Shipping goofs

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I had a shipment of snakes coming in and i was so exicited to open the box and when i opened it up it was a box full of turtles. I bet the other person expecting turtles will have a big surprise when they open my box up and it's full of snakes.:eek:

[PINJOHN]

an expensive boo boo how much did you shell out :rolleyes:

luv terrible puns :D

[guidofatherof5]

an expensive boo boo how much did you shell out :rolleyes:

luv terrible puns :D

Oh, John. That was turtable:D

[PINJOHN]

did not think there could be a worse pun than mine! but you some how managed it Steve :D

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Just talked to my vendor and he said my snakes are on the way to california yikes.

[guidofatherof5]

I have to ask. What kind of turtles were in the box?

[RedSidedSPR]

Ouch, will this get fixed, or are you stuck wit turtles?

What kind of turtles?

[BLUESIRTALIS]

We are in the process of sorting things out and no i will not be keeping any of the turtles. The box includes 11 mud turtles and 2 nice chicken turtles all for a backyard breeding pond.

[RedSidedSPR]

jeez more than I thought when you said "a box of turtles":D

[Sonya610]

We are in the process of sorting things out and no i will not be keeping any of the turtles. The box includes 11 mud turtles and 2 nice chicken turtles all for a backyard breeding pond.

Sounds like your snakes ended up in the hands of someone knowledgable about reptiles. Hopefully you two can just repack and ship to each other on the vendor's shipping account.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Thanks i hope it will go that smooth.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I guess i will have to wait another day or three before i get my little beauties.
I had 2 hypo banded water snakes, 5 T-similis 2 florida blue easterns and 1 appilachicola eastern.

[RedSidedSPR]

Can;t wait to see the banded water snake! Love those!

[ConcinusMan]

I guess i will have to wait another day or three before i get my little beauties.
I had 2 hypo banded water snakes, 5 T-similis 2 florida blue easterns and 1 appilachicola eastern.

Sounds like the results of about 10 minutes of herping and rustling up WC in Florida. Not that there's anything wrong with WC, I just don't approve of how it's being done down there in FL. It's awful for the animals and buyers alike.



Sounds like your snakes ended up in the hands of someone knowledgable about reptiles.

Knowledgeable doesn't mean too much in this situation. When you're prepared for snakes and get turtles, or visa-versa, well... let's just say it's going to be a real P.I.T.A. for the person who expects to recieve snakes and gets turtles. a PITA that is, if he cares to do what it takes to ensure the turtles get proper care. To do it right, one must prepare way in advance to receive aquatic turtles.

If the person expecting turtles has a snake phobia, well that wouldn't be good either because they might have to just sit there in the shipping container the entire time and get shipped again.

I sure hope this all works out in the end and that the animals arrive safe and well at their originally intended destinations.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Sounds like the results of about 10 minutes of herping and rustling up WC in Florida. Not that there's anything wrong with WC, I just don't approve of how it's being done down there in FL. It's awful for the animals and buyers alike.




Knowledgeable doesn't mean too much in this situation. When you're prepared for snakes and get turtles, or visa-versa, well... let's just say it's going to be a real P.I.T.A. for the person who expects to recieve snakes and gets turtles. a PITA that is, if he cares to do what it takes to ensure the turtles get proper care. To do it right, one must prepare way in advance to receive aquatic turtles.

If the person expecting turtles has a snake phobia, well that wouldn't be good either because they might have to just sit there in the shipping container the entire time and get shipped again.

I sure hope this all works out in the end and that the animals arrive safe and well at their originally intended destinations.

I sure hope it works out too because i was looking forward to the snakes i had some plans for them. I selected those similis for breeding and the apalachicola was selected for breeding. As for taking a bunch of snakes out of the wild i do not agree with, but atleast i knew these were coming to me and would be very well cared for.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Just wanted to send an update i'm supposed to be getting the snakes in tomorrow. He said since they had been through so much stress with the california thing he wanted to keep them for a couple of days to make sure they were safe and hydrated. I know this guy and have done business with him before so i think it was just a simple mistake.

[RedSidedSPR]

Good, post pics when you get em I want to see the water snakes!

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I just got my shipment in and they are awesome!!! Two of the similis are stripeless. I can't wait to breed these guys. I'll try to post pics in a day or so.

[drache]

congrats
looking forward to the pics