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Old 16-Dec-04, 11:34 PM
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Don't take it to heart foxdingo' its just that the topic has been disscussed a length on this site over and over again, and everyone gets a bit sick of it, I asked exactly the same question 7-8 months ago.
From what I have learned so far there are a few reasons why you dont see them for sale very often.
1. There are not that many breeding pairs in captivity.
2. There used to be more breeding pairs in captivity but many where I suppose you would say impounded( most would say stolen) by National Parks and Wildlife because they believed they where not natives (either from PNG or Indonesia).
3. So because of the laws of supply and demand, any that do become avaliable are snaped up quickly and for large sums of money, the last one I saw sold on line for $12,500 on Herp Trader and lasted 5 minutes.

From what I can work out they are trickier to keep than say a Carpet, I hear that they require a fairly precise setup as in regards to temp, humidity and light. The hatchling also are supposed to have a higher mortallity rate than say a Carpet would.

Foxdingo, I am a mile away from being the best person to reply to your post but I hope this helps.
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