Hi Hilde,
My system for leopards is simple and works very well. It is not used by
many breeders because it is so labor intensive. ;-) I have my parent
groups designated by group #. Each group represents a certain kind of
color phase or design, all the same or mixed. I like to play with
pattern and color, makes me feel like a little kid with color paint! ;-)
All the eggs from each group are incubated in containers with only eggs
from that group, so there is no mistaking the parentage. Each group is
incubated for female or male temps, usually that works out fine unless
there is a killer hot streak then I usually get a few more males!
Once the babies hatch, I put each clutch in a separate container,
labeled with group # for 1-2 months. At that time I separate the clutch,
even sooner if one is hogging all the food. This way they grow really
fast and healthy, and I never lose track of their parentage by putting
them in a bin with 30 other babies like most big scale breeders do. When
they are a few months old, I take photos of them and put them on my
website. I am in the process of documenting each group's babies by
putting a representative photo of each group's offspring on my photo
galleries. After a few years of working with a particular group, I
usually figure out what sort of babies I can expect as far as color and
pattern.
I'm getting ready for this year's fun to begin as the males are
presently knocking up the females! ;-)
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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