Expensive garters

[Spankenstyne]

I think it was more like a month there? I forget the exact timetable though.
For what it's worth I believe it was the importers lack of experience with baby garters, coupled with bad timing and other circumstances (all from our end). The shipping end was fine, you packaged well on your end and they did also, no issues at all with shipping.

Point being that you handled your end as you said you would and I appreciated that. As someone who has been involved in the hobby for over 20 years now it's unfortunate how rare that has become.

[Tyrel26]

Well for what its worth I could easily get a minimum of $100 for one of those blue snakes of yours (I could sell many more). Its just the matter of knowing where to sell in many cases; and luck is also a big factor. In the past I had garters that had a surprise litter and it was a big one lol. Over 40 babies! So I decided to try and sell them. At $60 a piece I ran out of snakes in less than 2 weeks. Its too bad you couldn't get a batch to me lol, we could go 50/50.

I don't think I'll be selling again tho.....to hard to let go of them lol. I only sold these because I wasn't prepared for them.

[ConcinusMan]

Different snakes, different market, and not even the same country.^^^

... I bet if he were selling your blue con's, he'd get a hell of a lot more for them than you did.

did? I didn't sell or produce any litters of blue anerys. Nobody ever has. 2011 will be the first breeding attempt. I was simply stating that santa cruz garters are selling for $100 and near as I can tell, that's probably more than anyone is willing to pay for baby concinnus', blue or not.

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Get an average shop value or breeder value and work from there

There isn't an average price for blue anery concinnus since they have never been on the market that I am aware of. Most breeders and potential buyers didn't even know they existed, and had never seen one until this year. There are just a few pairs of adults for breeding and I have all of them except for one pair. Babies have never been available or produced in captivity. Doesn't mean they will sell for $100 like the santa cruz garters do.

[gregmonsta]

Going by current trends I would add a third to half of the value of an ordinary concinnus. It seems strange that anery concinnus aren't well known in the country of origin considering I've seen them in an autopsy pdf - completely bleached/black and white individual (German source) as well as Hans having a green anery in his collection here in Europe.

[drache]

I'd say also that you may be able to ask more a few years down the line when you've brought out a particular strain through selective breeding
just like the normals become more pricey when their head are bright red, anerys probably do when their colouring heads into the neon blacklight realm

[infernalis]

I was simply stating that santa cruz garters are selling for $100 and near as I can tell, that's probably more than anyone is willing to pay for baby concinnus', blue or not..

I know lots of people who have paid $100 for a blue snake, myself included.

[EasternGirl]

I don't think that you can even find garter's to buy around here. I did recently find out that it is illegal to own any kind of snake in my state, and that if you are caught with one, you are fined and the snake is killed. That makes me angry on so many levels that I can't even verbalize it. I would be interested to know if you can buy garters in Delaware.

[ConcinusMan]

Going by current trends I would add a third to half of the value of an ordinary concinnus. It seems strange that anery concinnus aren't well known in the country of origin considering I've seen them in an autopsy pdf - completely bleached/black and white individual (German source) as well as Hans having a green anery in his collection here in Europe.

Anery concinnus are well known as a completely black and white snake or also having a yellow or greenish stripe. Anyway, I've seen those that you just mentioned. Those don't appear to be the same thing. I'm talking about these:




I had a heck of a time searching for anery pics that I didn't shoot and/or upload myself in 2010. I found one other blue anery morph pic posted prior to my pics in 2009 by someone that lives in the same area where these are found. You just can find any buzz about this morph, or pics posted before 2009 and certainly nobody breeding them or selling them. That's what I meant.

I'd say also that you may be able to ask more a few years down the line when you've brought out a particular strain through selective breeding
just like the normals become more pricey when their head are bright red, anerys probably do when their colouring heads into the neon blacklight realm

Yeah, well nature has already taken care of that. There is nothing more to select for, other than choosing the bluest anerys or brightest orange heads for breeding. Both of these already occur naturally and the traits are just locale-specific. If you want to find extremely vibrant intensely colored/orange headed they occur in the southern portion of their range, just as these blue one's occur in specific area. Same goes for the black headed and 3 stripe version.

I know lots of people who have paid $100 for a blue snake, myself included.

And those were not concinnus'

[infernalis]

Your missing the point Richard, time it right, I would give $100 for a blue one.

[ConcinusMan]

Get ready guys. I'm sure litters of these blue anery's will be available this season. Shannon had a lock up, I have one that I suspect is already gravid, and I came home yesterday to find another pair of mine locked up. Of course, I already know, the babies might be very blue, or more than likely, not very blue, but CB anery's are coming.