Watch who You Sell your animals to!

[PythonBreeder]

Okay so the story goes:

Me: Post C/L ad for sand boa
Some guy: Emails me
Me: Call some guy
Some guy: Says "Hi how big do they get?"
Me: He's a male so about..... 2.5ft.
Some guy: Wells that's good. Will he get along with a ball python?
Me: Probably will mind their own business. But you CANNOT house them together.
Some guy: Why?
Me: They will both get stressed and maybe the ball will resort to eat him.
Some guy: SWEET! *whispers to girlfriend* THE BALL WILL EAT HIM!

Me: Have you even done any research?
Some guy: uhhhhh..... Kinda. How much is he again?
Me: Sorry but I have the right to say I will not sell him to you.*hang up*

SO the moral of the story is he was gonna house them together to see the ball python eat him, because he though it would be "SWEET". SO do not just sell your animals to anybody. Ask as many questions as you feel necessary.

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

I couldn't agree more. These are living beings!

[RebelYell83]

Screening every buyer in theory is a great idea,but IF you start breeding and doing multiple animals and vending at shows,,,well,,cant screen them then,,just sayin

[PythonBreeder]

I couldn't agree more. These are living beings!

Exactly.

Screening every buyer in theory is a great idea,but IF you start breeding and doing multiple animals and vending at shows,,,well,,cant screen them then,,just sayin

Yea I know once I start getting big and vending shows I can't do that. Then I just have to hope for the best.

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

You can ask questions. And hope someone at a reptile show is at least somewhat clued in (or they probably wouldn't even know about the show). It still worries me, though! I would worry most about the inexpensive normals... I figure most people won't buy a $500 morph and mistreat it. But yeah...

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

PS if someone creeps me out, I wouldn't sell that person a snake