popular morphs

[untytled]

All that being said, the most important thing I can tell you is that GOOD, CLEAN COLOR will always be hot.? It doesn't matter what the gecko is called if it makes someone's jaw hit the floor.? I have patternless geckos and partial pinstripes that I wouldn't sell for $500.

Point very well made! "What's in a name?"


For example i got a girl several years back that most people wouldn't throw a nickel at but i was willing to pay top dollar cause she was exactly what i was looking for. When i found out how much the breeder wanted i thought it was a great deal. The breeder on the hand thought i was a sucker for paying his asking price. In the end i feel i got the better end of the deal,? i got the girl i wanted and she's a joy to work with.


People are getting way too caught up in morphs and "names" in particular.? I can't help but laugh when people put two "high end morphs" together and don't get any of the colors and patterns they were hoping to produce. Variation in these animals is what i find to be the fun part of raising and breeding them.?


Its fun putting together GeckoA + GeckoB and getting = What the F@!*$ is that!


I'm even going the unconventional route to producing a creamsicle by using a very well know producer of creamsicles (Taz)an orange and cream male and a Dark Harley female. That's right i said, i'm using a dark harley female in hope of producing a creamsicle.

I know for a fact the dark harley female came from Anthony's creamsicle female a while back so just for fun i want to prove out that she is capable and certainly carrying the genes to produce a creamsicle!

Plenty of people told me it wasn't going to work but so far some of the offsrping look very promising. How tough is it to get rid of orange harley's (procuded from your creamies) sometimes AC? When most people don't realize that that would be the right step towards producing some of your own. Everyone wants a creamie or a red harley or whatever... How about selectively picking and choosing geckos you like and producing your own?

In the end, If it looks good (to you) and looks like a morph you'd be willing to work with, go for it... buy it!

Don't worry about what the gecko will be worth down the road. It's worth as much as you and your future customer are willing to pay for it.?

Renato

[katatonia]

Its fun putting together GeckoA + GeckoB and getting = What the F@!*$ is that!

  I like that. But nice reply bro. Well said.

[gsreptiles]

Alright thanks everybody I am trying to get a pin because I love them and they are the geckos that when I see them I just can't look away ! to bad there so much $$$

[firecrested]

You can find good deals on them if you look around.  I saw one guy that had adult male full pinstripes for less than $100  but  I dont know if any were left.  I asked about one of them and he was already sold.

[smith710]

Was the man on drugs or something???

[firecrested]

He was thinning out his collection

[smith710]

Lol, but still... He could have easily got alot more for a full pin than 100 bucks..

[firecrested]

Maybe...I saw them for sale for a few weeks before the price dropped.  I didnt see the ad anymore so i guess he sold them all

[Moose]

I agree on putting the "type a +type b = wtf" because who knows, you could even make up a new morph. kinda like what would the babies of a nice tiger and a nice green look like?

[gsreptiles]

ya I got a full pinstripe male for 100 bucks a couple months ago they said he had a great temperment and was healthy. When he got here he had obiously had a serious calcuim crash and dropped his tail. everytime you touch him he spazs out and bites you. poor little guy just hanging on. If the price is too good to be true it probably is

[firecrested]

This was from a very well known breeder and seriously doubt he would jeopordise his reputation for $100.  A lot of other breeders sold cresteds cheap this year to move some out.  I bought some of them off of Repashy forums.

[smith710]

That's just crazy.  I wish I saw them!

[whtwulf]

I agree on putting the "type a +type b = wtf" because who knows, you could even make up a new morph. kinda like what would the babies of a nice tiger and a nice green look like?

RIGHT ON

[jackxc925]

Popular morphs are great, but you have to take into account that healthy but "dull" geckos are just as lively and fun to keep. I was lucky enough to find two juveniles at a local reptile show, that are doing well, for fifty dollars each. One is a very nice brindle and the other is a dull patternless. This goes to show you that you can find the occasional rose amongst the thorns, and there will always be people who don't take too much notice to expensive morphs, and will buy them for their docile nature as well as ease of care. Therefore, as long as you aren't looking to make a living out of this, breeding fairly dull animals will always make good money, just not as much as Anthony's.