Thanks Brian. I'm thinking about trading in the miranda for their other female formosa, since the miranda is a male. But, I got a pretty good deal on him, so I'm not sure.Brian S said:
I was considering that, but being such a rare poke there's supposedly only 2 or so bloodlines going around which makes it vital to know when and where it was originally purchased. I already called the store and they don't have any contact information on the previous owner for me to track it down.Cooper said:
Why is it vital?Palespider said:
It's vital that you know the bloodline and prevent the possibility of inbreeding them.Lopez said:
I´l got 5 sub-adult P. miranda females (4 diffrent bloodlines)Palespider said:
Really?? Who has done in depth studies on this?Palespider said:
I would suggest sending the male to Europe if you can't find a female in the USA rather than let him go to waste.
Hiya Leon hows you mate? I have to dissagree with that myth we have no proof to the latter thats just speculation I can imagine when all these sp were an "it" there were more than just a couple being smuggled in
look at pokie metallica mirnada etc etc etc wheres theres money mate theres always a way of getting what people want I have no dought that most of these sp were inbred to a degree off the first imports but somewhere new blood has been introduced stands to reason if a dealer hobbyist etc sees a price tag and has access legal or not they will bring them in its human nature. Out of intrest.do you have proof that what leon said is not true?Why does it stand to reason that new blood has been introduced? Ok you say you don´t know the details of the studie done by Rick West so I doubt if you can answer the next questions!But just incase you can.RichardDegville said:Hiya Leon hows you mate? I have to dissagree with that myth we have no proof to the latter thats just speculation I can imagine when all these sp were an "it" there were more than just a couple being smuggled in
im sure Rick C west did a studie on inbreeding I dont know the details but im sure if he has some one will?
Crap actually, I've got a chest infection.RichardDegville said:
You have to admit it's just as much speculation that more were brought inRichardDegville said:I have to dissagree with that myth we have no proof to the latter thats just speculation I can imagine when all these sp were an "it" there were more than just a couple being smuggled in
He did, over 2 generations if memory serves - but I can't remember the species (A Holothele sp. maybe?)RichardDegville said: