It was GREEN/Black
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darkridder
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the normals leos, do they sell for alot? I know at my local shows I can find normals for around $10. Although they may be "high" demand then by breeder, they are by no means and expensive morph then.
With cresteds prices dont really reflect how rare they are for the most part simply as stated, it can be a mystery sometimes breeding them. And as I have stated many times, there are different reasoning's behind two geckos who look almost identical, the things that make the difference. Lets take something like a gold brindle, which in it of itself is not exactly an expensive morph, often you can find them for around $40 give or take for a "base model". Now heighten the pattern on it and make it a super brindle, the price has now jumped to around $90-$125. Now lets make that animal crowned, now you are talking a gecko around $130-$150, now mind you this is for an unsexed gecko and from a good breeder, not the gecko "godz" as I like to call them (the big name breeders), but someone known on crested forums as being a good breeder. And this isnt even a rare morph, gold brindles are pretty easy to make and I have seen them as low as $25 before. But then there are morphs that simply start out more, like a pinstripe. A full pinner with horrible structure can run about $70, a pinner with good structure about $125-$200 (depending on color), then a pinner who is crowned can go anywhere from $150-300 depending on color, again for babies, and I have seen them go even more when they have other traits going on, like a full pinner with side burns (which is a bit more rare as far as pinners go). Take reds, a patternless red can run anywhere from $70-$150 depending on the color and crest structure, a red flame you can do about the same also, a red harley youre looking at about $100-$150, an extreme red harley $150+, but again can all vary on the intensity of the red, a brown red gecko isnt going to get much as compaired to a brick red, and again compaired to a bright red. There are many factors that are based on price, and as I have said before, one person can get that price another may not, my creams often sell for more than other peoples creams simply because my creams color out differently and people seem to prefer that. Not as cut and dry since your basing it on several factors.
With cresteds prices dont really reflect how rare they are for the most part simply as stated, it can be a mystery sometimes breeding them. And as I have stated many times, there are different reasoning's behind two geckos who look almost identical, the things that make the difference. Lets take something like a gold brindle, which in it of itself is not exactly an expensive morph, often you can find them for around $40 give or take for a "base model". Now heighten the pattern on it and make it a super brindle, the price has now jumped to around $90-$125. Now lets make that animal crowned, now you are talking a gecko around $130-$150, now mind you this is for an unsexed gecko and from a good breeder, not the gecko "godz" as I like to call them (the big name breeders), but someone known on crested forums as being a good breeder. And this isnt even a rare morph, gold brindles are pretty easy to make and I have seen them as low as $25 before. But then there are morphs that simply start out more, like a pinstripe. A full pinner with horrible structure can run about $70, a pinner with good structure about $125-$200 (depending on color), then a pinner who is crowned can go anywhere from $150-300 depending on color, again for babies, and I have seen them go even more when they have other traits going on, like a full pinner with side burns (which is a bit more rare as far as pinners go). Take reds, a patternless red can run anywhere from $70-$150 depending on the color and crest structure, a red flame you can do about the same also, a red harley youre looking at about $100-$150, an extreme red harley $150+, but again can all vary on the intensity of the red, a brown red gecko isnt going to get much as compaired to a brick red, and again compaired to a bright red. There are many factors that are based on price, and as I have said before, one person can get that price another may not, my creams often sell for more than other peoples creams simply because my creams color out differently and people seem to prefer that. Not as cut and dry since your basing it on several factors.
darkridder
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lol yeah not all of us are giant meanies! But we can be if we want to be!
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The ones you're seeing for $10 are probably high yellows...which a lot of people label as 'normals'. They are not. The normals are VERY rare, the people that have one usually only have one...meaning they dont' have a mate for it so I can't tell you how much they would cost.
But their color has been bred out, so they're almost extinct, unless they're wild caught.
As for crestie colors/prices, you kinda already explained this earlier. And it's very similar to leo pricing...which I know how that works
I never said anyone over there was big 'meanies', I just said it left a bad taste in my mouth is all. There are certain ways I think people don't need to act, they seem to pick on 'new' people over there for no reason. But this isn't to bash their forum, like I said earlier I didn't want to put this in this thread.
But their color has been bred out, so they're almost extinct, unless they're wild caught.
As for crestie colors/prices, you kinda already explained this earlier. And it's very similar to leo pricing...which I know how that works
I never said anyone over there was big 'meanies', I just said it left a bad taste in my mouth is all. There are certain ways I think people don't need to act, they seem to pick on 'new' people over there for no reason. But this isn't to bash their forum, like I said earlier I didn't want to put this in this thread.
Oops. missed that post where you said you didnt want to talk about that expereince anymore...my lips are sealed :main_lipsrsealed:zzzziiiiipppppp tossing the key now
I believe this trait is referred to as having "portholes" by some breeders.
People should be careful about calling crested geckos as "green." Olive is the true term for these geckos, as has been suggested by many in this thread. Olive contains no green, but rather is made up of yellow and black pigments.
As far as I know, a truly green crested gecko has never been produced - probably because it isn't possible. The color green comes from a mixing of blue and yellow pigments, and since cresteds lack blue pigmentation, a true green isn't possible. Achieving this would require an ultra-rare mutation or cross-breeding of some kind, which is both difficult and discouraged.
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Gargs beat cresties outta the water any day. Cresties tend to be more jumpy then leos or gargs. Atleast my 3 cresties are plus my friends 20 odd(he breeds them
Pink- he is on the thinner side for a crestie, Was he defiantly a male? The buldges at that size would be noticable big time. He is a olive color
Ouch I'm offended ha! I still think crested geckos are better and most of the ones I have do not jump or try to run except for the babies which I'm working on lol. So we got our Gargoyle gecko yesterday! Plus another crested baby cause it was beautiful, very nice pinstripe, harley!
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these are not portholes, these are individual white spots that make a round circle, these are individual raised scales, not exactly a porthole, but not really a dalmatian spot. Now portholes can have a raised scale, but over all the porthole is larger than that individual scale.
That is a raised white scale
That is a raised white scale
Right. I guess I should have expanded the picture to a bigger size - from a quick view they appeared to be portholes (and even form the right formation). Those are some pretty big raised scales on that olive gecko, haha.
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WOW....
I totally forgot about this thread.
I'd totally buy that big green dude!!!
How much was he again?
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I totally forgot about this thread.
I'd totally buy that big green dude!!!
How much was he again?
-Wes
prettyinpink
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$1,000
I checked some threads...there's a few people I saw just looking for a short amount of time that has this type.
I checked some threads...there's a few people I saw just looking for a short amount of time that has this type.
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Well, if he was at my Petsmart/Petco, I'd totally buy that dude. :main_thumbsup:
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