expensive b-day

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Heres the other two.
Ralph, the concinnus,
And Quentin, the radix.
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I could swing either way with Lumpy
shipping injury? how where the snakes packed? bagged or in containers, and what material was included inside their bag/container?

All four were shipped in seperate deli cups, the cups were stacked up inside one cloth sleve and tied at the end. They had peat moss inside their containers.

The radix's cup was a bit smushed, but it wasnt opened. and he is fine.

[drache]

that sounds perfectly fine packaging which leads me to believe that it's not a shipping injury

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I see two males :/ I'm not 100% sure but I'm fairly sure. Have you talked to the breeder yet? I mean (s)he did send you a possibly injured potential male when you spent your money on a breeding female in good condition, no? That's kinda how I see it.

Yes, I completely agree with you. Even if Lumpy is a female, I couldnt put her through the stress of breeding with this injury/parasite/spinal kink.

Lumpy alone was $75, for that price I deserve a Healthy female.

Stressfull days

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that sounds perfectly fine packaging which leads me to believe that it's not a shipping injury

Thats what I thought! If anything, the radix would be the injured one, but hes not....

Maybe I can get the breeder to trade it with me for a healthy female(that I originally paid for). If not, I do have access to the BOI on fauna classifieds.....

[TheArtist]

defiantly ask her to replace the injured animal. You bought a healthy female, so you should get a healthy female. If she's a good breeder she will replace it, if not just to save his reputation.

[snakeman]

The puget is probally wild caught.
You get what you pay for.

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Amy wants me to send them all back to her because I asked for help about Lumpy. Does that seem fair at all?
If anyone wants to see the whole e-mail convo pm me.

[TheArtist]

You shouldn't have to send them all back? If she's suddenly asking you return them all to her she's probably getting defensive about the situation which can raise red flags... I don't see why any good respectable breeder would want them all returned to her when theres only one who's health is being questioned. I wouldn't do it personally... this seems like the kind of thing that happens before suddenly you have no snakes and are out a lot of money and can't get the breeder to send the stock to you.

[adamanteus]

Perhaps she has her reasons... maybe, if she suspects it may be a parasite, she considers it best that they are all returned. Let's not start flaming anyone when we don't know the story. For all we know this is a genuine breeder, with scruples. Or quite the opposite, we really don't know. At this stage I think it is a matter to be sorted out between Beth and Amy. Let's not jump the gun.