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hmarie186
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It just depends how common the morph is. Edgar is a super giant lavender reverse stripe mack snow from a fantastic breeder. We paid a lot for him but we wanted a larger sized animal with certain colors that we knew was healthy, well started and good temperament. It's just like any animal from a breeder. Unless you plan on selling her, don't worry what her dollar value equates to. She's your pet so does it really matter if I would pay $30 or $70?
hmarie186
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Most people don't want "normal" morphs once different ones start being bred. Unfortunately they are common, therefore don't carry a high price. My vet who got into leopards before they became real common said before the different morphs started popping up, a lot of breeders had more stock than they could sell. The tangerines, mack snows, blizzards, etc are what peaked a lot of interest in the hobby again, so it's not really a bad thing. Breeders don't breed normals much because they won't sell over the others, unless someone is really just looking for a pet and doesn't care at all about looks. In that case price will be more of a factor.
Genetic disorders are on their way already. You've probably heard of Enigma Syndrome, which is definitely genetic. I'm sure it won't be long before others show up. Leopard geckos have been so messed up with indiscriminate breeding, they're pretty much doomed to become genetic monstrosities.
I would like to think that careful breeding of healthy leopard geckos with outcrossing will decrease the genetic problems, but of course it's hard to control what everyone is doing.
I do tend to set my prices on the low side, with most of my juvie geckos going for $30-50 and the extra special ones going for $60-100. If that was one of my juvies, I would probably sell it for $35-40 based on it not being an unusual morph, which would push it lower, and on the nice bold markings which would push it a little higher.
Aliza
I do tend to set my prices on the low side, with most of my juvie geckos going for $30-50 and the extra special ones going for $60-100. If that was one of my juvies, I would probably sell it for $35-40 based on it not being an unusual morph, which would push it lower, and on the nice bold markings which would push it a little higher.
Aliza