Post by saskatchewanexotic on Sept 14, 2010 18:45:24 GMT -5
Speaking of "One-eyed" geckos...
Here is the other side of breeding that people don`t always talk about.
I don`t care for the term "cull", just as much as I can`t do it.
Honestly, yes, I can cull (kill an animal with undesirable characteristics) if it is clearly in pain or suffering unreasonably. What I can`t do is cull something that maybe considered undesirable but otherwise healthy.
Case 1 - WINKIE
He was born with a deformed eyelid which over time has closed completely. He also has a sideways jaw(I call it a hair lip). Other than that, Winkie, is absolutely fine. In fact, Winkie grew a lot quicker than any of the other geckos that were hatched around the same time as him and has a ferocious appetite.
In the wild winkie probably wouldn`t make it, and he has no chance of a breeding project in the future. Winkie will be a forever pet at my house.
Don`t get me wrong, I don`t have a problem with culling animals, and if Winkie was born into a different collection than my own he most likely would have been culled. Maybe that would be the right thing to do. I know that I don`t have the space to dedicate to Frankenstiens Lab or anything
Anyways, just some food for thought for people wanting to breed reptiles......
Here is the other side of breeding that people don`t always talk about.
I don`t care for the term "cull", just as much as I can`t do it.
Honestly, yes, I can cull (kill an animal with undesirable characteristics) if it is clearly in pain or suffering unreasonably. What I can`t do is cull something that maybe considered undesirable but otherwise healthy.
Case 1 - WINKIE
He was born with a deformed eyelid which over time has closed completely. He also has a sideways jaw(I call it a hair lip). Other than that, Winkie, is absolutely fine. In fact, Winkie grew a lot quicker than any of the other geckos that were hatched around the same time as him and has a ferocious appetite.
In the wild winkie probably wouldn`t make it, and he has no chance of a breeding project in the future. Winkie will be a forever pet at my house.
Don`t get me wrong, I don`t have a problem with culling animals, and if Winkie was born into a different collection than my own he most likely would have been culled. Maybe that would be the right thing to do. I know that I don`t have the space to dedicate to Frankenstiens Lab or anything
Anyways, just some food for thought for people wanting to breed reptiles......
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