Would You Buy?

Bman123, I put a great looking marbled, striped borneo up for adoption last year. She had been born with a tongue deformity rendering it immobile. She also, on occasion, would get a very slight twitch to her head, which was almost unnoticeable unless you were really looking for it. I would have kept her as a pet but she would only eat live (I'm guessing because of her tongue deformity) which I did not have steady access to so I had to part with her. I was actually offered more than I was asking for her by one person (not much more, but a little bit) who intended on breeding her after I had turned them down the first time and I turned them down again. True, a prospective buyer could have lied and said they were not going to breed her when they actually were but at least I did what I could by avoiding individuals that blatantly admitted to wanting to breed her. She ended up going to someone who does educational programs for much less than I had been asking. Not saying that the breeder is definitely sincere, but it is at least a possibility. Additionally the breeder I got her from claimed to have no idea of her issues but told me to go ahead and keep her if I wanted to but also promptly sent me a replacement snake of my choosing. So yes, some breeders/flippers will pull scams, but there are some people just trying to do the right thing. At least the breeder was up front about the spinning and did not try to pass it off as a breeder, which he easily could have done.

ALTownsend1, as someone who had a "special needs" snake I think you should get it if a pet is what you're looking for. It looks healthy, other than the spinning of course, and if the breeder's other animals look well taken care of then this one probably is too.

In my opinion (and this is just my opinion!)

He looks like a well-fed, healthy snake, besides the spinning. If it were me, and I came across him at that price, I would buy him. I would not breed him; some people out there might, but I personally would not. But if he is eating well and healthy otherwise, he would make a nice addition to a collection visually. And I have a soft spot for special animals. :)

I am not that well-versed in breeding extremely wobbly snakes. If I researched it more, and found that breeders do breed their wobblers without an extreme danger of the offspring being wobbly, I would maybe go for it.