Bad Neck Kink

[Russell Bye]

My wife bought a super cinnamon for my Christmas present. She warned me when she gave it to me that it had been very defensive and striking. I examined the snake and discovered it had a bad neck kink and could not move well. Its head is often twisted around at weird angles and its tail is completely limp. It will not feed. It appears that is stays coiled up and defensive due to this. She told me that the breeder she ordered it from told her that it had a "minor kink and that it would not affect it in any way". I contacted the breeder and his response to me was basically he told her it had a kink and now it was our problem. I feel bad that my wife did not know anything about kinks and went by what the breeder told her. Unfortunately, I believe I will have to euthanize a snake she paid $500 for. My feeling is that snakes like this should be culled and not sold, and their genes should not be continued. I am just looking for other opinions on the subject.

[Jbabycsx]

Honestly if someone sold me that snake and said it had a “minor neck kink” I would make it my life’s mission to tarnish their reputation on the internet until they were forced to stop breeding. I would have T-shirt’s made with their logo and a picture of that “minor kink” right on the front of it. That’s just me though.


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[cletus]

I would report the breeder over at http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...splay.php?f=13 I'd say that's a tad more than minor. I could be wrong though. I don't have any kinked snakes and I'm not a breeder. But I'd stay away. That's just me.

[Jbabycsx]

Honestly if someone sold me that snake and said it had a “minor neck kink” I would make it my life’s mission to tarnish their reputation on the internet until they were forced to stop breeding. I would have T-shirt’s made with their logo and a picture of that “minor kink” right on the front of it. That’s just me though.


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I’m being a little sarcastic here but I would certainly post the situation on the various forums BOI sections so other people know. For one thing, it’s totally unprofessional to deceive a first time buyer. Not to mention they shouldn’t sell a snake with any type of kink or serious defect like that.


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[RickyNY]

I agree. Sign up at Faunaclassifieds and start a "bad guy" thread on this breeder.

[Jbabycsx]

That’s really gut wrenching to watch, especially since seeing the solid black super cinnamons are one of the things that brought me into this hobby.


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[Bogertophis]

Poor snake & rotten breeder, she was taken advantage of. That snake should NEVER have been sold, much less for $500. Lucky to give it away & should be euth'd.

Personally I'd contact the seller since they said it's your problem now...ask them if they want to reconsider a return/refund, considering the bad publicity
they'll be getting otherwise. Did she by any chance pay by credit card? I hope? (-see their rules about shady deals & refunds...) That breeder would be
begging to give me a refund, just sayin'...I'm very nice but I can be ornery too.

[MR Snakes]

Who is the breeder?

[Russell Bye]

Thank you for your input, I will follow your advise and post on Faunaclassifieds . I would like to at least educate people to watch out for problems like this. I feel this breeder does not take any responsibility for passing off snakes that should never be sold. I looked at morph market at other snakes he has sold and he has others that stated they have kinks that have sold. So I guess this is common practice for him.

[Russell Bye]

The Breeder is Steves Morphs out of Florida. She found him on Mophmarket. I pinned him pretty hard about selling a snake that needed to culled and euthanized. He continued to take the stance that the snake was fine when he sold it.