Stolen Balls!!!!

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Originally Posted by TriniBP

That's messed up! I will keep on the look out for any suspicious deals and I will also let all my reptile loving friends know!!! Son of a gun!

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Thank You!! I hope they catch this person(s)

Stealing people's animals is beyond vile. Theft is horrible, I hope the people who did this are swiftly caught and all the snakes and beardies are returned ASAP.

This kindof makes me wonder...would it be cost-effective for me as a small-time hobbyist to start microchipping my snakes? My dog is chipped, and I plan to get my cats done sometime this fall...I wonder if I could either get my snakes done or get the means to do it myself. The thought of people stealing my Balls makes my blood run cold.

I will be more than happy to look for these snakes, ill take a look on craigslist as much as possjble in different areas, im from north nj so im not too far away. Do you have or can you get pictures of as many of the snakes as possible so we can maybe check for specific markings in the patterns if we can pictures of snakes being sold in the area.

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Originally Posted by DJ_Bizarre

I will be more than happy to look for these snakes, ill take a look on craigslist as much as possjble in different areas, im from north nj so im not too far away. Do you have or can you get pictures of as many of the snakes as possible so we can maybe check for specific markings in the patterns if we can pictures of snakes being sold in the area.

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I am still working on trying to get those it has been a crazy day for john and his family.

Video of it from the acutal news site.


http://www.wgal.com/video/24643764/index.html

Year after next, we plan to start microchipping our hets, and any animal worth over 1K.

My husband's already planning some diabolical techie smart house security system, due to hearing stories like this one.

The range of snakes they took makes me wonder if they actually plan to sell them at all, though...this could be a thief setting themselves up as a breeder. If they kept them for one or two years, they have quite the little starter kit, there. >_>

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

Year after next, we plan to start microchipping our hets, and any animal worth over 1K.

My husband's already planning some diabolical techie smart house security system, due to hearing stories like this one.

The range of snakes they took makes me wonder if they actually plan to sell them at all, though...this could be a thief setting themselves up as a breeder. If they kept them for one or two years, they have quite the little starter kit, there. >_>

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Yeah I think thats whats gonna happen but there is always a possibility the thief or thieves are gonna try and sell them for the fast money.

I could help in this a little bit. I'm a big time craigslist fan and am always looking in all of the local pet sections, Philadelphia, Lancaster, Jersey Shore, South Jersey, Delaware, if I see any thing, I'll let you know. I also check on Ebay classifieds sometimes.

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Originally Posted by Kyle@theHeathertoft

This kindof makes me wonder...would it be cost-effective for me as a small-time hobbyist to start microchipping my snakes? My dog is chipped, and I plan to get my cats done sometime this fall...I wonder if I could either get my snakes done or get the means to do it myself. The thought of people stealing my Balls makes my blood run cold.

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About all it would do is allow you to prove a snake is yours, if you found the snake. If i buy a snake form someone, i don't check it for microchips. I think your money would be better invested in stopping someone from doing the stealing in the first place, home security system, cameras, or something like that

Yep, chips are great for proving the animal's ID, but you'd still have to find the animal and scan it. It's still useful. Be aware that your snake needs to be a certain size before they will chip it in most cases, although I'm certain some folks will chip at whatever size they want.

I hope they find the theives, people just disgust me sometimes.