another price question

[mark.e]

If i look on the SK site whats available, i see they ask for:

Pastel het ivory 2009 price 1000,=
Spider het axanthic 2009 price 2000,=
Spider het hypo 2009 price 1100,=

If you look for example the Spider het axanthic I see adult spiders and axanthics for sale on KS for half the price they ask for the spider het axanthic
and i could breed them my self next breeding season and even have a better outcome.More offspring each year.

But why are those prices still that high.

Just wondering

KR

[98bcobra]

If you mean breed a Spider to Axanthic and get a spider axanthic then no you would not get any of that. You get all Spider and Normals Het for Axanthic.

The reason a Spider het Axanthic is so much is because you need that with a axanthic or another spider het axanthic to make the Spider Axanthic. So a spider Axanthic is a co-dom/resscesive mix were the axanthic is just rescessive.

[NorthernRegius]

If i look on the SK site whats available, i see they ask for:

Pastel het ivory 2009 price 1000,=
Spider het axanthic 2009 price 2000,=
Spider het hypo 2009 price 1100,=

If you look for example the Spider het axanthic I see adult spiders and axanthics for sale on KS for half the price they ask for the spider het axanthic
and i could breed them my self next breeding season and even have a better outcome.More offspring each year.

But why are those prices still that high.

Just wondering

KR

Because even at the prices you see for those "double morphs" it's a bargain. You will spend well over that on the lifetime care of the animal than those prices. More power in smaller number of animals is nice. I started with single morphs & hets but am looking at combos now when I add if I can, the versatility is very attractive.

[mark.e]

The only thing i am saying is that for the price of a 2009 spider 100% het axanthic (2000,=) i can buy a adult spider female and a adult axanthic male and breed them together

[sum182]

Ok, so do it. But then what? U gotta wait for the eggs to hatch, hope the babies eat, then Wait 3 years if you manage to get a female Spider 100% het for axanthic and breed it back. It takes time which is why they are alot. The price reflects the time that you didnt need to put into breeding it.

[OhhWatALoser]

Time is the biggest issue. but if you wanted to seriously do this... male spider and a female axanthic, finally breed them after 2-3 years and 50% of the babies are hets and 50% are males, so you got a 1/4 chance of getting the male you need to breed back to mom (after another year) and make spider anxanthics.

[NorthernRegius]

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