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[HyperC]

So umm, What does everyone do once your eggs start hatching...I mean can pet stores buy them? I know if and when mine does, I won't have anymore hair on my head if you know what I mean...I really don't know people to give them to either, So basically trying to get some ideas for the future

Thanks for your time

 

[Reganold]

well not to be rude but thats something most people try to figure out before the breed. and i say that in the nicest way possible cuz the same thing happened to me with my finches. i wouldnt sell to petstores like petco or petsmart (or any other chain store) and id make sure the peetstore kept their chams in proper conditions.

 

[Olimpia]

Put them up for sale here, on the forum. If you are willing to ship it should be fairly easy to find good, competent pet owners on this forum. If you can't ship then it might be much harder.

 

[fluxlizard]

i wouldnt sell to petstores like petco or petsmart (or any other chain store)

You can't do this anyway. They only deal with their own national suppliers, not local breeders. Store managers don't have a choice in this.

Put them up for sale here, on the forum. If you are willing to ship it should be fairly easy to find good, competent pet owners on this forum.

maaaaybeee - depends on what the chameleons are you are trying to sell. Plenty of good, competent pet owners on the forum. But then again, they already have a chameleon.

If you are selling something not commonly bred, you will find buyers here, if you are selling veileds or one of the more common panther morphs, it will probably be more difficult.

Shipping is also very expensive. It has tripled in price the past several years. I'm having headaches right now because I can't find shipping for people who want to buy single lizards for less than $70-$120 for most of the country. Trying selling $50 or $30 chameleons when shipping is $80 or $90 for most of your interested customers. It's even kind of pricey for a $250 chameleon.

I'm not saying this to disagree with someone else's experience, only to discourage the thought that it will be simple to move baby lizards and requires little thought until it is time to try and sell them.

 

[Olimpia]

True, maybe "fairly easy" was the wrong phrase to use. But we would be the group of people who can't say no to a reasonably priced chameleon, especially if you want to make sure you are going to move them quickly, as we're such hopeless addicts.

OP, how many eggs are you incubating?

 

[Reganold]

You can't do this anyway. They only deal with their own national suppliers, not local breeders. Store managers don't have a choice in this.

sorry i was unaware of this. thanks for clearing that.