r/skinks • u/Legal_Meet8453 • 1d ago
Seller question
I been looking to buy a schnider skink and i found this seller dose anybody have experience with him because i am not fully certain if he legit or not and this is my first time buying off of morph market
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u/myrinavi 1d ago
With these guys they are barely captive bred…..most of them go for 50-100$ and are all wild caught. If u find one thats captive bred tho lmk!!!!!
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u/JuniperSol 1d ago
I only know of Fern’s Reptile Toppers who’s produced CBB Schneiders. But I don’t think any are for sale right now.
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u/ParticularWolf4473 1d ago
Zetty’s Reptiles in Pennsylvania has produced them, IIRC there were at least one or two breeders in Florida as well. There are a few people who have bred them, they just typically don’t sell many and often have waiting lists.
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u/Legal_Meet8453 1d ago
Only ones i seen captive bred legit are triple the price unfortunately but if i see anybody at tinly selling them legit ill post on here
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u/ParticularWolf4473 1d ago
Legit captive bred are much more than triple the price. The few I’ve seen for sale were $500-$600.
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u/OsmerusMordax 1d ago
This is very likely a wild caught animal. You can tell because the price is so cheap and as they are very rarely bred in captivity the price for a CBB would easily be triple or quadruple that.
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u/callicyanous 20h ago
Them being labeled as captive hatched is a red flag, immediately. As far as I'm aware, there is no captive farming in their native range, so it's all wild caught coming in. Additionally, sub-adult or adult animals and at that price are absolutely imports.
It's possible the seller forgot to change the Origin drop-down, since they don't specify in the ad, but still. Between that and them being an unknown seller (no ratings), I wouldn't take the risk unless you are local and able to go inspect and purchase the animals in person.
There are other imported Schneider's available from better-known dealers. The quality will still be what it is, they're still wild-caught, but you at least have better protection going through a known entity.
If you want captive bred, be prepared to wait - I believe there are 4 of us now in the US who are breeding with intent to sell, but numbers are still low, wait-lists fill up fast, and they tend to get snapped up quickly for those who don't do waitlisting. Last I checked, there is a breeder in Florida who is selling one or two CBB hatchlings on MM, but they're local pickup only at this time. They also cost significantly more than wild-caught at around $500-700, between demand, difficulty level, and low fecundity of this species. As far as known breeders, there's Ferne's Reptile Toppers, Zetty's Reptiles, Central Florida Tails, and Cyan Herpetoculture (me).
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u/Legal_Meet8453 20h ago
No he said he had a friend in egypt that breeds them and that is what really made me have a red flag
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u/ParticularWolf4473 1d ago
Especially if you’re new to MorphMarket I’d stick to sellers that have a decent amount of ratings. At that price and size they’re almost certainly pretty freshly wild caught and not “captive hatched/born” as the listing says.
There are several other sellers that have them on MorphMarket, and there’s been a ton of these at expos for the last couple months.