Within my life time this happened with orangutans, so there are inter-grade/hybrid orangs out there now. Even with not knowing the taxonomy of these apes, it might have been better to breed those that looked more like each other, then mix them. That would have saved alot of heart ache once it was actually sorted out with the now large zoo population of those apes.
Best not to fool with all this if ostensibly you tell yourself you are 'doing it' for the conservation of the species and you're not some tortoise flip-tard.
I would like to find out if these hybrids are fertile or not
There was a Sulcata x Leopard on fauna classifieds being advertise as a proven female if bred with a sulcata.
Not shooting the messenger here. I appreciate you telling us, but that is simply awful news…
I 100% agree. They're only doing for the money
So, the hybrid is only fertile if bred to a Sulcata? is that what they are saying?There was a Sulcata x Leopard on fauna classifieds being advertise as a proven female if bred with a sulcata.
Why is it so bad so? I’m planning to get a female Russian tortoise to breed with my male Greek soon I don’t understand why it’s “bad” I haven’t heard of any health defects it can do to the baby’s or anything so it’s not really different than breeding say a husky dog and a Pomeranian or different snakes.... that’s my intake on it. New to this and trying to learn more if you disagree with my intake please be mature and nicely explain your deference’s to my intake.I would try to discourage it , but if someone will pay money for it some one else is sure to do it !
Its bad for many reasons, all of which are thoroughly explained throughout this whole thread.Why is it so bad so? I’m planning to get a female Russian tortoise to breed with my male Greek soon I don’t understand why it’s “bad” I haven’t heard of any health defects it can do to the baby’s or anything so it’s not really different than breeding say a husky dog and a Pomeranian or different snakes.... that’s my intake on it. New to this and trying to learn more if you disagree with my intake please be mature and nicely explain your deference’s to my intake.
Please don't crossbreed Russians with Greeks. Both species are different and it's bad enough that they are being pulled from their wild environments which decreases their populations. The whole point of captive breeding is to conserve these species and help keep the wild ones in the wild. By crossbreeding you only dilute and screw up their bloodlines and that does not help either species at all. It's reckless and irresponsible.Why is it so bad so? I’m planning to get a female Russian tortoise to breed with my male Greek soon I don’t understand why it’s “bad” I haven’t heard of any health defects it can do to the baby’s or anything so it’s not really different than breeding say a husky dog and a Pomeranian or different snakes.... that’s my intake on it. New to this and trying to learn more if you disagree with my intake please be mature and nicely explain your deference’s to my intake.