Sulcata leopard hybrid

BrookeB · Nov 12, 2019

I was wondering if any research has been done on hybrid tortoises. Specifically sulcata leopard hybrids. Does anyone on this form own this hybrid. Is this hybrid sterile. Does breeding these two species together cause any health issues. Are the hatch rates low. Any information helps and if you have research can you please link it. Also I keep reading to not mix species in enclosures but If they have the same care and environment what is the most common issue and why is it so discouraged. TYIA

Tom · Nov 12, 2019

We do our best to discourage any hybridizing. Species should never be mixed for a variety of reasons.

BrookeB · Nov 12, 2019

Tom said:
We do our best to discourage any hybridizing. Species should never be mixed for a variety of reasons.

Yes I already realized that while trying to find information on hybrid tortoises. Although I still haven’t been able to read any actual information on hybrids.

Blackdog1714 · Nov 12, 2019

Just imagine if there was only one type of rhino or only one type of bear

Tim Carlisle · Nov 12, 2019

I'd like to have a 2-headed tortoise purely for bragging rights.

Blackdog1714 · Nov 12, 2019

Mizcreant said:
I'd like to have a 2-headed tortoise purely for bragging rights.

Yeah what you gonna do if it has two butts or maybe two boy parts! OMG

Tim Carlisle · Nov 12, 2019

Blackdog1714 said:
Yeah what you gonna do if it has two butts or maybe two boy parts! OMG

Uh... charge even more for admission? lol

ZEROPILOT · Nov 12, 2019

Even simply breeding same species animals to get a certain trait is blurring the lines.
More color, more size, etc. Eventually species will look nothing like they did several generations ago. And this is happening now.
Let's not forget that the ancestors of my Chihuahua were Wolves.

queen koopa · Nov 12, 2019

Blackdog1714 said:
Yeah what you gonna do if it has two butts or maybe two boy parts! OMG

Haha 2 butts

BrookeB · Nov 15, 2019

I was honestly just curious because I saw a few for sale on Craigslist.. I was wondering if anyone had this hybrid and what they where like

Frogg.Queen · Nov 15, 2019

BrookeB said:
I was wondering if any research has been done on hybrid tortoises. Specifically sulcata leopard hybrids. Does anyone on this form own this hybrid. Is this hybrid sterile. Does breeding these two species together cause any health issues. Are the hatch rates low. Any information helps and if you have research can you please link it. Also I keep reading to not mix species in enclosures but If they have the same care and environment what is the most common issue and why is it so discouraged. TYIA

I’ve never heard of hybridization for tortoises before. I would assume, based on the natural laws of biology, that hybridization among two species would be really difficult in terms of both breeding and care. I’m not really a biologist or anything myself, but if I were you i would do extensive research on hybrids in general (beyond tortoises) to see if risks like health issues and other complications are a possibility when breeding separate species together. Other than that, I wouldn’t recommend ever crossbreeding two species of tortoise, there can be too many risks.

BrookeB · Nov 15, 2019

Frogg.Queen said:
I’ve never heard of hybridization for tortoises before. I would assume, based on the natural laws of biology, that hybridization among two species would be really difficult in terms of both breeding and care. I’m not really a biologist or anything myself, but if I were you i would do extensive research on hybrids in general (beyond tortoises) to see if risks like health issues and other complications are a possibility when breeding separate species together. Other than that, I wouldn’t recommend ever crossbreeding two species of tortoise, there can be too many risks.

Lmao I can barely keep my hatchlings alive let alone breed tortoises, I was only asking because I saw some for sale and they looked cool. I breed some of my animals but definitely not tortoises, I was just wondering and there is like no information on this hybrid. Not even any really on here, probably because everyone here hates hybrid tortoises so much.

Honestly the only people I know who hates hybrids just as much are people who keep dart frogs...

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