WHat do you look for in a Champagne?

[Royal Hijinx]

Since the price of female Champagnes is becoming reasonable, I have started to look. I have seen that some have various degrees of ringing, while others have very obvious dorsal markings. I kind of like both, but not sure which is more useful later. Is the ringing or pattern genetic or random? I know the overall pattern is genetic, I mean the delineated markings along the spine, not all of them have it.

[loonunit]

The really dark champagnes seem to be sort of genetic---NERD has produced some really wacky purple-looking things from them.

But honestly, I like the plain-old bright golden champagne with lots of dorsal "bubbles". It's such a striking, beautiful animal, and so different from the regular BP.

[alkibp]

I look for the ones that hold their high orange color.

So far, my favorite line comes from Mike Wilbanks.

[loonunit]

Oh, here's the PCP balls that come from the NERD dark champagnes:

http://reptileradio.net/reptileradio...ad.php?t=21726

I don't know the rest of the genetics, though. Anybody?

[Jonas@Balls2TheWall]

I like the ones with the dorsal bubble things too.

[Royal Hijinx]

Thanks guys. There is a pretty sweet one on Dave Green's site, and I have seen a few show up on KS.

[Kev.K]

What are the current prices for champagnes in the us?
They are down to around £1600 for a male and £1000 for a female in uk.

[bones93]

Ive seen males as low as 1900 USD and females as low as 1200 USD recently. They seem to be dropping fairly quickly recently.

[h00blah]

Why are females cheaper than males? just curious

[Royal Hijinx]

I would think it is because people do not want to wait 2-3X longer to make more. Of course that does not seem to hold with other morphs, so just a guess.