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Old 17-08-2009, 11:10 PM
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Is it possible to breed a map turtle and a yellow bellied terrapin??
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Old 17-08-2009, 11:14 PM
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yes and its not wise! interbreeding species could lead to health problems. i have seen map x ybs juveniles and they dont look a pretty turt in my opinion.
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Old 17-08-2009, 11:15 PM
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How come it's not wise??
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Old 17-08-2009, 11:18 PM
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also there are so many turts out there looking for a home breeding more would either mean housing them yourself or trying to sell them which can be nigh on impossible!
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Old 18-08-2009, 07:35 AM
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yes and its not wise! interbreeding species could lead to health problems. i have seen map x ybs juveniles and they dont look a pretty turt in my opinion.
Where have you seen trans- genus breeding of these two species?
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Old 18-08-2009, 08:14 AM
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There are photos of Map x RES hybrids on ATP, I can't see why anyone would want to deliberately breed such freaks though.
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Where have you seen trans- genus breeding of these two species?

i have seen these in a rep shop (which needs shutting down) close to me. i'm only saying what i've seen!!
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Out of sheer curiousity, anyone got links to pics of the hybrids ? :S
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Well i dont know if this sort of experimenting harms them, but i guess it is done with most other thinks, reptiles fish etc etc. I dunno. Some of them aint that pretty but 1 or 2 of them actually look amazing....
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