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Originally Posted by slatted
I think the issue is that hybrids are "prone" to diabetes not that they have it just because they are hybrids (or Campbells or Chinese)?
Cautious owners feed a diet with restricted sugar to help prevent its onset but an eye needs to be kept on them for signs of actual diabetes it is not a foregone conclusion that a hybrid has it or will get it as far as I understand it.
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You're completely right about all of that
We've got a hybrid who has diabetes, we also know that unfortunately in his case it is genetic so we're keeping a very, very close eye on his family as we expect at least some of those to develop diabetes later in life. But that said - even some of the related hams might never get it and of our first four hybrids three passed without developing diabetes and the last survivor from that group is over two years old and still has no signs of diabetes