my new addition to my family!!! A lavender

[Sloanreptiles]

Wow that's shocking that Ryan would sex it wrong. He is a local here and we have done business a few times and everything we have gotten has been properly sexed. Hopefully you get everything worked out!

[Jason Bowden]

What a beauty! Hope the male /female screw up is taken in consideration by the seller. I wonder how often that happens. I don't think it should ever happen with such a high end snake.

[mpkeelee]

wow, thats pretty messed up. well maybe u can breed and make ur money back or sell it and make some of ur money back. good luck. let us kno if we can help

[bammer838]

Im bummed that the lavender is a male. That's all I can say. What is shocking is I found out it was a male 40 days after my purchase from Josh platt and he does not and will not make it right that he sold me a male advertised as a female. Clockwork claims that they had many people pop it to determine the sex. Hemipenes and sperm plugs do not grow on a female (sarcasm). It's just shocking that I have paid big money for a snake that no one wants to come forward and make good with this huge error. I would make a mistake like this right just to keep my reputation good. It will pay off later. Just my 2 cents.

I guess even with big money breeders like clockwork I need to sex my animals to double check the gender.

[bammer838]

Wow that's shocking that Ryan would sex it wrong. He is a local here and we have done business a few times and everything we have gotten has been properly sexed. Hopefully you get everything worked out!

Ryan said he could find a buyer for it. I guess I would rather keep this male since his coloring is exceptional. It is a shame because I have to wait 2 years to breed this male to my Lav female or find older lavs which are hard to get. My hets will not be ready for another year or two as well.

I wanted to breed this "female" to a reduced pattern clown male this year. It did not work out when it turned out to be a male.

The best I can hope for is to find some females co-doms and breed him to them if Im lucky enough to find some.

[bammer838]

wow...that sux. if it came from RDR, then u bought it off justin as a female, i wonder who got it wrong. how did u find out it was male?? sorry for the surprise, hope u get some money back or something

I found out it was a male when I paired the Lav with a reduced pattern clown male and the Lav began to hiss and became combative towards the clown.
My buddy Lou rodriguez can verify this because it was his clown and my Lav. He witnessed the event. He sexed the Lav and that was it "hemipenes and all"

[bammer838]

Maybe try the Board of Inquiry over on Fauna Classifieds and see if they can help resolve it. I'm sorry this happened, even though it is still a beautiful snake...

I acquired the snake through kingsnake from Josh platt who bought it from clockwork reptiles.

[Big Gunns]

Im bummed that the lavender is a male. That's all I can say. What is shocking is I found out it was a male 40 days after my purchase from Josh platt and he does not and will not make it right that he sold me a male advertised as a female. Clockwork claims that they had many people pop it to determine the sex. Hemipenes and sperm plugs do not grow on a female (sarcasm). It's just shocking that I have paid big money for a snake that no one wants to come forward and make good with this huge error. I would make a mistake like this right just to keep my reputation good. It will pay off later. Just my 2 cents.

I guess even with big money breeders like clockwork I need to sex my animals to double check the gender.

You can sell that snake for what you paid for it. It sucks that you may need to, but you should be able to.

Another thing. Although Clockwork may have made a mistake, they owe you nothing. You didn't buy the snake from them. For all you know they sold it to Platt for 3k, so they should have no obligation to pay you anything. Although, if BG was them, he would try and help you in some way.

When you buy a used car..... you don't go to the person who owned it before the person you bought it from to complain if you have a problem do you? Nope. Platt is the one and only one you have issues with.

ps. BG is not friends with Clockwork Reptiles. He has never knowingly done bizz with them.

[lesserlover]

She is beautiful and she has size. This is a good way to go for any breeding project.

[bammer838]

I will chalk it up as a lesson learned and take my losses. I would not ever buy anything from Josh platt again.

Don't breeders guarantee sex of the snake?
What would you do Al if you sold a snake for 5k as a female and the buyer came back to you and told you it was a male sexed incorrectly.

I have an email of the receipt from clockwork from Josh. He paid 5k 6 months ago. I wonder where the responibility lies when the animal is sexed improperly. Unfortunately, all I have this year to pair up with him is a couple of normals and a pastel. 2010 hets anyone