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If they breed a couple times a year, and a lot of people have them, why are they so hard to find, or is it that no one sells when they breed them.

Thank you

Jeff
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger (Dash)
1.0 Amel Retic (Mahola)
0.1 Ball Python (Cyeanne)
0.1 Red Tail (Memphis)
1.0 Coral Sun Glow Boa (Rodman)
0.1 Blood Python (Danica)
1.0 Green Ananconda (Prefontain)
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa (Bing Bong)
1.0 Ivory Ball Python (Hansel)
0.1 Bumble Bee Ball Python (Sissy)

It must be that people talk about breeding them more then they actually breed them.

The truth is, ackies easily produce six clutches a year for a four or five years. Then slow way down to a couple.

I think there are a few people producing them, just not many and probably not on a large scale. Cheers

Thats to bad, I guess it goes along with I am going to clean the house and then three weeks later never do. Hahahhaha. Thanks
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger (Dash)
1.0 Amel Retic (Mahola)
0.1 Ball Python (Cyeanne)
0.1 Red Tail (Memphis)
1.0 Coral Sun Glow Boa (Rodman)
0.1 Blood Python (Danica)
1.0 Green Ananconda (Prefontain)
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa (Bing Bong)
1.0 Ivory Ball Python (Hansel)
0.1 Bumble Bee Ball Python (Sissy)

Ackies go fast usually.
I say usually but then again so do beardies.
Many people who breed them sell them right away, and have customers lined up ahead of time to take them and no adds are posted.
In turn I also find that sometimes people are not interested, during fall and winter sometimes reptiles sit for months without selling. Ive bred 2 generations of red ackies and had trouble at a few times getting them to move, then when I stopped hatching eggs in spring and summer people complained that I should hatch them, that they would buy them, or take the eggs at least. My experience those types arent interested or by the time the actual animal is available they got impatient and moved on to an easier reptile to find and are not interested. The same happened with beardies, a good friend sold them for me at one time, and had to trade some off to move some.
Too many arent serious enough to produce cash, but they want to trade. I wasnt interested in dealing with customers, or ripoff artists that try to get things for free so a friend offered to deal with them for me, and a small cut.
You know I had a large BT that was given to me (at the time he wasnt large until I had him for a while). I offered him up to sell cheap, no takers. I offered to give him away, no takers would be serious to even pay for shipping. Eventually a year later and dealing with someone who was on this forum at the time for almost a year, they didnt want him to go to anyone else, but they bought 4-6 other animals in that time that they just needed to pay shipping and recieve him.
I gave the lizard away and had disappointed people ask afterwards offering to pay a good amount for the lizard.
Breeding the lizards is easier than dealing with people, BY FAR.

I can see that to and have been on the quick to find something else and then wanted what I should have waited for, I like to buy from those who have been helpful and have gained trust with, and feel horrible if I find something else. This addiction is a problem. hahahhaha. Like right now that Baby Blue Tail is calling my name, along with an Argus and an Ackie, and Black Trees as well. My wife would kill me if I ended up with all four. She already has problem with the 10 snakes and when I start building a 8 ft cage she will lose it, but it is better to ask for forgivness then permission. A year ago I thought I was ready for a monitor but was not but now I am, and going to jump in the fun.
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger (Dash)
1.0 Amel Retic (Mahola)
0.1 Ball Python (Cyeanne)
0.1 Red Tail (Memphis)
1.0 Coral Sun Glow Boa (Rodman)
0.1 Blood Python (Danica)
1.0 Green Ananconda (Prefontain)
1.0 Emerald Tree Boa (Bing Bong)
1.0 Ivory Ball Python (Hansel)
0.1 Bumble Bee Ball Python (Sissy)

If you like personality, you wont be dissapointed in waiting for some Ackies. Then again, Argus would qualify as well, but on a significantly more costly scale....many many many times as much.

Good luck,
Mike.