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I have been surfing the net, and I noticed the blue-tailed day gecko is like, outragously expensive-cheapest I could find was $180! I'm not interested in buying this species, but s**t!

You know, before you shoot down the market and peoples hard work, you should think about the time and energy it takes to breed rare and captivity sensitive animals. Also if you remember, R. ciliatus originally cost around $2,000, not to mention the Nephrurus genus (and numerous others). I don't know, I guess I feel that anyone who has spent the time, energy, money, and first of all knowledge to bring forth CB animals of species such as P. cepediana well deserves the price they are asking and more. $180 is a good deal even for a female. If you don't mind, post a link; I am quite interested (No joke).
Thanks,
Ashton

Phelsuma cepediana commands this type of price because they come from an isolated area, have fairly demanding husbandry requirements and not a great deal of people work with them and have success with them. They require high humidity, higher light intensities than most day geckos and are fairly more skittish. I'm not trying to persuade you away from them, I'm just trying to let you see that this animal is an investment, something that will cost you more than the normal gecko, because you need to put more effort into keeping it alive and thriving. Almost $200 is alot of money, but if you got a pair, and invested the time into keeping them and successfully breeding them, you could turn around and sell those for at least the same price.