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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Interesting conversation and great information!
What is the confirmed consistant life span of albinos/cream's? Or is it only the albino's that suffer the lower lifespan? What about confirmed diseases and problems? That would hinder my wanting them, as I like my pets healthy and happy.
This is all new to me with the colors in general, but I could see the line of thought as far as the health.
I think if the lines are bred well enough out and then carefully watched it would be like any other animal that you are breeding for a specific trait.
However, as I am not intimatly familar with the genetics that causes the Albino coloration, my opnion is based soley on my on past experiences with the horses. Whit
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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I do not think there is enough albinos or info on albinos to do any long term research on them which to me is a sign.
If there is not a lot of them, there is a reason for that. Like I said before, it is not natural for anything to be born albino...
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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What is your experience with albino horses?
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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What is your experience with albino horses? There is no such thing as an albino horse. In my research about the albino gene I remember reading that there are no albino horses(or, at least, they don't CALL them albinos...). The albino gene is recessive, which means that BOTH parents must have the gene. However, in horses, the "Albino" gene is not recessive and only one parent needs the gene. So, they are not considered albinos because of how the gene works. A "real" albino has a recessive gene.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Oh I was just asking because she said she had experiences with horses so I didn't know if she meant albino horses or horses in general... I know nothing about horses, so I was asking to see if it was relevant to this thread with the albino trait.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Sorry, I should have clarified better. I have No experience with the Albino gene. I do have extensive experience in the horses, and in that way, breeding for specific traits, color, etc. That is what I was speaking of when I said
"I think if the lines are bred well enough out and then carefully watched it would be like any other animal that you are breeding for a specific trait."
I am not a fan of inbreeding in general, as I breed minis, and I have seen far to many deformed and ill foals.
I just think that the blanket statement that no one should attempt to breed for a specific color trait like Albino- When, as of yet, no one can tell me that they or the creams have shown poor health or disease, was a maybe a little unfair.
I am extremely interested in this topic, as I think the cream's are about the prettiest looking asides the Mosaics, and I would love to have one or a pair.
However, if poor health is the case, I do not wish to be a part of it, as first and foremost, I want healthy and happy animals. It's the same reason I refuse to breed the super small minis. Many have had excellent luck, and Everyone wants the smallest of the small minis. But I just can't stand the risk of horrible dystocias, dwarfs, and off bites. Also I show the minis, and the smallest just are not as competative out there. However the general first time buyer for a mini wants a small one. It's about the health and happiness of the animal first and foremost. Whit
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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What is your experience with albino horses? There is no such thing as an albino horse. In my research about the albino gene I remember reading that there are no albino horses(or, at least, they don't CALL them albinos...). The albino gene is recessive, which means that BOTH parents must have the gene. However, in horses, the "Albino" gene is not recessive and only one parent needs the gene. So, they are not considered albinos because of how the gene works. A "real" albino has a recessive gene. As far as I know you are correct. I have never seen an albino horse- we have colors that look similar, but they never have the red eyes and therefore Not albinos. My other question is lab rats. (Which I do have experience with sadly) All my lab rats that I ever had to work with were albinos. They were healthy, happy, and long lived animals. The only tumors and diseases I saw were human caused. But perhaps that is a just my own small awareness. I did not breed for those traits, I was just handling the animals. Whit
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Ok thanks! I understand. The way I see it is in the wild, the albinos are pretty much never seen, either because it doesn't happen, OR they are killed. I beleive about everyone on this site agrees that imbreeding is not good if it can be stopped lol always promoting that males be neutered. As I said before, I do not think there has been enough research on the Albinos due to the fact there is not many at all. Most research needs to be done on a large number to even be close to valid.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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I do not know about rats, or even how they became albino because they started experimenting on them sooo long ago. But even normal pet rats die from tumors so who knows with them. I know for a fact the albino mice/rats would not live in the wild very long though because it would stand out. Rats have been through so much and have been around a lot longer than marsupials so I have no clue. That is interesting, I was thinking about that myself.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Well I will stick to the natural stuff. I hope one day we will know the answers behind these rare beautiful albinos.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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People keep saying albinos are unnatural, which I don't understand. The albino coloration is considered a mutation, but it is a naturally occurring mutation and appears in almost every species. Also, mutation is not a bad word. All mutation means is that there is a change in the information... Heck, blue eyes in human was a mutation at one point in time.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Does anyone here own an albino? Just out of curiousity.
I agree with those here about the eyes which is why I got a leu. Although lately I've been interested in creaminos. I hear they have ruby and not red eyes.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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there are pics of all the color variations on the SPIN site, Tish, if you want to see them all... http://www.spin4suggies.com/Color_Variation_Description.html
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Kris this makes me miss Galileo.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Wow, their eyes do look a lot more red and piercing.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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That's so sad....(hummingbirds) I would embrace him and feed him more than his mean counterparts.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Nicole... Is it possible that the gene for Cremino may be Simple Recessive-CoDominant to Albinoism? I know it is possible for Hets to carry both genes (t- and t+) and also t- or t+ only. There is one Albino t- that is only producing Hets. His partner is a Cremino t+. This seems to indicate that this Albino t- does not carry the t+ gene and there are "no" Cremino colored offspring. Now after rereading my post... I am confused.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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I will have an albino for sale soon
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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True albinos rarely survive. It's lethal in most animals. Pink eyed whites by many aren't considered true albinos and thus the reason they get called pinked eyed whites or pink eyed dilutes instead. Don't ask me why. I prefer not to get into such info because I don't like albinos. I've worked with and bred lots of animals from very small to very large and I actually took some genetics classes but mostly on horses and other large animals. The small animal genetics I researched myself. In my experience the closer you get to an albino the more health issues you have. The closest thing in horses would probably be perlinos and cremellos which are horses with 2 copies of the palomino or cream gene. These horses do sunburn easy and tend to have more sensitive skin and allergies. I knew one that couldn't be turned out to pasture because despite mowing and replanting frequently too many weeds grew that would irritate his nose and legs. He constantly had peeling scabs and rashes half way up his face and to just below his knees on every leg. He also couldn't stand fly spray. He'd start stomping, twitching, and dancing around whenever he got sprayed and then he'd develop lumps. It didn't matter what type was used. The owner could only use expensive herbal sprays. That's an extreme example but it's just one of many.
I'll accept minor alterations to color and some I love like mosaics, black beauties, and white tail tips but when you start getting really strong dilution genes or stacking several dilution genes together to get as light of animal as possible you nearly always in every species get more health problems. Personally I'd much rather people came up with more brown and dark colors instead. Can we get a solid black glider? I'll settle for solid chocolate brown.
I just remembered there was a study done on gerbils that tested the color pigment in their brains and then other brain chemicals. They actually found a correlation between coat/skin color and changes in brain activity. It was a very minor difference and we argued on the board whether it actually had any impact on an animal's final personality. Nothing ever came of the debate but it was very interesting. I wish I still had the link to at least the study. Color genes may have more impact than we think.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Monika,
Can you define how you used the term "natural"?
Albinos do occur naturally. They probably will not survive long in the wild, because a predator will be able to see them easier.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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Albinos can happen in all species of animals (though may not have been seen in some). To me, while "natural" they are still freaks of nature. In MY opinion, it is a genetic screw up that should not purposely be bred for. There is just the potential for to many other health issues in albinos.
So I'll never have one (not even a free one, has nothing to do with money to me). But there are those that are facinated by the eye color.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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I never saw an albino ant.
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Re: Why is no one interested in albinos?
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The other ants probably do away with them if they ever do get produced, as it is not a "natural" look.
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