Why are females more expensive?

[Freakie_frog]

I agree, it comes down to supply and demand, and as far as $$$ goes females win.

But wouldn't you agree that at least genetically, mainly in regard to being able to pass on valuable genes more readily than females, the males are more valuable?

I wouldn't say so as a breeder your Females are your life line in a controlled market those who produce control the flow of product in the market if one male can breed 5-10 females and say each female produces and average of 6 eggs that's 60 eggs from a co-dom say 30 will be morphs at say an average of 200.00 a baby that's 6000.00 revenue. Now If I make females more expensive where every Joe on the block can surplus stock pile them. Then I control the number of animals produced not only by me but by others as well which maintains the market value. i.e. The fewer there are the more they are worth. The genetics has nothing to do with it, its the long term potential impact on value that's taken into effect