Stolen Balls!!!!

This is someone I consider a friend in the reptile community and has helped me out along the way. So I am asking that all you guys keep an eye out for anything that seems like a rediculous good deal coming out of the eastern pa area.
YouTube - Stolen Snakes!!!!!!!!

Keep an eye out on craigslist, then let the police set up a sting operation like they did in Ca.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Keep an eye out on craigslist, then let the police set up a sting operation like they did in Ca.

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Yeah for sure! I am working on getting a list of what all was taken and hopefully some pics of each.

I'm in South Jersey, and frequent Philly, so its something I could be on the watch for...let me know what I should be lookin for.

Wow, thats crazy. Why would someone go into a reptile rescue place and take a bunch of snakes? Is it because they wan't pet snakes? Sell them? Breed them?? Who knows. I want those people cought. Now.

dang sorry to hear about you getting robbed.
i rember before i found this forum on doing searches on ball pythons there was a guy in if i rember right Arizona who got his whole collection stolen estimated at over a million dollar or something like that and saw it took the cops like 10 years or so to find out all who was involved. hope your babies get back to you quickly and when you find out who did it you ought to post his pix or their pix on all the forums so he or they can't do it as easily again. glad i was talked into putting in ADT system earlier this year.

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Originally Posted by ice#1

dang sorry to hear about you getting robbed.
i rember before i found this forum on doing searches on ball pythons there was a guy in if i rember right Arizona who got his whole collection stolen estimated at over a million dollar or something like that and saw it took the cops like 10 years or so to find out all who was involved. hope your babies get back to you quickly and when you find out who did it you ought to post his pix or their pix on all the forums so he or they can't do it as easily again. glad i was talked into putting in ADT system earlier this year.

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This wasn't me who got them stolen but a good friend. I am just getting the info out there to try and help out. As soon as I get the list of what all was taken it will be posted!

The list of snakes that were stolen are as follows:

3 female pastels- 437g,583g,610g
1 Albino Male- 545g
2 Mojave Males- 831g,421g
1 Bumblebee Male- 348g
1 Spider Male- 512g
1 Pastel Male- 520g
1 Axanthic- 2009
1 Ghost-2009
1 Butter Male- 2010
2 Spider Females- 2009
1 Mojave Female- 2009

1 Albino Boa

2 Bearded Dragons
There is a reward for information leading to the arrest to whoever did this!!!!!

That's some B.S., will keep eyes open bro.

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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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.

Man, hope the criminal is caught soon! It's just sad that people would steal animals, and from a rescue at that! The list makes it looks like they'll breed them though rather than sell 'em, and the boa could've been an impulse grab

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

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

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Hmmmm...my roommate is concerned about the neighborhood we're moving in to (it's perfectly safe but she's a little paranoid) so I've considered a large dog.

Nothing spells "deterrent" like an actual guard dog.

YEA SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT THE CRAIGSLIST THING WORKS I NOT OVER A YEAR AGO ONE OF MY PIT BULL PUPS WAS STOLEN FROM ME AN I WAS SCARED BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO TRY AN FIGHT MY BELOVED PUP SO I INFORMED THE POLICE AN ABOUT A WEEK LATER THERE WAS AN ADD THAT SAID BREED FIGHTING PUPPY SAYING THAT MY PUP CAME FROM A FIGHTING LINE AN :rage:HE DIDN'T EVEN BREED IT I HATE STUPID PPL