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Old 03-18-13, 05:57 PM   #1
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Price for similis

Is 400 $ for 2 captive bred baby varanus similis a good deal ?
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Old 03-18-13, 06:02 PM   #2
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Re: Price for similis

Can you afford to keep them? Do you have the space/experience to keep them? Good rodent supplier?
Duno about the states but thats a great price for canada, check kingsnake.com for US prices.
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Old 03-18-13, 06:06 PM   #3
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I'm not planning to buy them, someone had them posted for 250$ each, and I said what if i order 2 , and he knocked 50 $ of each one right away. So I was just curious as to why he bumped the price so low right away...
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Who is it? There aren't many people breeding similis so I'm guessing we probably know whoever it was. I'd ask for pictures of CBB and a video of present health
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I was just curious price wise, like I said, not planning to purchase them. LLL reptile has them for like 260 dollars so it sort of suprised me in the 200 dollar range.
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Egg hatching pics too, + parents etc.
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Old 03-18-13, 06:22 PM   #7
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This is probably a stupid question, but I thought australia didn't allow export to the US with regards to reptiles, and that similis was strictly a northern australian species. Where do wild caughts come from then? (Again sorry if thats a stupid questioN)

Edit; got my answer, they are "farm bred" :S

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Re: Price for similis

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This is probably a stupid question, but I thought australia didn't allow export to the US with regards to reptiles, and that similis was strictly a northern australian species. Where do wild caughts come from then? (Again sorry if thats a stupid questioN)

Edit; got my answer, they are "farm bred" :S
V. similis are not found only in Australia. They are also found in New Guinea and adjoing islands.

I can say with certainty, you will not find true US CBB similis. Not even farmed ones. They will most likely be wild caught.
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Thanks for the info guys. Wont ever buy from a person who claims cbb or w.e when its not. Can't be trusted to put the right title, can't be trusted with my credit card for sure,...
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LLL reptile sells some disgusting animals lol, everyone I know who buys from them gets mite infested stuff :P
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Old 03-18-13, 09:25 PM   #11
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Have never purchased from them, they don't breed their own animals usually, and most likely dont "confirm" where anything came from. Just resellers with a well known name. Their prices aren't so great either, I just like to browse prices, like to see whats available for how much lol
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