BLUE TIGER

csmike · Post by **csmike** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:55 am

Hi all,

I got a blue (dark blue on body, and orangy tail and head) tiger female. She has eggs with my regular tiger. Is it possible I can do selective breeding on her off spring to get a true blue tiger?

Cheers

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:18 am

you can do anything with selective breeding provided the offspring maintains the traits you are aiming to keep.

csmike · Post by **csmike** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:41 pm

I wonder how many generations before I can see most of the offspring in blue?

Diagram:

regular tiger male & blue tiger female
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tigers with blue genes (generation #1)
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generation#1 inbreed
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blue and regular off springs (generation #2)

.......repeating inbreed process by taking out the non blue tigers

fugly · Post by **fugly** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:15 pm

no idea, but i would imagine it'd take several generations before the trait is maintained (5-6?).

csmike · Post by **csmike** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:21 pm

Thank you and it is gonna take a long time .....