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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 242693" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>Thanks so much for the reply, reassurance about the temperatures and possible explanation. I hadn't thought about that about them being heavily inbred in captivity, is this because their real life habitats are being destroyed so there aren't enough wild ones anymore to add to the breeding pool? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I am sad the future I imagined for her with her full sized colours has gone but it's comforting in a way if she had a genetic condition that hopefully she had lived to adulthood, just a miniature version.</p></blockquote><p></p>