Man, this is a first...

Today I received my package of what was supposed to be two high-gold subadult females. When I open the package, inside I find a 1200g+ female that is anything but high gold.

Sigh... I'm assuming someone else got my two females, so to say the least I'm not all that impressed (especially given what I paid). So... anyone else ever experience this one? Not only did I receive the wrong snake, I received the wrong number of them :eek:.

Did you contact the person you purchased them from?

If you don't mind me asking, who did you buy from?
And also, do you have the breeder/seller's contact info? I'm sure that if you talk to them they could give you a refund or ship you two other animals of the same quality. But I'm sorry to hear that man :mad:

See now I feel stupid. After posting this I went and checked on the big girl... and noticed she was moving two different ways. Turns out, the shipper put both in one bag, and the bigger female had completely wrapped the high yellow in her coils. Initially, when I took it out of the bag, it looked like one big girl. At least one of the girls is definitely high yellow... the bigger one definitely is not...

So new question... is this typical to get two snakes in one bag in a shipment? It's a first for me, I've ALWAYS received each in their own bag. To top it off... I was way off on the weights. Ahh... 9:30am and it's already been a long day :oops:.

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Originally Posted by jhall1468

See now I feel stupid. After posting this I went and checked on the big girl... and noticed she was moving two different ways. Turns out, the shipper put both in one bag, and the bigger female had completely wrapped the high yellow in her coils. Initially, when I took it out of the bag, it looked like one big girl. At least one of the girls is definitely high yellow... the bigger one definitely is not...

So new question... is this typical to get two snakes in one bag in a shipment? It's a first for me, I've ALWAYS received each in their own bag. To top it off... I was way off on the weights. Ahh... 9:30am and it's already been a long day :oops:.

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Some people will ship two snakes in one bag. But its risky. I wouldn't buy again from some one that shipped me two in one bag. I mean their what .49 each when you buy them in bulk.. :(

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Some people will ship two snakes in one bag. But its risky. I wouldn't buy again from some one that shipped me two in one bag. I mean their what .49 each when you buy them in bulk.. :(

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Exactly my thoughts... I had my reservations on ordering from the shipper. He is somewhat known in the lizard world, but BPs don't seem to be his "thing". It'll be the last time I deal with anyone I don't get a good reference from a BP breeder (a friend of mine suggested him).

Sigh... I'm just glad the bigger girl didn't constrict the smaller one to the point of death. Than I'd have a real beef. But they are both in their new homes and quite happy with it it seems, so I can't complain.

Wheeew! Glad that turned out okay in the end.

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

Wheeew! Glad that turned out okay in the end.

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Me too :D. Hopefully we'll have some pretty pastel babies this year or next ;).

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Turns out, the shipper put both in one bag, and the bigger female had completely wrapped the high yellow in her coils.

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You are lucky it could have been way worse.

Some people do ship mutiple animals in the same bag which to me is a :colbert: , just not worth taking the risk just to save 0.50$.

Can you post some pics or is it too easly for snapping pics?

I've gotten shipments of BP's with up to 10 babies per bag...but usually it is one bag, one snake!!

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

You are lucky it could have been way worse.

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I agree... the smaller of the two is a little jumpy for it too.

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Originally Posted by tracy0416

Can you post some pics or is it too easly for snapping pics?

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It's early, especially given how they were shipped. I'll snap some pics after I get a feeding out of both of them... for now they are just going to stay in quarantine and be left alone :).

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Originally Posted by monk90222

I've gotten shipments of BP's with up to 10 babies per bag...but usually it is one bag, one snake!!

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Well, I still would never ship with more than one per bag, but the risk with sub-adults is ten fold greater. These girls aren't small, and as GA said, there was a REAL risk of actually ending up with one snake in a cage and another in the freezer (or, potentially both).

After taking a closer look at the bag, it's actually a pillow case (and one of the ugliest I've ever seen). Sigh... it's alright though, from now on I'll stick to those I know treat their animals responsibly :).