What is morph is selling, what is not?

[russe306]

Hello, i am wondering what is the morphs that are in demand. Breeders please poll what you have been selling a lot of in the past few years.
Buyers please poll what you have been buying or would have liked to buy in the past few years.
Thanks

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

We have been selling alot of high end Redstripes het Bell and Redstripe Bells w/ internet sales. Shows are pretty much normals or low quality stuff.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

We sold Creamsickles, Dreamsickles, and Super Raptors very fast.

 

[roger]

anything with bright colours

 

[Desdemona]

As a buyer.. but not a breeder, for me it's anything with interesting markings or patterns. Like a gecko with a skull on it's head.

 

[Kristi23]

I think sales have been down for most breeders in general. I had the most people inquire about snows and tangerines this year. Not sure why, but they sold quickly. Usually my eclipse geckos sell quickly, but not this season. Raptors sold quickly, too.

 

[RAlbrecht]

I've honestly seen more people getting "back to basics" then getting into the newer morphs. If anyone is considering becoming a breeder, they should really look at the market trends now, and see if the area they live in will support the amount of breeding they want to do. If there isn't a high demand for reptiles in your area, its probably not the best idea to even start breeding. Yeah its a new and exciting thing, but if you can't sell at least some of the babies for the funding thats needed to care for your breeders, and hold backs.. You are only hurting yourself and your animals, which isn't right at all.

 

[Kristi23]

I've honestly seen more people getting "back to basics" then getting into the newer morphs. If anyone is considering becoming a breeder, they should really look at the market trends now, and see if the area they live in will support the amount of breeding they want to do. If there isn't a high demand for reptiles in your area, its probably not the best idea to even start breeding. Yeah its a new and exciting thing, but if you can't sell at least some of the babies for the funding thats needed to care for your breeders, and hold backs.. You are only hurting yourself and your animals, which isn't right at all.

I agree with this. I haven't done shows yet, but the local (somewhat) show does really well. This is the first season that I even have babies left and it's only about 7. Breeding just because it's easy or fun isn't something you should do unless you have someplace for the babies. There are just too many leopard geckos for sale right now. I'd say that at least half the new breeders won't make it past two seasons, but it's still too many right now.

 

[Desdemona]

I don't think a person can breed unless they can afford to house every egg that hatches. Hopefully you won't have to do that, but its best to be ready for worst case scenario, especially if your new. If you are able to establish yourself as a breeder than you can maybe go beyond that rule a little. Especially if you end up with a waiting list and things like that (assuming those even happen in Leo world).

I want to eventually breed, but not until my son is older and I have the space to possibly have a lot of new long term pets. I like to breed for colors I like, vs the crowd, so its that much more important for me to be ready to keep a lot of the babies.

 

[neubauer geckos]

I don't think a person can breed unless they can afford to house every egg that hatches. Hopefully you won't have to do that, but its best to be ready for worst case scenario, especially if your new. If you are able to establish yourself as a breeder than you can maybe go beyond that rule a little. Especially if you end up with a waiting list and things like that (assuming those even happen in Leo world).

I want to eventually breed, but not until my son is older and I have the space to possibly have a lot of new long term pets. I like to breed for colors I like, vs the crowd, so its that much more important for me to be ready to keep a lot of the babies.

This is how I planned before I bred my first year.I calculated about how many babies I would produce(rounded up to be safe),and made sure I could house them into adulthood.I actually sold all my healthy hatchlings this year,and some others I no longer wanted.Definately had good luck selling for my first year breeding.I hatched out a lot of almost all Mack snows and normals het tremper form a mack snow to tremper albino pairing.I also produced 3 tangs.I ended up selling <25 geckos this year.

 

[Yoh4n]

I have been actually wanting a patternless but no breeders I know of near me and I think its to cold to ship here in Minnesota

 

[ajveachster]

I have been actually wanting a patternless but no breeders I know of near me and I think its to cold to ship here in Minnesota

Depending on how soon you want your gecko you can still shop around on websites. We have purchased geckos in the past that we couldn't get for about 2 months due to the cold weather. We have also had to hold on to geckos for awhile to be sure the weather was warm enough to ship without too many concerns. If you find something you like, check with the breeder. I have never worked with a breeder that wasn't willing to work with us in regards to shipping timeframes due to weather.

 

[Morgan]

http://www.goldengategeckos.com/availableleopard.html

Scroll down 2 females left

 

[Quantumhigh]

Business has picked up quite a bit here in Las Vegas, I am getting emails on a daily basis. Top selling morph has been Mack Snows het Tremper followed by Trempers, normals het Tremper, and patty Mack snow Trempers.

Definitely consider all the angles of breeding if someone is thinking about it. Rule #1 expect to keep every hatchling you hatch and to care for it threw out its life. Then hope to sell them all but always refer to rule #1