Its not that the breeders are trying to job you, or charge more to delay the production of morphs. That's not it. Females cost more because that is what they are WORTH TO THE BREEDER!! Again, females cost more BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH TO THE BREEDER!!! Why would a breeder keep back a het male, when he has a damn full-blown morph that MADE that male in the first place??!! LOL! It only takes ONE male. Therefore, those het males aren't really valuable to the breeder. However, het females can be kept back and further bred to produce more morphs. You can have 2 females, 8 females, 30 females, 200 females, whatever you want. They are WORTH more because production STOPS with the female.





ONE female EQUALS ONE clutch of eggs.



One male means anywhere from ONE clutch to MANY clutches of eggs. Why sell a female het albino for $200 when you can keep it back and in 18 months, breed it back to the albino that created it, make 3 more albinos @ $2,000 each? Exactly. Animals cost what they cost because that is what they are WORTH to take them from the breeder's collection.
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