[sirmaedwaseem]

I may be young, but i am going for a project. to hybrid some New Calodonian geckos. For this project i gave away all my animals, to make room. those species included in the project are:

0.1 Rhacodactylus Ciliatus

1.0 Rhacodactylus Auriculatus

0.1 Rhacodactylus Chahoua

1.0 Rhacodactylus Sarasinorum


0.1 Eurydactylodes Agricole

1.0 Eurydactylodes Vieillardi

my idea is to make the Gargoyle gecko X Crested gecko
and a bit of a stretch hybrid Chahoua X Sarasinorum
and then an even larger stretch if the hybrids of both species mate and do a 4 animal hybrid
as in
gargoyle gecko x crested gecko X chahoua x sarasinorum

the viellardi x agricole is because im sure that viellardi is just a mutatation of a agricole and if they were different species then its not possible to make hybrids.

[j_izzle8930]

people might hate you for this, and im pretty sure atleast the gargoyle x crestie has already been done.

[seschafer]

Honestly . . . I don't have any issue with this from a scientific perspective. If these are possible they have certainly occurred in the wild at some point assuming that the range of these species overlaps. That is part of the process of evolution. However, I will say that any animal produced from hybridization must be advertised as such and should either be retained or only sold as a pet. The other thing to mention is that you need to be smart about what you are trying to do. Don't try to breed a R. leachianus with an R. ciliatus or you will have a very fat and full leachianus. Again, I'm not saying people should go out and do this, but from a scientific perspective it does provide some interesting data.

Steve

[Riverside Reptiles]

This topic comes up frequently on here. If you're serious about doing something like this, you may want to do a search on here for the word "hybrid". You'll find a LOT of different opinions as well as facts about hybridizing geckos. You should not take something like this lightly. Do your research before attempting something like this. Know the impact of what you're doing. Personally I'm against purposely hybridizing. But I can't stop you from doing whatever it is you want to do.

For those of you responding to this thread, feel free to state your opinions. But remember, let's keep things civil as this can be a hot button topic.

[Elizabeth Freer]

Well said, Ethan. I totally agree and then some.

Originally Posted by Riverside Reptiles

This topic comes up frequently on here. If you're serious about doing something like this, you may want to do a search on here for the word "hybrid". You'll find a LOT of different opinions as well as facts about hybridizing geckos. You should not take something like this lightly. Do your research before attempting something like this. Know the impact of what you're doing. Personally I'm against purposely hybridizing. But I can't stop you from doing whatever it is you want to do.

For those of you responding to this thread, feel free to state your opinions. But remember, let's keep things civil as this can be a hot button topic.

[sirmaedwaseem]

well i wanted to stop acting like its going to happen
and actually do it
i dont have any animals now and my plan is to wait until at least december when i get my money
i will buy nearly all animals at once
with cages

[Riverside Reptiles]

Originally Posted by sirmaedwaseem

well i wanted to stop acting like its going to happen
and actually do it
i dont have any animals now and my plan is to wait until at least december when i get my money
i will buy nearly all animals at once
with cages

Well don't be surprised if what you get is a whole lot of negative reaction. Especially if you're not going to bother to get yourself educated about what you're going to attempt. Making a hybrid is not the same as combining two morphs. People in this hobby tend to take it very seriously.

[Justin]

Right so no experience of keeping the animals at all, just feel like hybridizing them?

[Rob D'heu]

I really do not understand why you would want to do this . Don't you think that the species on their own are nice enough ? I think that in the following years it will become very important to keep animals pure since there is no fresh import .
If you want to play for god buy a playstation and and leave the animals for serious people !

[StickyFeet.]

To be civil, I whole-heartedly disagree with what you are doing and sincerely advise you to reconsider, especially if you plan on putting NO effort into doing any research.