Bill,



What you are saying is this is the way it SHOULD be. Unfortunately, it's not, and I'm looking for ways to minimize potential bad dealings.





>>And more than likely never will be.Every possible scenario has a flaw or two and this is no exception.Buying anything het is a serious chance at getting nothing but "het" for normals.Genetics



True, but the more steps you go through, the better your chances of getting what you expected.



>>paperwork written up and copied about the animal is about 50% accurate.This can be tampered with and is NOT a guaranteed way of getting anything.Buying from reputable breeders as everyone



I have paperwork on a potential het that so far has not proven out. Unfortunately, when I got her, her weight was understated, she was supposedly feeding (was not) and was not bred the previous year. It took me a year to get her to 2000 grams. Last year, she did not take. This year it looks the same. Now, if I finally get her to lay next year - 3 year after purchase!! - what obligates the seller to even consider my claim?? This is assuming no morphs and plenty of eggs.



I haven't done the picture taking approach from hatchling to adult. I would be interesting to see some comparisons.



>>Someone mentioned about using microchips for the purpase of keeping track of the animal in ?,That could get very expensive in the long run and to me wouldnt be worth the time and effort



$60 is a small price to pay for a $3000 het and worth it. It seems too high for a $250 het. However, the money we shell out isn't the *real* cost. It's the invested time. $250 is nothing compared to all the hours I put into raising the animal, putting it into a breeding program, and incubating the eggs. That's the true cost for me.



>>to do so.Lets say you have 1,000 baby b/ps and you want to microchip about half of that.500 b/ps at $60 bucks a pop is alot of wasted money.Out of those 500 you sell 200 to the genral public.That leaves you with 300 b/ps to either keep as pets,sell



I don't think anyone is producing that many morphs in a season - or at least very few. This would devastate the market if everyone was flooding it with say Axanthics.



>>those survive to make it to adulthood.50 b/ps have died along the way and 300 dollars has been shot down for microchipping.All



I think you miss the point of the microchip. If they die, they die. This really does not have anything to do with protecting the buyer or seller. I for one would pay the extra for the "piece of mind" (and if there was an adequate guarantee).



>>Basically what all this means is there is no guaranteed way of getting exactly what you are expecting.Its just like



Which is why I posed the question.



>>gambling.You throw the dice and out of 5 throws you have at least 2 chances of crapping out.You may get the het for albino



But you can increase your chances for getting what you expect.



>>you've always wanted or you may wind up with just a normal het for nothing,Chalk it up as a loss and move on.Everything in life is like a piece of sour candy,Sweet on the outside,sour in the middle.Regards Bill McLeod



"Chalk it up as a loss"? I don't have that kind of money and especially not that kind of time.



It's been an interesting thread so far with some very good input.
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