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Originally Posted by MDT
"back in the day"......wild caught used to be all we could really find. I remember buying a wc Texas Indigo about 30 yrs ago. Completely parasite ridden, and despite the vets attempts, it died about 3 wks later (not much help w regard to exotic veterinarians at that time either).
There are so many captive bred options now wild caught is not even on my radar. I'm grateful to the "pioneers" who have successfully bred these wild caught stocks into a sustainable and plentiful source.
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l agree totally,back then it was 70-30% the rep would die,but the hobby had to start somewhere,the problem we have now is that the (colour morphers) have ruined most of the true lines,so that there are no pure lines that breed true, plus all the intergades,l still think that we still need small scale imports,l'm not talking about large scale mass importing of cheap disposable reps,on that l agree with you
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