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cichlaguapote;1098435; said:
IMO alot is just theorys but her advising it's not wise to create hybrids I believe is because the theory is when you have a hybrid litter and not all look like hybrids the non looking hybrid-hybrid could(and I'm guessing she thinks will) carry genes from other species and it could be passed off a full blooded animal(non-hybrid) somewhere down it's life cycle, enter into someones pure breeding program and alter pure genetics down the line.

So see her concern doesn't have much to do with the hybrid pups that are a mix and you can tell visually but with the hybrid pups that look normal and could carry genes from two different rays.
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It is a good point, And i do not plan on trying to breed hybrid rays all the time it just happened and at this point i am happy getting any type of pups and help pay some bills. Breeding rays is extremely expensive and without the income from selling the pups i would never be able to do this and try to accomplish something thats never been done on a commercial scale in the US ever. As for the pups working there way back into other breeding programs it is very possible and i would never sell a hybrid as a pure blood for that reason. Many people are happy to get any black ray at this point and i have to say so am I.
 
micro chipping would solve this dilema.....

dog breeders do this to combate this problem....
 
csx4236;1099017; said:
It is a good point, And i do not plan on trying to breed hybrid rays all the time it just happened and at this point i am happy getting any type of pups and help pay some bills. Breeding rays is extremely expensive and without the income from selling the pups i would never be able to do this and try to accomplish something thats never been done on a commercial scale in the US ever. As for the pups working there way back into other breeding programs it is very possible and i would never sell a hybrid as a pure blood for that reason. Many people are happy to get any black ray at this point and i have to say so am I.
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I think we need to keep in mind that we do not know much about stingray morphology or taxonomy.

We classify rays as different species but in many cases the classification is a guess at best and there are arguments among the experts.

Throwing the word hybrid around could be dangerous.

As far as I am concerned, any captive bred pup is a great thing. No matter who or what the parents are.

Colin
 
rvrrays;1114341; said:
I think we need to keep in mind that we do not know much about stingray morphology or taxonomy.

We classify rays as different species but in many cases the classification is a guess at best and there are arguments among the experts.

Throwing the word hybrid around could be dangerous.

As far as I am concerned, any captive bred pup is a great thing. No matter who or what the parents are.

Colin
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Well said and I feel exactly the same.
 
but it would be good to chip your rays simply because you dont want any in-breeding going on....., thats the concern
 
Well at the moment inbreeding won't be a problem due to fact that all the sibling rays are already chipped from frank, In the future we will also chip any pups we keep from our litters to avoid this problem. But i don't have enough rays to lose track just yet.
 
Do we have any update pics from the owners of these rays? They have to be pretty impressive by now.

I know I am pulling an old post.
 
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