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How much is a yellow head collard lizard pair? What is a good price?

They are usually about 50 - 60 dollars a piece, most breeders would sell you a PAIR, for a few dollars cheaper.

Sometimes you find one or 2 in classifieds a bit lower, but watch getting wc's unless they are well acclimated (eating well)
make sure you ASK first, and always get photos of the lizard or lizards you are getting no matter who you buy from.
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Thanks for the replie But now i have a choice to make. Ok here are the choices. I can get a male and female yellow head collard lizards for $80 shipped, or 3 eastern collard lizards for $65 shipped, Last but not least desert iguanas. What would you go with? I appreciate your help by the way. Thanks ahead of time.

Well, I breed collareds so I love them, I also have a male desert iguana, although they are a very COOL lizard and I really like my guy, I feel the better pet is the collared lizard, seem to get more calm/friendly with handling in my opinion.

I think you ought to make the decision, read about each one and it's care, and see which would suit you better. Remember also the desert iggy needs alot of space.

As far as the easterns or yellowheads, well I LOVE the yellers and have many, but have some gorgeous easterns also.

I do however think the price is very good for the yellowheads, and think I have talked with the person recently selling them, both come from great stock.

Best Wishes, let us know what ya get,
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Well im not sure what one to get. Ahhhh! I like the collards and i like the desert iggs. They look very similar and care is pretty much the same exept that collards like more insects and the deserts like more veggies. Also the desert iggs need more room. SO you think the yellows are a good deal. But the eastern 3 for $65 is also a good deal. The quesion is do i want 3 or 2 collards. The desert iggs. have almost no care sheets its hard to find any. Collards seem cool but i still dont know. what makes yellow heads better then easterns? do they have better color? Man this is a hard choice. What type of food source is cheaper? Collards and there insects or iggy and there veggies. I really like them all but dont know. Also is a yellow head a eastern collard just with a yellow head?

Eve will have plenty to offer this Spring, and you will be able to have your choice of yellowheads or aquaflames. My personal favorites are the aquaflames. Some people do really well with the yellowheads (Will Wells, Eve), but I have had two pairs and they never did put on the weight that easterns have. The easterns seem to get downright FAT! I love the coloration on the aquaflames too. I have had males that were aqua blue with no yellow, but my favorites are the blue/green bodied lizards with orangey/yellow heads. Like the guy I have pictured.

Give it lots more thought. I love the desert igs too. I had one for a while. They are much more flighty than a collared in my opinion, and have a tendencey to want to hibernate the majority of the year. If you inexperienced and don't recognize this, you will be in for some problems. John Styner (who used to post here regularly) had a trio that hibernated for 8 months!!! If he had worried about them, he would have likely watched them starve. Instead, he left them alone and they came out of their hibernation very well rested. You have to be able to observe and make assessments on the lizards conditions to allow them to do this.

Seriously...wait until about late March or early April. There should be some incredible babies showing up. Keeping watching this forum for people to have eggs. Expect to wait about 8-12 weeks after that for them to be ready to ship. Take a look at the parents and make your choice by that. Don't expect them to look idenical to the parents, but that is really all we have to go by.

Best of luck in your decision. Personally, I'd spend the next few weeks looking at cage setups, lighting, heat rocks, rock hides etc. Find a sand that you like...something pre-washed and not too dusty. I have found most of the brown colored play sand it very dusty and gets all over everything...the lid, the lights etc.

John Eddington

Well, Ok it has a yellow head, but it is very a different areaa then the other "yellow" heads. The other yellowhead males will develop blue throats, where as the aquaflames predominately have yellow or orange dewlaps. There are of course exceptions to the rule as with everything else.

John E.

The collareds he's looking at are also from our breeder buddies, I think the trio of easterns, he is interested in are from Paul M. and the yeller pair are from a friend of mine, but orginally came from/ were bred by Will Wells and Steve B .

So he really can not go wrong with either choice in my opinion, hehehee !

BTW Chili is looking quite STUNNING
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I know Paul is a really nice guy, but when someone comes here for help, and they find it, I like to try to persuade themt o show some patronage LOL. I know Paul has very nice lizards though, and I don't find nearly as hard to swallow as when someone new comes on here, gets lots of help, exchanges countless e-mails, perhaps phone calls on all sorts of information, then goes and buys a wild caught collared in the Spring form some outfit in New York, and wonders why they were not successful. It's not such a big deal with your collareds, but I have spoken to people that sell higher dollar lizards that have really felt betrayed by this type of activity. Some people make their sole income by breeding lizards...when they spend a lot of time talking with people online and off, they are basically trying to market themself and gain a potential customer.

I always recommend breeders that I feel go above and beyond the call of duty to provide people with the most up-to-date information on collareds. Will Wells for his exceptional contribution of his photo gallery of lizards and caresheet, and Eve (you) for your rightfully earned knowledge of the care and wellbeing of the lizards. Not to mention your near 24 hour service on the forums ;O)

John E.

Your alright, and the best DANG LIZARD WRANGLER around,

Hey how about your expertise over the years, geesh I remember when I first came on here you were my GUIDING LIGHT,

Now your just a pain in .... hhahahahahahehehehehehe

JK, buddy JF
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PHEve / Eve

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Looking fine, hopw your pair has some eggs this year!

And is that sweet thang, little Spice? Geesh I will babysit her anytime, if we go to the park, and are not back on time, do not worry I will return her, (Yeah right) hhehehehehe LMAO
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Go, JohnEEEE! You're my new hero--supportin' Eve like that Never was there are more deserving person

élan
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1.2.0 Green Anole
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How the heck do you get the hypen above the "E" in your name? LOL

I try to kept her feeling special so she will give me some lizards someday :O)

J

Why do ya think I'm so nice to you, hehehhehehee ! I look forward to your trips and the presents I get , LOL

ahahahhahhhhaa !
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To make the é, you hold down the Alt key and use the right-hand keypad to type 0-2-3-3, then release.

Thanks for asking

élan
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3.6.0 Collareds
1.2.0 Leopard Lizards
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
1.2.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.3.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

Easterns and yellowheads all are in the C. collaris group. Yellowheads are usually found in Utah, they used to be C.aureceps (In their own class) but then were added into the C. collaris.
The males are blue with yellowhead and bluish delap(throat area) females can be browish blue or blue also with yellowheads, yellowy feet, white throat.

Easterns are also gorgeous and are so very diverse in color and patterns. The easterns are known to be the most colorful /diverse. I also think I know who is selling them, and I have a few of his lizards and am very pleased. (extremely CUTE)

The desert iggies are neat looking , bigger than collareds, need more space to run around, but yes they eat mostly veggies and some insects, especially when young. They will eat crickets and superworms ans other small insects.

I have seen as they grow mine like the veggies, best and some flowers and fruits.

You can look at a chuckwalla care sheet, and desert iguanas are about the same care, and sometimes people even include the chuckwallas and desert iggies on the care sheet together.

I also have chuckwallas, and on the chuckwalla forum we include the desert iggies in conversation, so they have a home on the chuck forum if you get any. There are a few of us on there that have them, they are a very well like lizard also.

If you want to know anything about the collareds or breeders your interested in, email me, I have lizards from both, and can show you pics of the easterns your interested in and a desert iggy. It's better done through private email.

AHHHH Decisions, Decisions, hehehehehe
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PHEve / Eve

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Ok i thought long and hard. lol. I decided i am going to get a collard lizard they dont require as much room and they have more color then a igg. Now i have another choice yellow head or easterns? I like the easterns and i like the yellow heads. HMMM....

Collareds are a fine choice, to be sure. You'll never go wrong with them. I, for one, am partial to the variety that you'll find with the easterns, but it's all a matter of personal preference.

élan
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3.6.0 Collareds
1.2.0 Leopard Lizards
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
1.2.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.3.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

I think im going to go with the easterns, They are still very pretty lizards and look good. Maybe later on i can get yellow heads or other types. Thanks for the help guys, i made it through the decision. I will post pics. as soon as i can get them. thanks again.