Business ethics question

[norse79]

OK... Situation goes as follows:

You buy a proven breeder morph female.
The previous owner and buyer are unaware of the female being gravid.
A month after receiving the animal, she lays an average sized clutch.

What do you do?

[snakesRkewl]

Happened to me last year, the guy called me and offered me a male black pastel from the clutch that included 2.1 black pastels and 1.0 normal after the clutch hatched.
I was very happy with his offer.
The female only bred a couple of times and I sold her, my loss.

[wilomn]

She's yours. What she produces is yours. What you do with those babies is yours to decide. If no provisions were made such a scenario ensue, then the deal was finished when payment was accepted.

[Vypyrz]

I would say that if neither is aware that the snake is gravid, then the buyer has all claims to offspring. However, I also think it would also be a nice gesture to at least notify the seller that the snake was gravid and at least offer some of the offspring back. You never know, the seller may return the favor when you get ready to purchase another snake and come up a few dollars short. Just my opinion...

[wolfy-hound]

I think the same. Rightfully the buyer owns the female.. and that includes any eggs inside her, her follicles for future eggs, and the poop in her gut.

But if it happened to me, I'd probably offer something back to the seller, to make it feel more fair to ME. But I wouldn't think I HAD to. Keeping the whole clutch should be well within the rights of the buyer.

[MarkS]

and the poop in her gut.

Hehe, that made me laugh. If the seller is making any demands, maybe you can send him some of that...

You paid for her, she's yours. So are all the offspring she produces, what you decide to do with them is up to you. End of story.

[Ham]

The seller has absolutely no rights to the offspring whatsoever.

Thats my opinion...

But its always nice to be nice.

[iCandiBallPythons]

She's yours. What she produces is yours. What you do with those babies is yours to decide. If no provisions were made such a scenario ensue, then the deal was finished when payment was accepted.

x2 this is my opinion, Its not like you buy a car from someone, trade it in on a new one and the guy you bought the old car from wants to drive your new car around

[bad-one]

Boy, I'd be kicking myself so hard if I unknowingly sold a gravid female!

I agree though, once she is in the buyers hands, she and all her offspring are technically the buyers.

[dxkiraxn]

If I were the buyer, I would probably tell the seller what had happened and offer the seller some of the clutch or at least some info about what happened and an update. This could also make the relationship better between you and the seller, assuming the seller seems rather nice.