Mountain lizard question. - Page 2

StudentoReptile · 12-29-12, 10:39 AM

That's great news, Korbin. There are a few folks that breed them successfully, and have great luck with them.

KORBIN5895 · 12-29-12, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

That's great news, Korbin. There are a few folks that breed them successfully, and have great luck with them.

I realize it was pretty irrelevant bit I was impressed with them
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StudentoReptile · 12-29-12, 11:29 AM

There are some species where it seems WC specimens do almost as well as CB. On the flipside, there are some where the CB specimens are bulletproof, but the WC ones are just a pain to work with. IHMO, mt horned dragons are in the latter group.

EmbraceCalamity · 12-29-12, 02:52 PM

That's cool they're doing that. It's nice to see a primarily WC species being produced in captivity.

~Maggot

beardeds4life · 12-29-12, 04:11 PM

I doubt they will ever be produced in any numbers though. WC animals are so cheap so the majority of people looking for a pet wont pay more for a CB animal.

EmbraceCalamity · 12-29-12, 04:19 PM

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I doubt they will ever be produced in any numbers though. WC animals are so cheap so the majority of people looking for a pet wont pay more for a CB animal.

...All herps started out WC (with maybe a few hybrid exceptions). Eventually, as more are produced, more and more of the population is CB until it's primarily or entirely so.

~Maggot

poison123 · 12-29-12, 05:49 PM

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I doubt they will ever be produced in any numbers though. WC animals are so cheap so the majority of people looking for a pet wont pay more for a CB animal.

I would definitely pay more for a cb and i know several people who only buy cb especially when it comes to an animals that is very sensitive like a MHD.

totheend · 12-29-12, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

...All herps started out WC (with maybe a few hybrid exceptions). Eventually, as more are produced, more and more of the population is CB until it's primarily or entirely so.

~Maggot

The problem is no one wants to invest in breeding something that is sooo cheap as a wild caught. People don't breed anoles or house geckos or MHD because it isn't worth it ... $$. So some things just remain wild caught.

poison123 · 12-29-12, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by totheend

The problem is no one wants to invest in breeding something that is sooo cheap as a wild caught. People don't breed anoles or house geckos or MHD because it isn't worth it ... $$. So some things just remain wild caught.

If somebody is breeding reptiles it should be for the passion not the profit. If there only breeding for the profit then there in the wrong hobby. Theres no profit in breeding reptiles unless you breeding high end morphs.

EmbraceCalamity · 12-29-12, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by totheend

The problem is no one wants to invest in breeding something that is sooo cheap as a wild caught. People don't breed anoles or house geckos or MHD because it isn't worth it ... $$. So some things just remain wild caught.

It probably depends more on the interest the particular species has in the hobby and the availability of WC specimens. As I recall, it wasn't long ago that cresties were pretty rare and almost entirely WC, and now there are even too many of CBs and almost no WCs (if any at all).

~Maggot

totheend · 12-29-12, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

It probably depends more on the interest the particular species has in the hobby and the availability of WC specimens. As I recall, it wasn't long ago that cresties were pretty rare and almost entirely WC, and now there are even too many of CBs and almost no WCs (if any at all).

~Maggot

Hey, I agree 100%! I am just stating what seems to be true. Cresties were bred though because there was money to be made! They were expensive creatures many years ago. But a CB house gecko won't be worth anything. Just the reality of it.

Ooops I replied to the post that was sent to my email!! Either way...it's about the $$

EmbraceCalamity · 12-29-12, 07:57 PM

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Hey, I agree 100%! I am just stating what seems to be true. Cresties were bred though because there was money to be made! They were expensive creatures many years ago. But a CB house gecko won't be worth anything. Just the reality of it.

Ooops I replied to the post that was sent to my email!! Either way...it's about the $$

I'm not really into breeding things because I feel like it's usually unecessary, but someday, I'd like to get to breed something that's not very common in the hobby, like the Australian thorny devil.

Would be epic.

~Maggot

totheend · 12-29-12, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

If somebody is breeding reptiles it should be for the passion not the profit. If there only breeding for the profit then there in the wrong hobby. Theres no profit in breeding reptiles unless you breeding high end morphs.

I agree, however I was just saying that is how it is.

KORBIN5895 · 12-29-12, 09:12 PM

Actually there would be a mad cbb market for mhd if the cbb were easier to keep than the wc. My local pet store's cab babies seem to have been doing very well.

beardeds4life · 12-29-12, 11:32 PM

Well the majority of the population (i.e. normal people buying petstore animals not us) would not pay more. Frilled dragons are mainly wc because it costs more to breed them so it is not worth it.