Quote Originally Posted by Danger noodles View Post
When y’all are saying that they are expensive what kind of money are y’all talking about? I can get a juvenile for around $300 here in Texas. I might be talking about one that’s not the same?? But at that price I don’t think it’s that much money considering how much it cost to set everything up etc.
Depends on species. For Indos which are still being imported as WC, you could get one about no higher than $250 in the US. There are Indos that are occasionally captive bred and born here like mine. I got mine for $250. For Northerns, they cost more due to higher demand and they only have a litter of very limited number of babies per year, so you could be looking at about $300 and up depending on availability. These are all 100% CBB.

I guess price is subjective depending on one's budget. I look at the bigger picture: the enclosure plus UVB fixture and light cost a whole lot more than the lizard. I bought a discounted reef tank (125 gallon, 4 x 2) for about $300, the. reprising 10.0 T8 fixture was about $70 (T8 is good for no screen lid or very opened space screen like I have. Otherwise a T5 us recommended which runs around $80) and the bulb is about $20. The initial vet bill with fecal is a joke compared to what you need at start up.