LFS in Costa Mesa??
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I remember when piebalds first came on the scene, now there are so many versions of just the piebald, it's insane. There was a Solomon Island green tree python with a good amount of blue it, super nice, but way too much. I actually liked all of the hognose morphs that we saw. Takes me back to when I was a kid and used to catch them (and a bunch of other local snakes). Leopard gecko morphs were super nice, but not for $750.
haha I hear ya. The prices are pretty crazy in the boa world as well. I see 10k boas pop up on MM and think no way, then bam they are stamped SOLD. I assume from another breeder. The dollar probably gets twisted the same way it does for me in this hobby. Any money that comes out might as well be monopoly money.
I will say some of the genes I understand the price tags. Specifically recessive, may have taken a decade line breeding and proving out genes to get to those multi visual specimens or even just a real nice pastel. There is this gene in BI constrictors, IMG. Increasing Melanin Gene. As they age they continue to get darker with each shed. They seem like a roll of the dice but the transition would be pretty awesome to watch and they have some gnarly eyes to them. Some that are mixed with other naturally darker morphs go jet black over time, with this crazy iridescence. The price tags are crazy, it is co dom or incomplete? so half a litter will express it so I plan to wait it out. My favorite I've seen is a hypomalenistic/IMG. The hypo reduces black and fights the IMG. So they'll start off as a heavily speckled boa and with each shed work their way towards something like this: Produced by Davinci boas:
Without the IMG that boa would only contain the colors seen between the black, maybe with some freckles here and there. Pretty crazy what they've done!
I will say some of the genes I understand the price tags. Specifically recessive, may have taken a decade line breeding and proving out genes to get to those multi visual specimens or even just a real nice pastel. There is this gene in BI constrictors, IMG. Increasing Melanin Gene. As they age they continue to get darker with each shed. They seem like a roll of the dice but the transition would be pretty awesome to watch and they have some gnarly eyes to them. Some that are mixed with other naturally darker morphs go jet black over time, with this crazy iridescence. The price tags are crazy, it is co dom or incomplete? so half a litter will express it so I plan to wait it out. My favorite I've seen is a hypomalenistic/IMG. The hypo reduces black and fights the IMG. So they'll start off as a heavily speckled boa and with each shed work their way towards something like this: Produced by Davinci boas:
Without the IMG that boa would only contain the colors seen between the black, maybe with some freckles here and there. Pretty crazy what they've done!
