Have any of you ever refused to sell a reptile to a certain person?

[Gabe Rienzo]

for any reason? may be because you think they lack the experience, or because you don't believe it will go to a good home?

this has never happened to me, even when i started this hobby, and i just got to thinking what i would say to someone that told me i couldn't buy their animal lol!

anyway, have you? and why?

btw idk if this has been asked yet so... bare with me

[Scaleyz]

for any reason? may be because you think they lack the experience, or because you don't believe it will go to a good home?

this has never happened to me, even when i started this hobby, and i just got to thinking what i would say to someone that told me i couldn't buy their animal lol!

anyway, have you? and why?

btw idk if this has been asked yet so... bare with me

Yes, there is a young boy probably 11 yrs old or so, he buys his mice from me, well needless to say he just now owns his first bp. His dad bought him his first normal bp from a pet shop not too long ago, and well 1. he lets any and all his friends handle his snake and has already had plenty of mishaps with his snake because of it. He keeps asking to buy my smallest normal I own and I've told him NO. For this reason, I don't believe he is responsible enough luckily he has always found his bp in the house, but you see where I am going. So the answer is yes I have refused to sell a reptile to someone.

[gman8585]

Yes,once this guy called me about a snake I had put a ad out for. He told me he had several snakes die recently and that they had been all in one tank when they died. I immediately said oh I have to go to work now,and to call me back the next day. I then sold the snake to the next fella,a young man who had been doing his homework on snake care, I ended up selling him the normal bp. Cuz he knew his stuff for a first time snake owner and I knew the snake wouldn't end up dead. True story.

[Scaleyz]

Yes,once this guy called me about a snake I had put a ad out for. He told me he had several snakes die recently and that they had been all in one tank when they died. I immediately said oh I have to go to work now,and to call me back the next day. I then sold the snake to the next fella,a young man who had been doing his homework on snake care, I ended up selling him the normal bp. Cuz he knew his stuff for a first time snake owner and I knew the snake wouldn't end up dead. True story.

Well done!

[Homegrownscales]

Oh most definately yes! I've had quite a few experiences with just plain bad people. I refuse to have any of my animals go to a poor home. I'm sure it has and will again happen. But I'll do everything in my power to prevent against it. I still get a call 2-3 times a month from the local hoarder. I just ignore the number now. Then the person who: openly admitted he has mites, an IBD positive snake die, and his cat who apparently killed off his clutch of babies this year by getting Into his DIY rack, want my hatchlings this year and I just flat out refused. Then last April I rescued 2 balls from this woman, she called and wanted to see if I would sell her a hatchling. I laughed and hung up.

Unfortunately there are really poor pet owners and flat out bad people.
I can't prevent everything but if it means they go to a good and caring home that does their research and treats them like part of the family... I will hold on to them specially for those people. I'd rather lose a bad customer than know one of my little ones died some miserable death.


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[Gabe Rienzo]

oh wow... Me personally. I havent built a rack yet but all of my snakes have their own approipriate sized and furnished eclosure... you wouldn't believe the amount of research I did before I bought my.first bp... Down to the bulb to mimic 12/12... Iv been wanting a boa... I refuse to buy 1 cause atm I cant house a 10ft+ snake. I have a habit of building the final home before I get a 18" hatchling. Then the enclosure sits and waits till it gets bigger lmfao... I refuse to use "it just got to big" as an excuse lol... But im sure when I start breeding ill have that sitting in the back of mind.

[SquamishSerpents]

absolutely!

i sold a corn snake to a pretty young girl (14 years old, i think?) my boyfriend took the snake to deliver, and the girl's mom came and got it.

all was well, she added me on Facebook, sent me some photos, etc. the snake was doing really well.

fast forward to this girl wanting a snake from another clutch of mine. she asked if they can live in the same tank, and i told her that it's not a good idea at all, and it's very risky. pointed her here and she went on to tell me that her grandma used to breed boas, and that it was okay to keep them in the same tank so she's just going to do it.

and i had to say, "well then, if you're knowingly going to put my baby snakes in danger like that, i'm afraid i won't be selling any to you in the future."

as far as i know, the original snake she got is still living alone and doing well, so i hope it stays that way! and i hope she stops listening to her grandma, cause dammit, oldie, times have changed

[ShamelessAardvark]

Yup. My friend, about two months ago, gave me his bearded dragon because he felt he wasn't taking care of it. When I picked it up, it was malnourished, dehydrated, didn't have water in the tank, hadn't shed in a year, and didn't even have a UVB.
I took him and put all my emergency funds into getting him up to par. It was amazing to see the transformation.

Fast forward a month. I was trying to sell it and it's tank so I could buy a new snake. I ended up selling it to my cousin, who I trust very much with animals. She's taking real good care of him now, and he's even in shed, so I'm very happy with his progress.

Anyway, the day before my cousin came over to pick him up, a friend sends me a text saying they'd buy the dragon for 10x more than what my cousin was buying it for (she paid $150 for him and everything). I thought that was kinda sketch, so I asked her why she wanted it so bad. Apparently, she thought she could just buy it and give it back to my friend, the original owner. I guess the original owner saw the add I posted for it, saying it was dehydrated and malnourished when I took him in, and got really upset. He (original owner) was saying that he, 'Didn't know it was in that bad of shape.' He obviously didn't do his homework, and didn't even ask for help. I told the chick who wanted to buy it to give it back to him that she could forget about it, I'm not sending him back to his grave when I'd just pulled him out of it.

[KingPythons]

Anybody under 14... And people that would ask for papers on obvious morphs.

[Anna.Sitarski]

Yup I reserve the right to refuse a sale and have no problem doing so, I raised pug puppies once upon a time and they need some different care than most dogs and refused people, would do the same for snakes.