Mountain lizard question.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by beardeds4life

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.

If the pet store only carried cbb because they know that wc are a headache people wouldn't have the option. There are still wc cresties available but few pet stores order them.

[Lankyrob]

Pet stores want animals that are easy for THEM to care for until point of sale, they know CB are easier to survive than WC so as soon as there is a supply of CB animals any sensible shop owner will take them over WC.

[StudentoReptile]

The only way CBB will dominate over WC is if there is a morph, or mutation found. Until then, MHS will always remain WC. Wait until someone finds a fire-engine red or albino MHD...that may chagne things.

[Pirarucu]

Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

The only way CBB will dominate over WC is if there is a morph, or mutation found. Until then, MHS will always remain WC. Wait until someone finds a fire-engine red or albino MHD...that may chagne things.

This. Until something makes them more pricey, cheap WC animals will remain cheap WC animals. You will get a few babies from enthusiasts, but nothing large scale. Look at Savannah Monitors. They cost importers less than $10 each to import. The simple fact is that it costs a LOT to raise up and breed cheap animals like that, and you get very little money from it. Certainly not enough to make up for how much you lose. Therefore they are only bred by people who like them and want more than one anyways. Large scale breeding will not happen unless it is profitable. Tree monitors are expensive and smaller, and they are being bred increasingly more frequently, because there is money. A CBB tree monitor may cost over $1000, whereas a CBB sav will cost around fifty dollars. See the difference?

[beardeds4life]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Pet stores want animals that are easy for THEM to care for until point of sale, they know CB are easier to survive than WC so as soon as there is a supply of CB animals any sensible shop owner will take them over WC.

Petstores want to make money. The only reason they ever give a rat's as* if they die is because they are losing money.

[Azulafan199]

so sorry for not getting back on sooner. I lost the link to the site and after a hunt I'm back. The lizard is doign fantastic. I put a cover over his home for a few days and that seemed to work out great. He's eating drinking , and very lovely to work around. His name is Googala and he loves to just hang out with my son. Could ask for a better dragon to watch over my son. the two are buddies . Thank you all for your help.