Originally Posted by reptiliachnids
So I am trying to sell my bearded dragon and her enclosure and everything else on Kijiji which is like craistlist but only in Canada.
Anyways I get this email this morning.
"Please do RESEARCH into the animal before you spout a claim, a pastel citrus tiger is COMPLETELY ORANGE, the pastel refers to the stripes being PURPLE. Your pics CLEARLY show this is a normal, common, beardie, not ANY morph. Babies will show signs of colouring FROM BIRTH."
Sent with a fake email that was reality@check sent by reality. LOL
I got this bearded dragon from a bearded dragon BREEDER. Not a pet store. From a long time bearded dragon breeder who is well know.
Here are the pictures of her I have posted on the ad.
Preeetttyyy sure thats not a normal and that this person is colour blind.
What do you all think.
I am not crazy am I? lol.
Color morphs aren't passed through simple genetics. It's kind of like hair and eye color in people. Morphs like Hypo, Trans, Dunner, Leatherback etc. have distinct and provable markers and pass on through Mendelian genetics. Traits like pastel, citrus, blood, etc do not have true markers and are up to the eye of the beholders. I can see how this trips up ball python keepers (and many others) who are used to keeping animals where the majority of an incredible variety of morphs all pass by Mendelian genetics with proven markers.
Your dragon looks like a nice looking orange dragon. I don't see any characteristics that would lead to a Citrus or Tiger label but it is still a nice looking dragon.
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