My guess was that they get a female and encourage it to lay the biggest clutch possible for the biggest cash out. I think some of their females are wild caught but not all
What I'm MOST worried about is the hesitancy to show the female in the first place so I did ask a little bit ago to see a female in the enclosure
Im really crossing my fingers that they're not showing me because it would be out of their way and not because the females are sick.
Cause the...
You're entirely right. That's why I'm hesitant.
It's a very frustrating situation since im also specifically looking for Ambanja and those are a little more difficult to find breeders for.
Well I mean im not a breeder at all but I'm still not an experienced breeder haha. Most places ive seen that have been suggested to me do show the male lineage but almost always show the mother as well.
I think I'll stick to breeders that have the females better documented just because then I...
I was *this close* to buying a chameleon from Panther Chameleons but then I asked to see a picture of the dam. They avoided the question and told me "it's the sires that you look at" until they eventually told me that they don't have pictures of the females because they usually die after giving...
I take it back. Im not buying from Tropical Chameleons. I was looking to purchase a healthy female because I'm interested in breeding a line of healthy females. I asked for a picture of the dam and they avoided the question and then finally told me that they don't have a picture because they...
After my long trek through contacts I ended up talking with a couple amazing breeders. I highly suggest modern day dragons but since they didn't quite have what I was looking for, I ended up visiting with Tropical Chameleons on facebook! I'm still waiting for a couple more responses from people...
Modern Day Dragons has a wonderful Ambilobe clutch coming soon! They also have ambanja but it's unfortunately not quite what im looking for in color.
They also reply fast and seem super awesome.
That's my view on this honestly. I tried to contact chromatic and a couple others for some info for my research but they never responded so im a little sour.
It's best to have a good relationship with the breeder
I didn't breed stickbugs but my wildlife professor was SUPER into it. I just did some research myself too. You could look up "buy stickbugs" and some website will surely come up.