Buck Rogers wrote:About R900 or less always negotiate the price as they are not captive bred.
uncutdiamonds wrote:Buck Rogers wrote:About R900 or less always negotiate the price as they are not captive bred.
How do you know they aren't captive bred here, by now?!
bubblesharp wrote:Fair Question. They are really hard to breed in captivity as I understand and with the numbers available I don't think that we are at the point where majority is captive bred.
I saw one today in a shop - it was however not for sale. Assistant said they will be getting in new ones.bubblesharp wrote: There is probably a lot of people that are busy breeding them and soon the prices should be starting to come down as captive bred babies fills the gaps in the market.
uncutdiamonds wrote:bubblesharp wrote:Fair Question. They are really hard to breed in captivity as I understand and with the numbers available I don't think that we are at the point where majority is captive bred.
Are they really harder to breed then i.e. Bosc monitors. I understand them, to be from the same genus. Anatomical and temperamental differences can still be big, tough.I saw one today in a shop - it was however not for sale. Assistant said they will be getting in new ones.bubblesharp wrote: There is probably a lot of people that are busy breeding them and soon the prices should be starting to come down as captive bred babies fills the gaps in the market.
As far as I can see, Bosc monitors have been bred for a while. I've been offered this and also so that at shops. Price and volume indicated that it wasn't an import.bubblesharp wrote:...I was referring to Bosc being hard to breed as the conversation returned to bosc monitors as wild caught. Not sure which one you referring to now?
Not sure which species they had in the shop. From appearance and description I guess that it is spiny-tailed monitors. They aren't as common as Bosc monitors and I also don't think breeding would be that common.bubblesharp wrote: If they say its CB, find out who the breeder is, chances are still that it might not be CB, obviously depending on the pet shop reputation etc.
uncutdiamonds wrote:As far as I can see, Bosc monitors have been bred for a while. I've been offered this and also so that at shops. Price and volume indicated that it wasn't an import.bubblesharp wrote:...I was referring to Bosc being hard to breed as the conversation returned to bosc monitors as wild caught. Not sure which one you referring to now?
I was thinking of Goannas, australian monitors.
bubblesharp wrote:...Cool, I have only been doing research on bosc's so far as I am only getting into lizzards now. Have my first baby at home but not for breeding. I know there is a lot that is bred, but there are still a lot of WC as far as I know. Interestingly I came across some old figures on Wikipedia in 1984 around 1milion was killed for leather trade and only 900 exported for pet trade. So thinking about those numbers it would seem obvious that there would be more CB that WC, so it is possible that the info I got was very old.
And just like that you make a fool of your self!
Bushviper wrote:Goanna is the Aussie word for what we call a leguaan. Its just the local lingo. They are still Varanus. From the giant perenties to the tiny short tailed monitor are all goannas.
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