2010 Tiger Jag, yay or nay?

[red ink]

What are you trying to get out of the breeding plans?

How do you want the hatchies to look?

What are you planning to pair it with if you get it?

[Necrias]

Originally Posted by red ink

What are you trying to get out of the breeding plans?

How do you want the hatchies to look?

What are you planning to pair it with if you get it?

Will likely be paired with:

Bredli (some of the coolest Jags I've seen have been Bredlis)

JCP (mainly to see how the tiger gene affects the pattern)

and either a Tiger Jag sib or Caramel Coastal

Based on the look of the offspring I will decide where to go from there

[red ink]

Originally Posted by Necrias

Will likely be paired with:

Bredli (some of the coolest Jags I've seen have been Bredlis)

JCP (mainly to see how the tiger gene affects the pattern)

and either a Tiger Jag sib or Caramel Coastal

Based on the look of the offspring I will decide where to go from there

K thanks for the info... based on the info you have given (and I hope this next bit does'nt offend you). It seems to be a trial and error part on the breeding. In which case "if" your just checking to see what it brings out in those combinations then I would say YES to that JAG as it looks healthy enough. As all it seems is your after the jag gene.

[Necrias]

Originally Posted by Caylan

With proper quarantine I don't seem him doing much good this season, but no reason not to pick him up for next. He looks really good, and I don't know the market for a tiger jag, but with jags still around 200, the price doesn't even seem bad. Worth looking into more in my opinion.

My Bredli won't be ready till next year anyway, so it would work out perfectly. From what I've seen, hatchlings go for 500-800 depending on quality, and since this male is relatively close to breeding that is a very fair price.

Originally Posted by red ink

K thanks for the info... based on the info you have given (and I hope this next bit does'nt offend you). It seems to be a trial and error part on the breeding. In which case "if" your just checking to see what it brings out in those combinations then I would say YES to that JAG as it looks healthy enough. As all it seems is your after the jag gene.

Not offended one bit. I am going for the jag gene for three reasons:

1) I love the look of some jags. Some are absolutely breathtaking and I would like one simply as a display animal.

2) I love highly variable clutches. Since both the Tiger gene and the Jag gene are so highly variable, especially in the case of integrades, I expect some awesome clutches. Hell I almost picked up a Green Granite burm at the local petshop today to pair with my Hypo Albino just so I could breed the triple hets back and see the huge variability!

3) I can make more money off them. I know how bad that sounds, but I am working with very limited space, so I need to maximize efficiency if I can't maximize production. I'm not in this purely for the money, I love the hobby as a whole, but considering how much time and money I have invested I would like to see some return.

Thanks for the responses guys, I will start the process of asking questions to the breeder.

[red ink]

Originally Posted by Necrias

My Bredli won't be ready till next year anyway, so it would work out perfectly. From what I've seen, hatchlings go for 500-800 depending on quality, and since this male is relatively close to breeding that is a very fair price.



Not offended one bit. I am going for the jag gene for three reasons:

1) I love the look of some jags. Some are absolutely breathtaking and I would like one simply as a display animal.

2) I love highly variable clutches. Since both the Tiger gene and the Jag gene are so highly variable, especially in the case of integrades, I expect some awesome clutches. Hell I almost picked up a Green Granite burm at the local petshop today to pair with my Hypo Albino just so I could breed the triple hets back and see the huge variability!

3) I can make more money off them. I know how bad that sounds, but I am working with very limited space, so I need to maximize efficiency if I can't maximize production. I'm not in this purely for the money, I love the hobby as a whole, but considering how much time and money I have invested I would like to see some return.

Thanks for the responses guys, I will start the process of asking questions to the breeder.

I would try and get a high quality "pure" coastal or tiger coastal to mate with that tiger Jag. This way you are getting pure tiger coastal as well as tiger Jags from the pairing.