I have enjoyed my leatherback 1/2 tailed rescue beardie so much, I'm considering getting a "fancy" morph. What I really want is a hypo trans leatherback. But in searching around for one, I found the "highlighter yellow" citruses and really liked them, and a breeder that has a clutch due 6/15 which should contain super citrus leatherbacks. I contacted them (they've been around for a while) and they explained they price their babies using "color quality"...Low color $150 to "collector quality" $500. I was interested in the mid to high $250-350 range as I might consider breeding in the future (I currently breed Panther chams). A few things are making me nervous...One parent is 100% citrus normal scale x 100% citrus leatherback. So, only 1/4 of the clutch will even be lb. So, they say the majority of the clutches are low quality, with a few mid to high and maybe 1 collector. I asked for examples of adult representations of the difference between the $250 and $350 animals and they said they "can't provide that" um, what? What I'm concerned about is buying a mid - range baby that ends up a pale yellow/tan, like my first citrus female was 8 years ago (but I only paid about 150$ for her at a year old). Both parents are fluorescent yellow...so I'm guessing I'd get a descent, but not blinding yellow adult, but for that cash I could get a hypotrans lb that I really want! The reason I'm hoping someone has dealt possitively with this breeder is they take payment plans...and being on disability, I can really use a payment plan! I'm not sure if I can post the breeders name, so I'll wait for an administrator to let me know if I can. Thanks!
Hi there....I know exactly who you are talking about. I personally would never buy something that I can't see and pay for something that has not yet hatched or has not developed in to a sure color that you want. There are also very lengthy reviews in the fauna classifieds BOI about this person, you would be very interested in reading these.
I know who you mean and I also would never purchase from them. They have a lot of bad reviews on the bio board. I also seem to remember a few years back that there was proof of them altering the colors of their dragons with photoshop.
Yes, they pretty much just hung themselves with their reply to me. Saying they have no idea what a $350 baby would grow up to look like! I'm not wasting my time with this *****. Thanks all.