Does anyone have trouble selling leos? I've wanted to for 3 years now but never bred them. I was thinking about breeding them soon but with all the baby leos on the market, how hard is it to sell normal morphed baby geckos?
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
How hard is it to sell baby leos
Skink_and_Geckos
Jul 01, 2007 09:45 PM
Replies (3)
ahope1986
Jul 02, 2007 01:41 PM
I haven't bred or sold any, but I've read other similar posts. From what I understand, it depends on where you are, and the time of the year. I think the best way to find out for your area is to talk to any pet stores in the area, ask them how many they tend to sell, and how long they tend to keep them in the store before selling. Also, see if you can find other reptile breeders, they would probably be able to tell you how high of a demand they might be. Also, talk to your friends, see if any of them want one, you might be able to breed a leo or two (to start with) for a friend, or even yourself.
garweft
Jul 02, 2007 01:59 PM
If your selling the newest morphs for a ridiculously low price then it's not too bad. If your trying to sell normals online your going to be waiting a while for a buyer. You can sell them at shows fairly regularly if they are priced for less than $20. But at $20 your typically selling them to people who will not take proper care of them, and are just looking for the cheapest animal they can find.
geckogrl6
Jul 02, 2007 09:34 PM
The best thing if possible is to find a nice, well-run mom and pop shop in your area and make sure they'll buy from you before you start breeding. If you are looking to do it just for fun, you could probably breed just one and between yourself (yes!), your friends, and some local ads, get rid of one season's worth. Esp. if its your 1st season. You will end up with more leos. I've been breeding for 4 yrs now, and only last year managed to sell one of my first hatchlings. He was 2 yrs old by then. You also must be prepared to deal with birth defects, of which herps I think tend to have more obvious ones than us higher beings.
-----
1.0 Hypo stripe, Het Rainwater from JL (BJ)
1.0 HypoTang from Crested (Apricot)
1.0 Tremper Albino (Cloud)
1.0 SHCT hatched by me! (Sunny)
0.2 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko (Beatrice, Pepper)
0.1 Normal (Freckles)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko (Rainbow)
0.1 Tremper Albino (Leucy)
0.1 Jungle hatched by me! (Hazy)
RIP Peaches, Ghost, Bill
Hatched: ~30
Available:
11 month male circleback tang
