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Bad Guy James/ Ember Gecko

I need to add this here so more people are aware of James before buying geckos from him. I'm attaching two screenshots plus two pictures from his website. These are the exact same gecko with two different names and prices. They weren't listed at the same time. The morph was changed to something that could get more money. This is beyond shady and I hope people see this and realize how important it is to research sellers before you buy from them. You can match up the head markings on the geckos in both sets of pictures. I'm sure I'll get attacked from James for this, but it needs to be out there for people to see. I do my best to look out for others that are in the same hobby as me.
 

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Here is another thing for people to watch out for. It is not advised to mix eclipse (raptor) with marble eye. They are not compatible and you can't visually tell them apart. So by doing that, it's unethical and he's selling something as visual for both that he absolutely can't know.
 

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Sorry those are so big. I hate that when I scroll through and didn't realize I did it ,too.
 
Eclipse and Marble Eye are two completely separate recessive genes and should never be crossed; even the hets and poss hets. In fact, extra precautions need to be taken to make sure the 2 genes are not crossed. I specifically and thoroughly test breed geckos against eclipse before ever introducing the Marble Eye gene to them. It is considered the same as crossing the albino strains and it should never knowingly be done.
 
I wish we knew who had that one on hold. The ads are clearly the same gecko but the birthday's are different, I wonder if either is the actual day or if he even keeps track of that info. It has to be confusing keeping track when your posting different info about the same critter on different sites! Like with compulsive liars, after a while it's hard even for them to tell what is the truth and what is a lie. Thanks for the warning kristi. He was already on my list of people to avoid but hopefully people will search here before buying and see how shady he is.
 
Wow, the one with the marble eye mix was selling for $1899? Am I reading that right?

Caveat emptor I guess....
 
tlmoon said:
Wow, the one with the marble eye mix was selling for $1899? Am I reading that right?

Caveat emptor I guess....
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I did a double take too! I feel bad for whoever bought it! Given the fact that the gecko basically has unknown genetics they paid almost $2 for a pet gecko. Imo breeding that gecko would be unethical.
 
Wow seeing all this I'm kinda glad my deal fell through or I may have paid top dollar for crap.


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