I got ripped off :(

There's gotta be some kind of law against that. Although I guess after lawyer fees and all that, it's not worth it anyway.

Who did you make the trade with? I'd really like to know. Maybe someone on this board knows the guy and can put some pressure on him to do the right thing.

Good luck!
Jim Smith

Can you post pics of the snake and show us in the photos the problems the snake has?

I would try to contact him back, this is something that can't just be let go of, I know I'd be pretty pissed to be honest.

Definitely post this up on the BOI so no one else thinks about buying from this guy.

In the meantime, try making a vet appointment as soon as possible, I'm sure the vet can give you some solution to the problems with the Ball python.

Unless he's a big breeder, posting on Faunas BOI will get you nothing but accusations towards you and people taking sides and nothing being resolved.

I dealt with the BOI for an adult female albino that came to me with an RI and pneumonia. All I got was a thread where I had to defend everything I did and say. I had to post everything I had including scanning the vet report. Nothing was accepted without proof. Even after the guy was proven to be selling using another name, (I think he was banned using his real name), I still got nothing.

In my opinion, the BOI is nothing more than where a bunch of old biddies go to argue.

Post the guy's name and location. There are many people here that may be able to help.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

There are a few pics in my gallory or him and he only has one eye but i did know that. He told me it was just an injury from a feeding but now i think there was a much worse trama that went on with him. He was not a breeder i had a pinstripe that was not very nice so i traded him for a black pastel. Im not looking into breeding so the one eye thing was not a big deal i just wanted a cool looking snake that my kids could hold. His name is Matt he lives in ut im not sure if he is on here or not.

I just looked at your gallery. It honestly looks to me like some one stepped on that snakes neck. Obviously I'm just guessing but...


Are those snake housed together or were they just together for the picture?

How large is the snake? It does not look like his injuries should keep him from eating. When I first read your post I was assuming the "injuries" were actually birth defects, but that eye does not look like something it was born with to me. Good luck.

I do have to ask why you would trade a healthy pinstripe for a one eyed snake? I know you said you are not interested in breeding, but it just sounds like a bad trade to me.

In all honesty, I don't see anything too wrong with that snake that it shouldn't eat. Most kinks are birth defects (as I would say the eye is) and that snake looks to be a pretty good size, so you know he was eating at some point.

Snakes are pretty tough, and this one's had it rough but I think he'll be all right. Check your husbandry first. Temps are right? Are you housing it with another snake? That might explain the killing and leaving the food... if he's being housed with another snake right now and wasn't before, he may be feeling the stress.

I have had three snakes with kinks, one of them quite severe, and all of them ate---and have continued eating---regularly.

Did you guys do this trade in person?

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