Albinism ?

[tortoiseowner101]

I've been wondering what is albinism in reptiles and how it could affect their lives ?

 

[N2TORTS]

In captivity they are simply out of this world and the color morphs can be endless…..all which have no ill effects to the animal’s health . In the wild however they would be become easy meals as they would have no camouflage to match their native surroundings. The human insight is based on opinions , likes or dislikes…..keeping a breed pure ( which has nothing to do with hypos or albinos) I’ve herd it all . For myself it has been a 7 year adventure to purposely bred for exotic traits such as hypos and albinos. There is a thread I posted awhile back that goes into more detail and how these mutations arise.

JD~

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I found it ......

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-53058.html

 

[Levi the Leopard]

I have an albino RES and have been trying to understand about their vision. I can find peoples thoughts on it one way or the other but no real tests or studies about it.

Would albinoism in people be comparable to turtles? Would the way albino people see be a comparison to how the turtle would see?


Heather
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[Millerlite]

I would assume there are other disadvantages to having albino turtles, more then just camo in the wild. Eye sight can be effect, even overall life spans can be effected and be shorter... They are mutated tortoises so yeah I can only guess. Only time will tell

 

[tortoiseowner101]

Thanks everybody !







3.0.0 Greek tortoise

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Re: RE: Albinism ?

Eye sight can be effected,

Is there any way to know this vs. speculate? I'm honestly asking...

Heather
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[GeoTerraTestudo]

Albino people are more likely to have vision problems, including blindness, and to develop skin cancer. The same could apply for other animals as well, including turtles.