and I'm thinking about building a new hatching rack before next spring. My point is you always need more room.