bloodlines and egg binding-connection?

[reaperreptiles]

Want to ask some other peoples input on this. I have purchased wholesale chams, petstore chams, pure bloodlines and wildcaught (I own veilds). From my observations I have noticed that wholesale/petstore chams have more problems with egg binding/clutch size/and fertility rate of eggs. My pure bloodlines and wildcaughts have never had any problems with egg binding and always produce decent sized cltches with almost no infertile eggs. I have had many females from wholesalers that have breeding problems and almost always end up with some form of egg binding whether I breed them or not. I currently no longer own any wholesale veilds as they seem to have more health issues and are more open to disease and binding. I think that fertility and breeding is directly linked to genetics, as well as clutch size and life expectancy. Has anybody else noticed this? Or have any thoughts on the matter?

 

[sandrachameleon]

I only have panthers and breed only in a small way. But the offspring of my crosses have been equally healthy (and no egg issues) as my pure locals. I suspect the health of the individual animals (those from wholesalers or petstores potentially having been poorly treated for parts of their lives) may play as much a part as genetics. A female that has received inadequate care (wrong temps, poor nutrition,etc) may perhaps be physically less able to produce quality eggs/young