My albino leopard gecko laid 2 eggs. The female is albino and the male is just a regular leopard gecko. What is the chance that the eggs will be albino?
What’s the chance of my albino leopard gecko having an albino baby?
Posted July 27th, 2010 by admin
July 27th, 2010 - 7:33 am
um… i think about 25% to 50%
July 27th, 2010 - 7:55 am
Its about 50/50 depending on how albino thefemale if, for instance a 100% Albino and a rg will have 50/50, when a 50% albino female will have less of a chance, Also The babys will still be albino they will just be het albino if not normal albino and het albinos bred with other albinos will almost certainly have albino babies
July 27th, 2010 - 8:22 am
if albinism in geckos work the same way as most animals it works like this:
it depends on the genes of the male in this case.. if the male has no albino gene at all (and u cannot tell by its appearance) then the chance is 25%, but if for example one of the parents of male were albino, you may have 50% chance that the offspring will be albino too.
July 27th, 2010 - 9:16 am
30_45%
July 27th, 2010 - 9:29 am
Since all of the previous answers were incorrect, I will give you the right answer (I breed ‘em). Both parents must at least carry the albino gene in order to produce any albinos. If the father carries the albino gene, each egg has a 50% chance of being an albino. If the father does not carry the albino gene, all of the offspring will be normals and you won’t get any albinos. However, all normal offspring will carry the albino gene. There’s no way to tell if your male carries the gene by looking at him. If after a few clutches of eggs you don’t get any albinos, then it will be safe to assume that he doesn’t.