Hybrid talk

[DennisM]

Now, back to the spirit of the OPs original post. I’m not a fan of inter species breeding, but don’t feel it’s my place to judge those who are. As for “playing God”: well for those who believe, was it not God who made these animals capable of creating these hybrid offspring?

[dylanjwicklund]

I like alot of these opinions and some not soo much lol but that's why I started this I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on it but I'd never breed a hybrid to anything if I ever got one they would just have a nice big cage for display because I do really like some hybrids as for finding homes were they won't be bred is the harder part because people do lie at times

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[dylanjwicklund]

I also do want to create 1 hybrid and that's the Baltic because I do have a male super dwarf reticulated python he is 18 years old and maxed at 7 feet and would love to have one of his babies as idk how long he has left as for the rest of them I have 8 friends that would take 1 for free as pet only and I'd freeze the rest of the eggs

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[dylanjwicklund]

I would like to know what big gunns did lol as long as it doesn't piss anyone off

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

I would like to know what big gunns did lol as long as it doesn't piss anyone off

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Irrelevant, and very off topic, as for discussing banned members and the reason why they were banned we do not do that. So discussion over!.

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[dylanjwicklund]

Lol ok then just was wondering because his name was brought up in the first place and I didn't ask why he was banned simply what he did so i dont go and do what ever stupid stuff he did but what ever don't care just hope I don't do something he did or someone else that got banned but going all green like that at all so don't do it again made me feel like I'm being yelledat for asking a simply question that could have been answered differently as for this I'm done I got the opinions I needed

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[Coluber42]

One question I'd have about experimental hybrids is, how would you know what the animal's body type and behavior "should" be? Not to mention potential health issues that might not crop up until the animal is well into adulthood? Mules have been around for a long time, so we know what their personality and needs are. If you cross a carpet with a ball, do you get an animal that likes to climb, or one that likes to hang out in dark holes? Behavior that would be normal for one species could be a sign or stress or illness for the other, so in the case of a hybrid, how would you know?
Supposedly ligers are prone to psychological issues because lions are stressed by being alone and tigers are stressed by having company. Ligers are sometimes stressed by both, which makes it hard to make them happy. Ligers also grow larger than either lions or tigers because the various genes that limit growth come from different parents in the two species, so the hybrid keeps growing and then ends up with a higher rate of health problems because the rest of its physiology isn't adapted to be that big.

So in the case of a mule, both parents are domestic animals that live in similar settings and eat similar food and like to be in herds; the hybrid is an animal that (in addition to being a very good draft animal) is generally able to lead a healthy, happy life. In the case of a liger, the hybrid is an animal that is highly likely to be miserable, despite the best efforts at caring for it.

So hybridizing animals for the novelty of it seems ethically dubious to me if the result might well be that it's hard to tell what the hybrid's needs might be, and it might have unpredictable growth and health issues that you can't really solve once it's born.

[Slim]

So hybridizing animals for the novelty of it seems ethically dubious to me if the result might well be that it's hard to tell what the hybrid's needs might be, and it might have unpredictable growth and health issues that you can't really solve once it's born.

Hear Hear! Well said!

[GoingPostal]

Hear Hear! Well said!

You could just as easily substitute "morph" for "hybrid" but that would really make people's brains explode. Throwing together unknown for novelty turns out badly in quite a few cases.

[Slim]

You could just as easily substitute "morph" for "hybrid"

Please explain your statement. Feel free to explode my brain.