Prices to high you can get the same in the uk

[cuddles]

I agree with northwest reps. people over here should start using breeders in the UK who produce some excellent geckos, rather than being so quick to import

[Faith]

Originally Posted by cuddles

I agree with northwest reps. people over here should start using breeders in the UK who produce some excellent geckos, rather than being so quick to import

Lol maybe you didnt read the other posts NW imports him self!

[Nerys]

actually there are shops in the UK who refuse to sell CF royals and only sell CB Babies..

if one can do it, why not others?

greed. they will sell more CF than they will CB, because they can get more CF in.

so instead of sticking to principles... they go with the market and buy what sells. regardless of where it came from.

WC and CF have their place, don't get me wrong.. but for a shop to say we stock CF because we cannot get enough CB.. means they are doing what a shop needs to do and following where the money lies.. and not always where the ethics lie.

N

[Diablo]

Originally Posted by cuddles

I agree with northwest reps. people over here should start using breeders in the UK who produce some excellent geckos, rather than being so quick to import

LMAO


I just wee'd myself

[cuddles]

I dont think I wrote anything funny, Im sorry that you seem to suffer from bladder problems.

My point is, we'll never have big breeders over here like Ron Tremper etc. if people are too quick to jump on the band wagon importing geckos like albinos, giants, shct and so on.

Royals are a whole different kettle of fish, so what if he sells captive farmed royals. The large majority of normal royals offered for sale are probably captive farmed or wc.

(while on the subject of WC, I'd rather use a toilet than wee myself)

[the-tick]

we will and can have "big breeders" over here but the uk is a tiny market to the US and with the 2 to 1 dollar to pound exchange rate people take the import route as most owners would rather wait a couple months rather wait (in some cases years) for particular morphs to be bred here.

In the couple of years or more cf royals have gotten (some say wrongly) a terrible reputation for fussy eating and that's made a lot of newer owners wary of them

[madaboutreptiles]

Its quite easy really......if you think the U.S Imports are too expensive then Dont Buy Them

Buy the cheaper ones bred in the U.K....................

[jdb]

I have bought lots of reptiles from Paul at Northwest reps, some he breeds himself. I don't think hes an importer of royals. He buys about 20-30cf keeps them for a couple of months, makes sure they're feeding well and sells them
to people like me(thanks paul). I agree that some morphs of leopard geckos
are worth importing but there are lots of uk breeders you can buy good quality morphs from like Paul at Northwest Reptiles, Steve and Jo at Geckomania and global geckosare one to watch out for.
The other thing I don't understand, if you dont make any money importing
reptiles then why do it (diablo/faith). You must have high paying jobs if you can do all you say you do for no profit maybe you should register as a charity.

[Nerys]

what i do find interesting.. is that there are never so many comments when corns are imported from the USA...

N

[madaboutreptiles]

Originally Posted by Nerys

what i do find interesting.. is that there are never so many comments when corns are imported from the USA...

N

I import all my corns from the states..............