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A good place to buy single backs?

Postby BlueyBabe » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:47 am

Does anyone know of any online places that sell single backs? At a good price ...

I was looking in to maybe buying one this summer ...

Thanks!
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Postby BlueyBabe » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:55 am

Acully (sp) can someone just tell me a really good place online to buy any type of Bluey.
Cause I heard that single backs go for $1000 each!

Thanks you!

P.S., It would be great if someone could tell me a place online that has them in stock. =]
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Postby jasjmm27 » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:24 am

Yeah, you will be spending about $2000, on average for a shingleback here in the states and it is VERY hard to find them here (at least for sale and at a "reasonable", $2000, price).

You probably won't find any good, captive bred, animals online at the moment...it is just the beginning of the breeding season...I suggest you wait until June/July or so and then check out this site (Zach's babies and it seems many more are starting to attempt breeding), Ray Gurgui's site:

http://community-2.webtv.net/rgurgui/ThunderBayHerp/

Andrew Seike's site:

http://seikereptiles.com/SeikeReptiles/index.html

Another good Northern breeder:

http://www.captivebred.com/Available%20 ... ongues.htm


You can also find many on www.kingsnake.com, but I would be wary of getting an animal from advertisers there...ask many questions and, if they don't respond, then don't buy! I have found many Kingsnake dealers to be unresponsive and unknowledgeable.

There is also www.faunaclassifieds.com, but it is much less common to find blue tongues there.

If I were you I would go with one of the breeders here unless they don't have what you want. ;)
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Postby BlueyBabe » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:29 am

Thanks so much Jas!

I think i will wait until there are a few up for sale on this site. I am looking into maybe buying an Peach.
Are they good tempered?
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Postby mangodude777 » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:31 am

is'nt peach just the name of one of zach's northern's?
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Postby jasjmm27 » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:37 am

mangodude777 wrote:is'nt peach just the name of one of zach's northern's?


Yes, Peach is the name of one of Zach's northerns...that name seems to have grown into a "Caramel" type name...all it really means is that it is an offspring of Peach. :) From what I have read anyway...she is a beautiful animal with great looking babies, though! :D
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Postby jasjmm27 » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:42 am

BlueyBabe wrote:Thanks so much Jas!

I think i will wait until there are a few up for sale on this site. I am looking into maybe buying an Peach.
Are they good tempered?



Great! That is definitely what I would recommend (and I am sure most people on the site). Zach's Northern Peach has some GREAT looking babies! I am sure that they are like most Northerns and have a "laid back" and good tempered attitudes, though you never really know until you have the babies. It also depends on the circumstances of their raising...so, in short a "good temperament" would likely be found in a Northern, but it would also involve interaction with the owner so that they get used to being handled and humans.
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Postby ROBSTA » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:24 pm

jasjmm27 wrote:Yeah, you will be spending about $2000, on average for a shingleback here in the states and it is VERY hard to find them here (at least for sale and at a "reasonable", $2000, price).

You probably won't find any good, captive bred, animals online at the moment...it is just the beginning of the breeding season...I suggest you wait until June/July or so and then check out this site (Zach's babies and it seems many more are starting to attempt breeding), Ray Gurgui's site:

http://community-2.webtv.net/rgurgui/ThunderBayHerp/

Andrew Seike's site:

http://seikereptiles.com/SeikeReptiles/index.html

Another good Northern breeder:

http://www.captivebred.com/Available%20 ... ongues.htm


You can also find many on www.kingsnake.com, but I would be wary of getting an animal from advertisers there...ask many questions and, if they don't respond, then don't buy! I have found many Kingsnake dealers to be unresponsive and unknowledgeable.

There is also www.faunaclassifieds.com, but it is much less common to find blue tongues there.

If I were you I would go with one of the breeders here unless they don't have what you want. ;)






wow $2000 for a shingleback?

there so common in australia

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Postby Fatal_S » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:14 pm

$2000 is a good price for a shingle. You often see them sold for $3000 - $5000.
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Postby Helikaon » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:36 pm

i sell mine for $100 aus dollars. mwuahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahaha :P
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Postby Celeste » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:16 am

Helikaon wrote:i sell mine for $100 aus dollars. mwuahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahaha :P


Shut up.

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Postby Zach » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:31 am

YEAH.

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Postby MartinsPerson » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:18 am

I have a baby from Zach's northern Pearl from last year and he/she is amazing! Such a sweetheart. I don't think that you can go wrong with a northern from this site. They're all raised by responsible breeders and are socialized from birth.
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