Quote Originally Posted by RobNJ View Post
My biggest worry these days is the people buying a desert female because prices have dropped through the floor thinking they are going to be the ones to "crack the code" and be able to breed them successfully, despite a number of well documented fails. This is the biggest reason I'd never buy a desert male to breed...I don't want the burden of selling females, no matter how inexpensively, knowing that people will no doubt go ahead a breed them anyway.

My feelings exactly.

Especially since people still insist on referring to the females as "useless" ... To me, it demonstrates that we as a hobby are still just too focused on breeding, breeding, breeding for the idea of a "pet only" animal to stick.

Personally, I'd love to have a tiger or other combo desert female as a pet -- I think they're gorgeous, and that way I can have one to gawk at without messing around with the potential ethical issues of selling females. I do agree, however, that $300 is still way too high to pay for a desert female when there are so many other morphs that are available for <$300 -- some of which, like the albino, appeal much more to the average pet owner ..!