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i have a full grown snow male that i am upset with. when i first bought him he was soooooooo white. and now that i put him in with my female he has turned a bite darker it seems. how can i make him brighten up his white once more? also what do u think a pure snow from dragons deen is worth?
thanks

Its normal for him to turn darker when around females, the females are drawn more to the darkness of the male.

Funny story, a friend of ours says her female dragons much perfer the chuckwaller that is mostly black to the yellow or lighter male bearders she has.

Also, some hypo's are harder to breed as they can not turn real dark and females will not mate with them.

When you separate him again after a few days, he should turn back the lighter colors.
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That's the way it was with my Snow male. He was SUPER white untill breeding time then he darkened up. After a few days away from the female he would return to his whiter state of being. As far as worth he's worth what you can get out of him. Depeneds on how bad somone wwants him.
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Well putting them together could be the main reason for the change. Males will darken the beards in the presence of a female, but any stress can have the same effect on the whole dragon not just the beard. Most people keep the male and female separate except for when they want, have dragons in great health and proper age, and are ready for the huge responsibility of having gravid females, and babies. No doubt if your keeping a male and female together eventually you will deal with eggs, and aggression when breeding time comes. Males can be rather domineering to the females. I would separate them if you don't have plans to breed. It seems they do better, and are more likely to keep the light happy colors when kept stress free and alone.

Keep the cage bright, and light intensity high, Offer UVB, and make sure the temps are correct. The light and temps play a huge part in their coloring.

The dragons worth depends on lots of factors such as overall health, color, size, age. If you bought a nice dragon, kept him very well and healthy, raised him close to breeding age, many times the value is higher then what you paid for him.
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