Here's the thing, if you purchased as a pet, you got a great price on a beautiful animal so you should be happy with your purchase regardless what his genetics are. But if you purchased with the intent to breed, it was unfortunately a very bad purchase no matter what the price. Far to many people buy cheap animals and just throw them together and it doesn't work out well for anybody and it's not good for the market. If you want to breed, start out with quality example animals of known genetics. Even if the animal in question may be hard to ID 100%, as long as the parents are known and good quality, you will make good quality animals and you can get a more exact ID through breeding. Using an animal that the ID is clearly wrong on and the parents are also incorrect, you're just setting yourself up for a lot more headaches down the road.
You have this guy now though, so I would just be happy to have got a good deal on a beautiful animal. But plan to do your breeding project with animals that are from known quality animals. The paradox is not a trait that is typically passed down anyway, so he is more of a looker than a breeder anyway.
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