Hybrids... Just a friendly Conversation please.

[Beekissed]

Are there any true hybrid species that can reproduce? Just wondering....

 

[Glenmar]

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You are correct with the terms. Hybrid and Crossbred are 2 different things.

 

[Peaches Lee]

I'm okay with hybrids, as long as the goal is for a healthy, functional animal. I once saw a program on TV where this woman was breeding "twisty cats"--severely deformed cats, because she thought how they gimped around was "cute"

I thought it was horrible and sad!

For horses, the Friesian breed has seen the effects of close proximity inbreeding with individuals suffering from dwarfism, allergies, anhidrosis and exczema. I think it 's a great idea to add new genetics to help these horses out.

 

[Peaches Lee]

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I don't know but I always like to use the quote from Jurassic Park that "life will find a way"

 

[CrestedGirl]

Here are some of my hybrid chickens

 

[CrestedGirl]

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I So support that!, Im a beliver... its too deep to get into, but I belive in that.

another story:

Here are the pictrues of the baby hybrids I got today! Oh, and the blue and gold and my Vosmaeri

Vos
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/8938/vosmonkey.jpg

Blue & Gold
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6728/bluegold.jpg

Camelot Babies Clutch 2
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1168/camelotbaby1.jpg

Camelot Babies Clutch 1
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9811/ycamelot2.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9677/ycamelot1.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4188/ycamelot3.jpg

Let me know when they molt again!

 

[frostbite]

Gorgeous Macaws! I have a scar on my wrist to this day from an old blind scarlet that I foolishly tried to save from my cat when he fell off his perch. Oy veh. Never pick up a frightened psittaciforme without gloves on!

Anyway, regarding hybrids. No worries! I have a purebred horse and a mutt horse. I've had purebred dogs and mutt dogs. As long as there's truth in advertising when sending off hybrids as breeding stock to a new home, I don't see an ethical issue there. I do see an ethical issue with allowing domestic animals to be breeding stock if you don't have concrete plans for the offspring, therefore I support spaying and neutering of animals that have a high risk of unsupervised breeding.

And I have my suspicions that "designer breeds" is a nice name for "accidental breeds" that allow them to be sold for higher prices! But I'm absolutely convinced that I could be wrong about that....

edited here....

Hmm. That's what happens when I get excited about some gorgeous birds and stop reading the post after page 1.

Hybrids, cross species stuff, I know it happens in nature, again, it depends on what the goal is. But people who want to own exotic animals, especially animals that are part wild, part domestic, need to have a healthy respect for the lack of domesticity as a characteristic, and have the knowledge base and the resources to properly care for them.

 

[Kevin565]

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Glad to here of another Wolf Dog owner

 

[Matthew3590]

Cross breeding or Hybrid? People are mistaking them for one another.

 

[Kevin565]

Just to clarify Wolf Dogs are NOT HYBRIDS.