Micro-chipping is very inexpensive, like $6 per chip. You can get set up to chip them yourself for about $400.

One of the things you get when you buy from a "name" breeder is that they cannot afford to misrepresent their animals as anything other than what they are because they simply have too much to loose. Their reputation is on the line. If they did, and were found out & exposed, it would spread like wild fire (everyone loves a car wreck) and they might possibly be out of business, or it would hurt their business to say the least. It takes years to build a reputation, it takes seconds to ruin it.

A no name person who might have very questionable ethics could easily cheat you however. Lets say he has the morph, has pics of it breeding a normal, pics of the clutch, etc. Whats to stop the guy from pulling a baby out of that batch of 100 he just got in from Ghana, and saying it's a het? He could micro chip it, take pics of it and everything, it's still a normal ! What does he have to loose? He's a creep anyway?

Always best to do business with someone you trust, and if you don't trust them, don't do business with them.

Paul Edwards

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