The 8Ball Box finally arrived.....

Well,
I thought the day would never come - the arrival of my 8Ball delivery to Ireland. I won't bore everyone with the details of CITES, Wildlife authorities, Agriculture department and Customs but after a wait that seemed like an eternity today was the day that I travelled to Dublin Airport in Ireland to pick this up.......

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/7/4/3/Box.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/7/4/3/Box1.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/7/4/3/Box2.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/files/2/7/4/3/Box3.jpg

What a package to receive and this was before I even opened the bags:

Great packaging
Lots of info on contents (feeding cards, certificates of genetics, the 8Ball t shirt)
Great snake bags

This is just a tease for what comes out of the bags......:rolleye2::banana::gj:
Tony

WOW :O

Ireland? that's too cool

well...there's one picture that kinda...gives away what's "in the bags"... :)

wow, they don't mess around. i would love to get a package like that. how long was the wait?

Nice box but how about the snakes ;)

yeah... was it empty or what?

hahah lovely box, but adam forgot the snakes!!!!! hahahahaha

This is the moment......

An '05 Normal Female
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/Normal05.jpg

An '06 100% Het Albino Female
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...etAlbino06.jpg

An '06 Spider Male
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/Spider06.jpg

An '06 Albino Male
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...3/Albino06.jpg

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Originally Posted by Street Killer

wow, they don't mess around. i would love to get a package like that. how long was the wait?

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The wait was long, probably around 12 months but the majority of that was waiting for the CITES on the US side of the "pond". Adam was brilliant during this time sending me updates on progress, pics of the snakes and reassuring me that this day would arrive!!

On the subject of Adam - as the majority here already know he is a top guy and richly deserving of his reputation for producing great looking BPs, smart and professional packaging, superb support and friendly manner - thanks Adam for a great transaction!!

Tony

Nice package to have delivered. Congrats!!!

Neil

Wow Im drooling over that albino I wanna get one so bad

Sweet snakes! I would bet that your wait seemed endless.. but look, it's over and you have some awesome snakes. Cool :)

geez, I order something on the internet and can't wait 5-7 days. I couldn't imagine waiting 12 months! That a lot of Guiness time....:)

But it looks as though it was worth the wait!

Congrats on the new arrivals Tony. I know it had to be rough having to wait that long. But I'll bet it was worth the wait. That Adam puts a fine package together. I've been on the receiving end of one of those myself. Hope to be receiving another soon if I can just get the boss (wife) to see things my way, lol.

Good luck with those gorgeous snakes.

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Originally Posted by tonymul

An '05 Normal Female
An '06 100% Het Albino Female
An '06 Spider Male
An '06 Albino Male

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gee i wonder if you have any breeding planned. haha. great snakes!

Congrats Tony! Those are lovely looking snakes. You must be thrilled to have them home all tucked up in their enclosures. :)

12 months waiting period is a bit longer than usual. Normally it's 6 months-forever lol

Seriously, it's also depend on where the document is applied. Some state send all info to CITES head office quicker than the others. When my exporter applied for re-export CH ball(when I import CH babies earlier this year), it took them 2 weeks. When they applied for CB ball, well it's been 5 months and I still haven't heard a word from them lol *sighs*

The upside of the story is that you have one of the best ball python dudes taking good care of your animals for a year :)

Seriously I think breeders in the US will have better business with oversea customers if the CITES is not such a pain in the neck.

very nice packaging, and very good looking animals. Congratz man.

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Originally Posted by hgrub

12 months waiting period is a bit longer than usual. Normally it's 6 months-forever lol

Seriously, it's also depend on where the document is applied. Some state send all info to CITES head office quicker than the others. When my exporter applied for re-export CH ball(when I import CH babies earlier this year), it took them 2 weeks. When they applied for CB ball, well it's been 5 months and I still haven't heard a word from them lol *sighs*

The upside of the story is that you have one of the best ball python dudes taking good care of your animals for a year :)

Seriously I think breeders in the US will have better business with oversea customers if the CITES is not such a pain in the neck.

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I think getting CITES is a bit of a crap shoot depending on where you apply. On the UK side of things my import application was turned around in less than a week and in the Republic Of Ireland a Wildlife License application was done in 1/2 a day!!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Congrats Tony! Those are lovely looking snakes. You must be thrilled to have them home all tucked up in their enclosures. :)

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Thanks Joanna - I am delighted to have increased my collection by more than 100% in one swoop and to have a few morphs in there makes it even better.

Outstanding snakelettes! I'm usually not much of a spider fan, but I do quite like the high white and yellow on yours. =)

Very nice critters. I'm getting itchy fingers to open up my box of 8Balls. :)

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Outstanding snakelettes! I'm usually not much of a spider fan, but I do quite like the high white and yellow on yours. =)

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Thanks - the Spider is truly amazing and looks even better than I had anticipated. All of the snakes were better than I had expected and hopefully will produce some nice babies in the years ahead.

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Originally Posted by Entropy

Very nice critters. I'm getting itchy fingers to open up my box of 8Balls. :)

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I know that feeling and had I not had to open the box for the inspection at the airport I'm not sure that I could have waited until after the 90 minute car ride home - but as you can see hats inside if worth waiting for.

nice packaging there , great snakes , just hope ours comes soon !