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For Sale Bell's phase Lace Monitor

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Don Church

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This Bell's phase Lace Monitor hatched in our facility at the beginning of the year. Eating well and growing quickly, it will be ready for shipping in a few more weeks. The price is 8500.

Please contact me with any questions by phone/text, email, or Facebook.

Phone/text: 512-788-0315
Email: [email protected]

Thanks,
Don
 

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So why are these so expensive? They are just like every other monitor. Tail whip, bite, huff and puff....makes no sense.
 
Hoffman24 said:
So why are these so expensive? They are just like every other monitor. Tail whip, bite, huff and puff....makes no sense.
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It all comes down to availability and supply and demand. The price isn’t for everyone.


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What do you mean....these things are abundant. Is it because someone says that they are cooler than rest lol? Mark up from hell. I'm sorry, I just dont get it.
 
Hoffman24 said:
What do you mean....these things are abundant. Is it because someone says that they are cooler than rest lol? Mark up from hell. I'm sorry, I just dont get it.
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You really need someone to explain this to you? Why aren’t Cyclura, iguana color morphs, island morphs, iguana delicatisma, etc., all $10 like Petco green iguanas? I mean after all, they’re all iguanas.

Don Church is one of the best guys in the reptile hobby and he consistently produces some incredible animals. Maybe you should get off of his for sale ad and go educate yourself somewhere else?
 
I never said let's have a ego or pride party. Im just simply just curious. It's a simple question is to why? It's too bad, i have the money to purchase this, thus the reason why I was asking. But from all the negative responses to my questioning of why this is different I simply lost interest. I'll go somewhere else.
 
Monitor pricing has always been all over the place. 10 years ago crocodile monitors were a few hundred bucks - now they're $3000+. Bells phase laces are a rare morph, and monitor owners are generally big spenders, as they often have to pay for giant elaborate enclosures, and lots of time spend with their lizard. Monitors are super rewarding if you work with them - they're the smartest lizards on the planet. So again, bells phase are so expensive because of supply and demand - not many of them out there. Whether it's fair or not, eh no comment.
 
It’s an investment. Some dump money in stock some in animals. Buy two make babies sell what you don’t need/want. Return your investment. Bigger the investment, bigger the return. Spend $100 on two bearded dragons make babies get a few hundred back. Spend a few grand on a lace pair, breed get a few thousand back. The struggle is breeding, That is where the work is. Not everyone is successful with every species. Some are harder than others. Which makes them more rare.
 
Lol. But the questions and statements u have made show us all u don’t have near the experience to keep a lace monitor. Their not abundant at all. In fact I would be hard pressed to find another for sale right now. Do some homework and get yourself a gecko. And btw Don wouldn’t sell to you if u offered twice the money. Your lack of knowledge shows bright and shiny bud. Wow!!!
 
This is a for a sale ad! Not a discussion forum... but if I may add something also lace monitors are from Australia where u can’t import them soo all must be captive bred and they need a LARGE enclosure to get them to comfortable to reproduce
 
jakew89 said:
This is a for a sale ad! Not a discussion forum... but if I may add something also lace monitors are from Australia where u can’t import them soo all must be captive bred and they need a LARGE enclosure to get them to comfortable to reproduce
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Lace monitors are not from Australia. That's a common myth. They're from Texas, IL, and Colorado.
 
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