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Sean · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 602

£3500 for a croc you must be out of your tree to pay that!!! It's well over priced. It may well be a very nice example but you can pick them up on the continent for 1500 euros which is just over a grand the going rate for salvadorii in Europe. £3500 for a monitor I don't see it as a problem and I have payed more than that for some species but I certainly would not pay that for a salvadorii.

I remember this animal when it first came into the UK as a juvenile and it was no where near that price.

darren.j.b · Key Member Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 207 Location: blyth

can you tell me the person you can get them (6ft) off for cheaper??

Sean · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 602

Yes I can actually. There was some being offered around last week.

Over the years I have seen or known of many available and regardless of size they are all priced around the same which is a third of the asking price of that one. On the continent these are not rare by any stretch of the imagination and if I wanted one at the weekend then I could get one but I have no interest in them.

darren.j.b · Key Member Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 207 Location: blyth

were were these being ofered?? like i said earlier this is mainly a display animal and its unlikely for someone to buy it, also if your not interested in this species why look at the thread? Very Happy

Sean · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 602

I look at all reptiles, the reason I look at this is because this particular animal as been owned by 2 friends of mine in the past Andy Warr ( Warhammer) and Richard Hardwick of Wharf.

I have no interest in keeping salvadorii but thats not to say I am not interested in reading or seeing threads about all kinds of stuff that I would not want to keep.

GJ · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:22 am Post subject:

Very impressive animal can’t understand why anyone would want to part with it other than the fact that they need massive arboreal enclosures and there nasty disposition Smile

. looking at Darren’s pics it didn't look very big, I was surprised as it looked to be around 7ft mark, tried to get a full body shot of it sprawled out but it never moved from the corner.

At least with that price it won’t fall into the hands of a novice, or an impulse buyer, IMO i doesnt belong in the pet trade and is better suited to the advanced.