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What is a lavendar cal king supposed to look like? cause I saw one labeled lav in the petshop today, and it didnt look right to me, and of course, I didnt have my camera with me...

on a side note, I can't believe anyone pays petshop prices for anything... I didn't know cal kings went for $100 and deserts and floridas went for $80...
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1.1 Cal Kings
0.1 Mali Uromastyx

Lavender cali kings are a purple color.

And cali kings can easily go for $100... A lot of the morphs are $100 at least...
Same goes with morphs of desert kings.

Also you gotta realize pet stores are only out to make a profit. They'll buy wholesale, possibly cali kings at $20 each, and then resell them for several times that.
That's how it goes.

Here is a pic of a lavender cali king.

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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 7/21

that is a beautiful snake... I love that color...
that is close to what I was looking at, so maybe it wasn't mislabled...
thanks for sharing...
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1.1 Cal Kings
0.1 Mali Uromastyx

Here's my lav -

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Don't be too hard on pet store prices - they provide an opportunity to see the animal first hand, handle the animal first hand, return the animal easily, etc. that you don't necessarily get from a mail order breeder.
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11.14 L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
2.3 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
4.2 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - 14 eggs (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

subtract shipping of $40-$50 and you get a price you might find at a show for normals.
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Todd Hughes

I guess I didn't factor in shipping costs... makes a little more sense then... I bought both of mine from shows and didn't pay more then $15 for either of them....
The lav they had at the shop was definatly darker... it had real light cream bands and a deeper, almost chocolate look... either way, it was pretty... wish I had a bigger house, I keep seeing more and more that I want...
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"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
0.1 Mali Uromastyx