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Roswell... Worth the price tag?

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Is it just me or does anyone not understand why Roswell's are priced in the thousands?

To me, they look like BCC x BCI crosses with ladder tails and/or circle backs...

That's it. :shrug01:

I get that they have great color and can add some color to other projects, but $1000 plus (in some cases much more) for one?

Just curious if anyone else feels this way, because everytime I see an add for one it boggles my mind that anyone would pay that much for one...

Didn't mean to offend any Roswell breeders or fans.

This is just my opinion and curiousity about the morph and it's following...
 
Although I'm not a huge fan of them, there are some Roswells and Key West Boas that are very attractive. Also, have you seen the super form of the gene. While I don't like it all that much, it is very unusual. And, like all things for sale, if you don't like it or think it is priced too high, don't buy it.

Chris
 
"Worth" is and always will be determined by the Buyer.
The Automobile Industry has been at the same game for decades,the outcome is
also the same. They make the money and you continue to pay even though its value drops every month. Later in the model year they can be purchased at discounted prices
which is when most smart owners get what they like without the inflated prices.

As for the Roswell's,the founder was smart and dumped the project for a quick profit
and no hassles with futures :)
 
The super is definitely the reason for the price tag, by themselves they would not call for that much $$. I believe a super albino and maybe some other combos have been produced now... Depends on how well those crosses are accepted by the market, as always though, the prices are going to come down with time.
 
JCCS said:
Although I'm not a huge fan of them, there are some Roswells and Key West Boas that are very attractive. Also, have you seen the super form of the gene. While I don't like it all that much, it is very unusual. And, like all things for sale, if you don't like it or think it is priced too high, don't buy it.

Chris
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I have to say Chris hit this one out of the park with that statement. The best way to make a purchase these days is forget a market even exists, look at that boa, and really ask yourself how much you'd pay for it.
 
I am a fan of the Roswell. No offense taken. I am not BIG on patternless boas, but the super form of the Roswell is sweet looking. Super Roswell motley anyone? But, yes, it is evident they are BCC x BCI crosses. I have only seen Roswell's het for albino recently, maybe thats the direction they are taking with it right now. I know a Super Roswell Albino would be sweet looking.
 
Super roswell albinos have been born for awhile now, heres a pic.
 

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The original parents Heather Martin bred were 50% suriname/50% colombian boas that were both het albino. As far as I know albino and hypo are the only morphs worked into the project, but I haven't kept up on it in a few years, so who knows now.
 
 
mxracer4life said:
Now those are just roswell hypos, not super roswell hypos correct? Not liking the hypo roswell much.
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haha yeah, I deleted my post because I realized you were looking for hypo super roswell and those were just hypo hets not super. :eek:

edit - I undeleted my post
 
on a side note, why is it i see some people saying roswell and super roswell and others saying het roswell and roswell?
 
That's just a wording deal. It being an incomplete dominant trait, the circleback laddertail is the heterozygous form, with the stripe/patternless animal being the homozygous form. The het Roswell and Roswell naming is more accurate, but the Roswell and super Roswell is also popular, so who the hell knows.

As long as you know how it works, it honestly doesn't matter.

Chris
 
bear said:
on a side note, why is it i see some people saying roswell and super roswell and others saying het roswell and roswell?
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the animal expressing one gene of the roswell is het for the super form which is the morph fully expressed. The 'het' roswell or het hypo, or any co-dom morph, is, from my limited understanding, the correct genetic terminology and us calling the ones that express two copies of the gene 'super' is just symantics/laymens term that has stuck. However so many people never heard 'het hypo' before that it isn't really used much. (i probably just made you more confused huh? I got up way too early today)
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edit - Chris and I posted at the same time, his explaination is probably easier to follow
 
No, I am not confused at all. I am familiar with the genetics and all... I am just wondering why if the "hets" are visible it is not clearly "roswell" and "super roswell" like any other dominate genetic morph with visible "hets" that we name ex. hypo & super hypo, mot & super mot, aztec & super aztec, all of which have visible "hets" and to my understanding that is why we label the dominate and not recessive... If it were a truly recessive gene with hets we would not be able to obviously identify the hets...

As chris said, at the end of the day it amounts to the same thing, only difference is the hets are visible, but I was just curious as to why some people choose to call them "hets" and not follow the rules we normally follow when considering dominate & recessive genes. I guess I thought there might have been some story I hadn't heard or something I was missing.
 
I am just wondering why if the "hets" are visible it is not clearly "roswell" and "super roswell" like any other dominate genetic morph with visible "hets" that we name ex. hypo & super hypo, mot & super mot, aztec & super aztec, all of which have visible "hets" and to my understanding that is why we label the dominate and not recessive...
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Yes in all of the other dominant, and co-dominant morphs , they are called by their name , and the "super" represents the homozygous form . However , when Heather's first litter was born, the Roswell was named before knowing that the connected patterned siblings were visual hets. It was named for its alien look . Finding out later that the laddertail/connected saddles were the visual het , Heather decided to label this morph as Roswell , and het Roswell . Even though it goes against the grain of the other dominant morphs , it is her right to keep it . So now we will forever have to explain it.
 
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