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How often/likely is it for people to do loans with visual female morphs or hets? I would ideally like to make some type of arrangement with someone to “borrow” a female for a season but I do not think this is common. Is it better to invest in the female and buy a sub adult and wait or try and do a breeding loan? Ideally I would also want to breed my male to another female that season so I would like to keep him and the females at my location. For those who have done loans with visible morphs can you describe etc.

Personally, I enjoy doing breeder loans. I think it is very beneficial for both parties. However, the loan needs to be done with someone you trust. I currently have 2 large females out on loan. As long as the person that has the animals knows what they are doing so the whole season isn't a bust, I enjoy it. My policy is to simply split the clutch, but I'm probably more generous than most people. E-mail me if you have any questions.

-John

I would think it would depend on the morph as well. The likelihood that you will get someone to loan out a Lavendar Albino is slim. But, Spiders, Pastels, maybe even Ghosts or Mojaves may go over.

Details of a loan are up to the loaner and the loanee. May be a price, may be an amount of the clutch. Each case is different.

What are you looking at.
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I’d like to breed to an axanthic, or maybe a spider female for het snow or spiders het albino. It's tempting to invest in a female but that will take both more time and money. Then again I’ll always have her for other projects to use on.