black back

today i seen a wild caught black back for 40 dollars.problem is it had mites.should i get this for the good price and take care of the mites or stay away from it?

Unless you've done a lot of research regarding the care of WC snakes, I would urge you to stay away from this one. They are very challenging to feed and care for.

poo!i thought so.there was actually 2 i had my eyes on.the black back had a very dark back with dots all the way down it and the other was a reduced pattern.they had about 20 bps in a 29 gallon tank and the 2 i held both had mites.3 others had horrible sheds.the place smells to high heaven but i really wanted these guys or gals i dunno

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Originally Posted by Butters420

poo!i thought so.there was actually 2 i had my eyes on.the black back had a very dark back with dots all the way down it and the other was a reduced pattern.they had about 20 bps in a 29 gallon tank and the 2 i held both had mites.3 others had horrible sheds.the place smells to high heaven but i really wanted these guys or gals i dunno

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Well if the place smells then you would be buying a pile a poo if you bought one.My advice STAY AWAY from that dump ;)

Stay away and call animal control or something. Seems like the animals are suffering to me

lol they are animal control.i was in there today and they had to go get a red tail from a dumpster.and also it turns out they didnt have mites.it was just a bug that was flyin around and landed on her.the smell was from a 20 foot retic that i didnt know was there.that thing can lay some bombs now.as for there being alot of clustered bps yes they are def bunched up pretty good but ill tell you this.they have the most amazing normal balls ive seen.i had to buy one.im sorry for not takin advise but i just had to.i have it qt'ed right now but i snapped some photos to show.
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i love this lil girl and im pulling for her to be a good pet and eater with no probs.if i do run into some bad things im gonna learn by hands on.the way i look at it,its better someone with a passion for the hobby and resources like this forum and others should be the ones caring for these wild caught or hatched snakes.i would rather try my you know wat off to get this girl in good shape instead of it being bunched with those others and possibly someone not as ready to do wat it takes to care for it buying it and dying.and who knows it could be a perfect snake as is,we shall see next monday if she eats

Best of luck to you! No better way to learn then First hand..:gj:

so how do you know if its wild caught if animal controle has it?
possibilities of them getting a bunch of babies in like that is weird unless they busted some one... =]


but a very pretty snake you have there =]

ok ill clarify.it is a exotic pet store and when the people of the town have a reptile problem they come to the rescue.they had two tanks with bps,one was captive bred they breed and they buy wild as well.the captive come garunteed.they specialize in corn snakes and milk snakes but im not to into them but if i was wow,they have a ton.its in a lower class area so wild caught is really all some can afford.i coulda bought a cap but these wild are just awsome imo.im not sure if its a black back but it comes close enough for me.

ha, ight lol