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PASTELS ARE GETTING WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!

slytherin Jun 02, 2004 09:36 AM

ok.....before a blood vessel pops & you start bleeding from your eyes relax..lol this thread isn't about that but I want responses & I have a good feeling after recent threads that most will check one with this title...ha ha..So my question is I noticed that pastel females are more money than males but other co dom / dom morphs seem to be the reverse (spider,mojave,etc.). Now is this due to the fact that they haven't been proven co-dom or dom? so if they prove co-dom do you think the females will start to be worth more? was it like this in the begining with pastels? I wasn't in the market until after they were proven & males were selling for 1500 so I wouldn't know. it seems to make sense if it's not proven a male can do more breeding than a female but if it is proven co-dom & a super is made then the female is the vital asset to creating one, well would love to hear input..

later

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JP Jun 02, 2004 09:41 AM

Simple really, I think....Pastel females are more expensive because they are REQUIRED to make a super! You can make many many pastel babies with your male pastel, but you'll never make a super baby without a pastel female. My guess anyway...make sense?

slytherin Jun 02, 2004 10:01 AM

do you feel this wil happen to the other that prove out co-dom? when pastels firts hit the seen were the males more back then because they weren't proven??

lilroach56 Jun 02, 2004 01:52 PM

If the spider and mojave prove out Co-dom, instead of dom. Then the price of females will Skyrocket, fem. spiders are at around 10k, if there is a superspider i would not be surprised if the price doubled.
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