Snakes, Lizards Stolen from N.C. Pet Store

[PsychedelicTarantulas]

10 snakes, 2 lizards worth about $30,000 have been stolen from a Gastonia North Carolina reptile store.....

Here is a link to a news article about it:
Snakes stolen from Casselberry pet store | Seminole County

[guidofatherof5]

Hopefully they will be caught soon and the animals are ok.
For future ref. we have a media thread for this type of thing so don't be surprised if a mod. moves it. No big deal.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gart...rps-media.html

[PsychedelicTarantulas]

Can a mod please edit this for me. I missed the edit time. Can you take 36 out of the title and change it in the post to 10 snakes, 2 lizards stolen......I totally read that wrong when I put 36.......dunno what the heck I was reading lmao.....

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I can't understand how anyone could steal something from another person and not feel convicted about it. I don't hate anyone, but i can't stand a thief!

[Saji]

I can't understand how anyone could steal something from another person and not feel convicted about it. I don't hate anyone, but i can't stand a thief!

Yeah, thats just downright shady.

Saji

[PsychedelicTarantulas]

I hope this doesn't shut down the poor guys business. And a big thanks to whoever fixed the post title for me, but I see where I messed up now and well you might want to correct it again. So sorry but I think I got it right this time...

I linked to the wrong article! That's how I got so confused lol. I linked to an article about a Florida pet store robbery. Gosh I dunno what was in my Kool Aid when posted this! I messed it all up. But here is a link to the correct story. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/snak...bbery-24378995

Oh and it was 30 something snakes stolen from this robbery. I was right the first time. I knew I had read 30 and not a dozen lol...

Here is the list of what was stolen from knucklesreptiles over at faunaclassifieds:

1. Pied tiger reticulated python possible het for albino
2. Baby red tail boa
3. Albino leOpard gecko (FOUND HIDING UNDER THE RACK MUST HAVE JUMPED OUT WHEN HE OPENED IT)
4. Albino red tail boa
5. Ivory ball python
6. Normal ball python male baby
7. Pastel calico
8. Baby normal retic female
9. Anthiristic red tail boa
10. Baby red tail boa
11. Kingpin het ax
12. Retic albino super tiger (2)
13. Albino tiger retic (2)
14. Albino purple retic (2)
15. Orange ghost ball python (2)
16. Het for albino red tail boa baby
17. Black pastel ball python 2014
18. Red tail boa
19. Fire ball python
20. Kingpin
21. Possible het clown ball python male
22. Albino het snow boa (2)
23. Pastel female ball python
24. Female sun tiger 4ft. 2013
25. Pastel motley boa male
26. Adult male lesser ball python
27. Albino ball python 1.2
28. White albino retic (2)
SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THESE HELP RECOVER THEM. you can message me here, email me at knucklesreptiles@gmail.com, or text me anytime at 980-318-3061 or message them on facebook reptile passions

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I would be willing to bet these animals will show up at the Columbia repticon show next weekend! If not on one of the online forums for sale. I hope the guy had some kind of insurance to cover most of it.

[joeysgreen]

I hope he had a microchip in at least the more expensive ones. Easy proof of ownership should a questionable animal be found.

[d_virginiana]

Heard about this. The guy's business was new and he didn't have insurance set up yet, so all of it's a total loss for him.

According to the owner, a couple of the missing animals (some of the retics I believe?) are very rare and the only ones in the surrounding area, so if they show up for sale, there's a decent chance that they might catch the guys who did it.

[joeysgreen]

And certainly if he bred those animals himself, they may retail for $12K, but it's not really that much of a loss. I know of many local ball python breeders that have produced a $16 thousand dollar snake (!), but won't ever be able to find a buyer of such; a trade for other inflated snakes is their best hope. Nonetheless, degenerate thieves don't exactly have the reputation that lends to the adequate and proper care of an animal; something that is of course paramount to a dollar loss.

Ian