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...and I am haunted by it's memory...

Think I aught to go back and grab it? It's still a juvie, and I don't know much about developing color yet, but I keep thinking like I'm missing out.

I think they get them from Sandfire...

Argh, the agony.
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Toni

1.0.0 Uromastyx - Draco
1.0.0 Ball Python - Vilthrul
1.2.0 Giant African Millipedes - Cocoa, Vanilla, Millie
1.0.0 Crested Gecko - Hoolie
0.0.1 Eastern Milk Snake - Slither
2.1.8 Hissing Cockroaches - Diamond, Emerald, Ruby and kids

I would have definitely bought it. I don't know if you saw the one I found at petco for $54, an orange almost 50% pinstripe. I will be selling it at the upcoming expo for much more than I bought it for. Turns out it is a healthy female, and a great addition to someone's breeding project, although she is a little small to breed as of yet. I would have kept her, but come October I will no longer have the time or money to continue my breeding projects.

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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

Hey Kid,

That gecko looks reasonably small (do you have a weight?). So what method was used to determine its gender to be that of a female?

As I've said, it's a looker...
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-Randy May
www.neoscales.com
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I had to bring her to a vet to confirm that she was healthy because i am selling her at a show sat. She was probed and in good health! She is small, about 7 grams, and I do not know how much to sell her for, $325? any input?
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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

Be careful. There's no advertising allowed here and you're closely approaching that fine line.

You probably shouldn't tell everyone where you got it and that you paid XX amount of dollars for it if you want to sell her a week later for 600% of what you paid.

I've never heard of anyone being able to probe a Crested Gecko. No offense, but I think someone (you or your vet) is full of something.

-Anthony

>>I had to bring her to a vet to confirm that she was healthy because i am selling her at a show sat. She was probed and in good health! She is small, about 7 grams, and I do not know how much to sell her for, $325? any input?
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>>2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
>>0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
>>1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
>>0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
>>RIP Star and Sal
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

sure doesn't look like 50% to me. you can't get $325 for that gecko, i take that back, techinically you "can" but you won't. no offense, it's a nice looking gecko, but i wouldn't call it a 50% pinstripe and if you're serious about getting out of your projects you may want to strongly reconsider that $325 price tag.

at 7 grams, also, theres no way of knowing that is a female. Repashy is like the only one that I have heard of that has a way to sex at a younger age, I seriously doubt your vet is experienced enough with Rhac's to do it, and if he was I don't think he'd use probes. But who knows.......
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RhacRoom.com An Online Rhacodactylus Community
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I'm not advertising because I am not offering it for sale on the forum to anybody, I will give no contact info about myself. I was asking suggestions anthony, i wasn't inviting you to be a wise (expletive). Don't tell me what price tag I SHOULDNT give it, tell me what price tag I SHOULD give it. As far as the vet, last time I checked I'm not him, I wasn't in the room, I don't know what was going on. Just telling you guys what he told me. I won't sell it as a female now that I've heard this from you guys. Anthony you should give friendly advice, directly after you deflate your head. From that previous post is should be quite apparent that I have not sold any geckos and this is my first show. Give advice not critisism, just as I had asked.
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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

No need for the strong words. That was the friendly advice. I apparently didn't tell you what you wanted to hear, but I didn't mean to sound like a jerk. I was just being curt with you...something you don't see a lot of in this hobby. Your post looked more like a veiled attempt at advertising than it looked like an honest question. You'd be surprised what silly things people will try to post in order to get people interested in something they're selling. If you weren't, no
big deal...all I said was to be careful.

As for the sex, I don't believe your vet. I guess it is possible, but it's more probable that he taking an educated guess. How educated of a guess that was is the real question.

About the price, all I was saying is that telling everyone what you paid for it is probably not going to help you sell it for that much money. In reality, your gecko is worth whatever someone will pay for it. Do I think it's really worth $325? Probably not. You got a great deal, but as an unsexed juvie, you aren't going to get that kind of money for an orange gecko with a slight pinstripe pattern.

-Anthony

>>I'm not advertising because I am not offering it for sale on the forum to anybody, I will give no contact info about myself. I was asking suggestions anthony, i wasn't inviting you to be a wise (expletive). Don't tell me what price tag I SHOULDNT give it, tell me what price tag I SHOULD give it. As far as the vet, last time I checked I'm not him, I wasn't in the room, I don't know what was going on. Just telling you guys what he told me. I won't sell it as a female now that I've heard this from you guys. Anthony you should give friendly advice, directly after you deflate your head. From that previous post is should be quite apparent that I have not sold any geckos and this is my first show. Give advice not critisism, just as I had asked.
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>>2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
>>0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
>>1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
>>0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
>>RIP Star and Sal
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

**ALMOST 50% PINSTRIPE** read what I wrote, don't pick certain words from my posts. And yes, it is an almost 50% pinstripe.

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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

When you hatch a baby out, they cost you nothing, you didn't purchase them. The only money going into them, maybe, is food and perlite. Anthony you are selling some babies for $225, what is the difference? If you aren't in it for the money, why not make prices more reasonable? And yes, when I sell my collection I do want to make a profit, just like anybody else that is selling their animals. Others just may not want to admit it, but everyone is in it for the money, even if it is the smallest incentive out of the joys of keeping reptiles. The most important part, which everyone would agree on, is the fascination of these exotic animals, but when you are selling animals as a breeder, you want at least a small profit. I know that the profit of this gecko at 325 would not be small, but I didn't know what to ask and was throwing out a random number. I tried looking for prices of other partial pinstripes but didn't have much luck. Obviously I worded my post wrong, but that is no reason to respond the way you did. Suggesting that I was full of something, instead of saying just that probing doesn't work with cresteds. Now I know that, but I now also know that you are pretty much a jerk

Now I ask again with better wording, can anybody suggest a reasonable price to offer this unsexed partial pinstripe orange crested gecko? KidCrazee82@yahoo.com . Thanks alot. -Joe
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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

Your brother (supposedly) emailed me and said that you never took the gecko to the vet and that you made the whole thing up, so I guess you were full of something.

You really should go play your kiddy games elsewhere.

-Anthony

>>When you hatch a baby out, they cost you nothing, you didn't purchase them. The only money going into them, maybe, is food and perlite. Anthony you are selling some babies for $225, what is the difference? If you aren't in it for the money, why not make prices more reasonable? And yes, when I sell my collection I do want to make a profit, just like anybody else that is selling their animals. Others just may not want to admit it, but everyone is in it for the money, even if it is the smallest incentive out of the joys of keeping reptiles. The most important part, which everyone would agree on, is the fascination of these exotic animals, but when you are selling animals as a breeder, you want at least a small profit. I know that the profit of this gecko at 325 would not be small, but I didn't know what to ask and was throwing out a random number. I tried looking for prices of other partial pinstripes but didn't have much luck. Obviously I worded my post wrong, but that is no reason to respond the way you did. Suggesting that I was full of something, instead of saying just that probing doesn't work with cresteds. Now I know that, but I now also know that you are pretty much a jerk
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>>Now I ask again with better wording, can anybody suggest a reasonable price to offer this unsexed partial pinstripe orange crested gecko? KidCrazee82@yahoo.com . Thanks alot. -Joe
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>>2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
>>0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
>>1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
>>0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
>>RIP Star and Sal
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Anthony Caponetto
www.ACreptiles.com

I don't know - supposedly the 'brother' inferred that he was - I think he put it as "special"? Which seemed like rather an odd thing to say if he was and even odder if he wasn't... And don't you think that some of the syntax was a little complicated from someone who was "special"?

Anyway, I guess it doesn't matter - either he's gone or we'll have him under another name. I guess it's not worth worrying about either way...

In any event it's obvious that there are those of us who ARE willing to pay top $ for a good crested with good, verifiable bloodlines - although I'm one to talk after just picking up a cheap one... I wouldn't have paid Petsmart or Petco the money I'd be willing to pay to some of the breeders here. I am totally looking forward to the day (hopefully soon) when I can get my hands on one of yours, Anthony! Or one of Allen's for that matter...

Take it easy all,
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Toni

1.0.0 Uromastyx - Draco
1.0.0 Ball Python - Vilthrul
1.1.0 Giant African Millipedes - Vanilla, Millie
3.1.2 Crested Geckos - Hoolie, Allanon, Silth, Big Mama, Wind & Moonbeam
0.0.1 Eastern Milk Snake - Slither
2.1.8 Hissing Cockroaches - Diamond, Emerald, Ruby and kids

Im with you bugmamma,I am beginning my own group of cresteds and my mouth waters to see some of the Caponetto cresteds.If I wasnt feeding a wife and two children, Id be feeding a couple of Anthonys Cresteds after purchasing them!!!!!

He just aggravated me. The password is changed, and until now I haven't come to these forums to post, I like to lay low. As far as the gecko in question, I have chosen my prices and I think they are fair, and if anything a little lower than normal. I do not need the money, I need the space because I have twins due in october.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

The right price is whatever you can get for it, in my opinion. Reputation has a lot to do with it - Allen Repashy will get a lot more for his animals that Powergeckos.

$325.00 does seem a bit strong. Maybe if the Pinstripe was stronger. Plus - i would be very skeptical about someone sex-probing a crested.

It's a very nice animal, though. Good luck with the sales.
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Monte Meyer
Powergeckos
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you paid $54 for it, right?

so i would say it's worth $54. it's a partial pinstripe, and theres plenty of em out there. i've seen a partial pinstripe with much more pattern than that, sold as a juvie for $75. you wanna know why anthony and other breeders can sell their amazing cresteds at $200 ? because he's done a lot of business and has a lot of happy customers to show for it. it's not just happening to come across nice looking cresteds and throwing them together then waiting for babies. it's maintaining high standards and giving people what they pay for. now what happens when you try to sell this guy as you say you will, and the person asks where it came from, whether you bred it or not? are you gonna say yea, i bred that one, or are you gonna tell them you picked it up at petco just because you thought you could resell it at a ridiculous price? i mean, its great that you found a nice looking gecko, but just goes to show some people out there dont have their priorities straight. you dont know for sure where that gecko came from before it hit the shelves at petco, for all you know it could have been inbred. i'd be careful when you snap at some of the most respected members/breeders around here...you should know its a privelege to have people like that around.

My brother will no longer have access to my pictures. The animals in KidCrazee82's photo gallery and posts are MY animals. I will not be selling that partial pin for that amount of money, nor will it be labeled female. Thank you guys for making him look stupid on the forum, and please do not take offense to what he says, he is special (if you know what I mean). I will be handing him a quick beatin' before he heads off to school. I decided to step in and say something now because his posts seem to have crossed a certain line. Everything he has posted before has been harmless, but now I will change his password rather than delete all of the pictures just for the simple fact that I have used them in other forums. It was actually kind of conveniant having him upload all the pictures and post them because I hate doing that!! Well that's all for now. Site Admin. may delete his account anyway, but hopefully I can still use the uploaded pics. Good-nite everybody and sorry again for his immaturity. -The Real Joe (his name is Christopher!)

I would say a reasonalbe price would be $100 just my 2 cents (i don't plan on making anyone mad)

Derek

I have chosen the prices, and I believe they are more than fair unlike what my brother keeps telling me to sell them for. The mentioned crested is the only one in my collection that will have an extended warranty, and no I will not tell anyone that I bred the gecko. Herping is a community, and I am not looking to make a bad name for myself within the community. This is probably the third post I have made in this forum, and I think it will be the last. There is another forum that I post on exclusively, some of you also post there! Sorry for the trouble Happy herping everybody. - Joe D.

If you don't mind my asking... what other forum do you post in exclusively?

I'll post a picture here for your entertainment. Hopefully it'll be entertaining in a different way than my original post.

Watch, it'll be gone - Adam, don't you go snapping it up before I get there, either - LOL!
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Toni

1.0.0 Uromastyx - Draco
1.0.0 Ball Python - Vilthrul
1.1.0 Giant African Millipedes - Vanilla, Millie
3.1.2 Crested Geckos - Hoolie, Allanon, Silth, Big Mama, Wind & Moonbeam
0.0.1 Eastern Milk Snake - Slither
2.1.8 Hissing Cockroaches - Diamond, Emerald, Ruby and kids