Italian Gekko Association

pascià ha scritto:Ho chiesto a tutti gli allevatori di SG che ho menzionato e ad altre persone che conosco che allevano questo morph e la risposta è stata unanime:
non ci sono problemi ad accoppiare maschi SG con femmine normali. Steve Sykes (Geckosetc) mi ha anche dato le ragioni che vi giro pari pari:

Hi Steve,
there are problems if I mate a Super Giant male with a "normal" female ? Somebody tell me that there is high risk of egg binding/dystocia, other says that there are not problems...

When giants first came out I was breeding a super giant male (120g) to normal sized females (50-55g). They got along just fine, bred no problem, and the female laid eggs without problems. I kept them together for the entire breeding season. I find that the size of the eggs is determined by the size of the female. If you breed a super giant to a normal female the eggs will be normal sized, but the giant babies that hatch will grow faster and over a longer period of time. Giant and super giant females lay bigger eggs because they have bigger bodies. I would bet that if you bred a super giant female to a normal male you would get large eggs just because the female is large.

Regards,

Steve