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Hey guys! I've been gone for a while but I'm looking to get back into the herp game now. I have been looking for blue tegus and I have spoken with Underground about theirs. I have followed the blue tegu thing since they hit the market. If I am not mistaken, the "Platinum" moniker was an invention back in the day for their lighter colored animals, and the "Snow" thing is just total BS as there was no Axanthic at the time. (lighter albino, yes, true snow, never happened...yet) All there really is, is normal and albino. Not to say that the Platinum deal is all BS, much as the white head phase is a reality in black and whites, the platinum would be the equivalent there. Also, I posted on their FaceBook page asking about lineage as the ad said "ParentS" as in plural, were het. So, I HAD to ask, for myself and the general unsuspecting public. Naturally, they had the kid I spoke to on the phone over the page respond.(sure I have bad habits older than him) he made out like I was "frantic" trying to get a response with 2 posts 6 hours apart during business hours. I think that was fair, right? Well, the response I got was that the male was 100% het and proven and the female was het but not proven so she was considered a normal. This combo is the only way you'd get 50% het and I knew that, I just wanted to know that they knew that. I also broached the subject of the 60% price hike in the going rate for only a 50/50 chance at MAYBE getting albino. As far as i know the price has always been $300 for blue tegus, unless you got a deal. $200 more I think is WAY too much. They claimed they knew of nobody else offering blue tegus, let alone het for albino. I know of at least 6, one of which, at least, also has hets.
All said and done, anything is only worth what you can get someone to pay for it. I could sell you my car for $100,000 but is it worth it? Maybe so, come kick the tires for free!

<blockquote data-quote="Beasty" data-source="post: 140663" data-attributes="member: 490">Hey guys! I've been gone for a while but I'm looking to get back into the herp game now. I have been looking for blue tegus and I have spoken with Underground about theirs. I have followed the blue tegu thing since they hit the market. If I am not mistaken, the &quot;Platinum&quot; moniker was an invention back in the day for their lighter colored animals, and the &quot;Snow&quot; thing is just total BS as there was no Axanthic at the time. (lighter albino, yes, true snow, never happened...yet) All there really is, is normal and albino. Not to say that the Platinum deal is all BS, much as the white head phase is a reality in black and whites, the platinum would be the equivalent there. Also, I posted on their FaceBook page asking about lineage as the ad said &quot;ParentS&quot; as in plural, were het. So, I HAD to ask, for myself and the general unsuspecting public. Naturally, they had the kid I spoke to on the phone over the page respond.(sure I have bad habits older than him) he made out like I was &quot;frantic&quot; trying to get a response with 2 posts 6 hours apart during business hours. I think that was fair, right? Well, the response I got was that the male was 100% het and proven and the female was het but not proven so she was considered a normal. This combo is the only way you'd get 50% het and I knew that, I just wanted to know that they knew that. I also broached the subject of the 60% price hike in the going rate for only a 50/50 chance at MAYBE getting albino. As far as i know the price has always been $300 for blue tegus, unless you got a deal. $200 more I think is WAY too much. They claimed they knew of nobody else offering blue tegus, let alone het for albino. I know of at least 6, one of which, at least, also has hets.All said and done, anything is only worth what you can get someone to pay for it. I could sell you my car for $100,000 but is it worth it? Maybe so, come kick the tires for free! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beasty, post: 140663, member: 490"] Hey guys! I've been gone for a while but I'm looking to get back into the herp game now. I have been looking for blue tegus and I have spoken with Underground about theirs. I have followed the blue tegu thing since they hit the market. If I am not mistaken, the "Platinum" moniker was an invention back in the day for their lighter colored animals, and the "Snow" thing is just total BS as there was no Axanthic at the time. (lighter albino, yes, true snow, never happened...yet) All there really is, is normal and albino. Not to say that the Platinum deal is all BS, much as the white head phase is a reality in black and whites, the platinum would be the equivalent there. Also, I posted on their FaceBook page asking about lineage as the ad said "ParentS" as in plural, were het. So, I HAD to ask, for myself and the general unsuspecting public. Naturally, they had the kid I spoke to on the phone over the page respond.(sure I have bad habits older than him) he made out like I was "frantic" trying to get a response with 2 posts 6 hours apart during business hours. I think that was fair, right? Well, the response I got was that the male was 100% het and proven and the female was het but not proven so she was considered a normal. This combo is the only way you'd get 50% het and I knew that, I just wanted to know that they knew that. I also broached the subject of the 60% price hike in the going rate for only a 50/50 chance at MAYBE getting albino. As far as i know the price has always been $300 for blue tegus, unless you got a deal. $200 more I think is WAY too much. They claimed they knew of nobody else offering blue tegus, let alone het for albino. I know of at least 6, one of which, at least, also has hets. All said and done, anything is only worth what you can get someone to pay for it. I could sell you my car for $100,000 but is it worth it? Maybe so, come kick the tires for free! ;) [/QUOTE]

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