International Snake Orders?

[Simpson Balls]

Does anyone know how to ship in or know anyone that ships in wild caught snakes for cheap. I am just wondering because a guy was trying to sell me snakes and said to me the reason he was selling them was because he was getting a huge international order of Wild caught Balls. Does anyone on this forum know where to get these snakes. The guy told me they were dirt cheap.
I know I may have to ship in big orders and I am fine doing so if I find a breeder that is not a fake,

Daniel

[Denial]

Be careful theres a bunch of scammers out there

[Simpson Balls]

Be careful theres a bunch of scammers out there

I know but I am trying to find a trustworthy breeder.

Daniel

[dr del]

Daniel,

Do you have the wherewithal to quarantine, house and take care of that number of snakes that may need vet treatment and will probably not have eaten etc?

Especially if they are actually wild caught rather than captive farmed - they are "dirt cheap" for a reason.

Bear in mind you may have to house some of them longterm if you cannot sell them.

It can be a very, very involved process and could potentially go wrong for you and the animals.

You may well have thought of all this and have the caging for several hundred ball pythons all ready to go etc but I thought I would mention it anyway.


dr del

[Bruce Whitehead]

I could not agree with Del more... I have two WC girls that had been brought in gravid, the eggs were collected, and they were getting flipped to a pet store.

Two years in and these girls are NOT thriving, and it is not from lack of work and attention.

Snakes brought in as *bush babies* under around 600-800g can acclimate, but adults are very tricky, and I would not recommend it.

CH snakes, I do not have a problem with that.

But if your goal is to raise these WCs as part of your collection, then expect ticks, mites, and parasites. And depending on how they were collected scars and burns as well. Huge QT and expensive vet bills. Not so cheap in the long run.

If your other goal is to bring them in and sell them, then you are passing on a huge headache to the new keepers.

You can get bags of unsexed, or all male or all female CH babes for a reasonable price. They get them for cheaper, but they are also importing in the 1000's and then moving the lot (pet stores, breeders, etc). Usually they come in bags of 10.

Several people in CAN import and are legit and have been doing so for years. Use a middle man such as this.

Bruce

[Shawn]

I have a guy in NY that I know that normally gets in 2-5 hundred hatchlings at a time and because of the size of the order, he gets them for only about 5 bucks each. many of them do not make it , but for the ones that do and the price he sells them at he makes a profit. it is this type of reason you can get them at the shows for 10-15 bucks. now the other thing you have to think of is are you in it for the money or the animals.

[Simpson Balls]

Thanks everyone for your help. If there is people out there that know people in CAN that can maybe help me get bags of babies that are not wild caught just like Bruce said bags of unsexed babies let me know.

Daniel

[SGExotics]

Thanks everyone for your help. If there is people out there that know people in CAN that can maybe help me get bags of babies that are not wild caught just like Bruce said bags of unsexed babies let me know.

Daniel

For what?

[Buttons]

For what?

Definitely not to take pics to show us!

[Simpson Balls]

For what?

Helping me think of it in a different way,

Daniel