For a lot of people, their entire herping world consists of BP.net. Even for myself, with as many connections as I have...with the amount of time I spend here, and as busy as the rest of my days are...I have little time for other sites. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I was not aware that there was a potential issue with the Desert morph. For a lot of us...if it's not discussed here, then we're kinda out of the loop.
As much as possible, I want our members to be "in the loop" and if there are extra risks involved in purchasing certain morphs, then it is fair and just to discuss them here.
So what do we KNOW about breeding the Deserts? Are the females slow to mature? Do they have some sort of special husbandry requirements to become fertile? Is there some sort of gender connection with the gene?
Right now, I believe it's all speculation and a lot more work needs to be done to learn for certain. I believe it's fair for the community to be aware of this fact. I believe it's fair for people to make guesses (preferably educated ones!) about what the issue might be and how to overcome it. And hopefully those with actual hands-on experience will chime in WHEN they know something.
This is NOT a place to speculate about what the breeders know or don't know...what they're willing or not willing to share. This is not a court and it does more harm than good to the community as a whole to cause such distrust of reputable breeders with vague, random accusations.
If a member of this site has a SPECIFIC charge to bring against a specific individual or business, this must be done properly in the Inquiry Forum. Full names must be disclosed and all known evidence laid out thoroughly so the issue may be properly addressed, rebutted and defended.
We will no longer tolerate these sorts of insinuations an innuendos and doing so may earn very serious infraction points.
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