Enigma Syndrome Discussion

[BarelyBreathing]

Symptoms tend to arise around a stressful situation (shipping, vetting, breeding, egg laying, etc). I would tend to doubt that the choking was actually caused by enigma syndrome, as the symptoms usually start with a slow onset and progress as time goes on. I say that's just a weird coincidence, but I wouldn't bet money on that.

I am okay with them being bred on a few circumstances. First off, if an enigma is bred to a non enigma, the symptoms tend to lessen or not present at all. I would not breed a female enigma, though. The reason behind this is it is theorized that enigma syndrome affects how the animals' bodies absorb nutrients (Texas A&M study). I've read that in the animals showing severe symptoms, their bodies were severely deprived of certain nutrients. When females lay eggs, they are deprived of these nutrients. It only makes sense that this would be a good reason to not breed females.