Quote Originally Posted by sho220 View Post
Then again, they may know exactly what they have.

Hate to be a downer, but
1) how do you know it's a female?
2) an adult female at only 800 odd grams? Either he was maintenance feeding her or she's a picky eater...no fun there...
3) I hope you have "her" in QT...being a Craigslist pickup...chances are "she" was kept in a tank with the other two he was trying to unload...


and to Gabe...did you see a pic of the 80 dollar Pastel male? I'd gladly pay 80 bucks for the right one...Pastels are incredibly common...great looking Pastels aren't...

So many people in this hobby are obsessed with saving a buck...
Well I'm waiting for a probe kit to make sure she is a female. However the snake is pretty long almost 4 feet. now while males do get that long it is more common for females to be this long. additionally he said he hadn't been feeding her very well as he couldn't afford to, which is why she is so skinny. And when i first got her I checked out the area from her vent to the end of the tail and it was shorter which is another indicator of a female. When I went to pick her up your thoughts did cross me mind but I put these together and I lean to believing the guy.

I also have a pin and pastel that I picked up at an expo and have never sexed and while I bought them as females they could be males. I also bought a female boa on kingsnake thats suppose to be 100%aney 66% kahl albino and she could be none of those thing. I also bought a het pied pair on craigslist that I still haven't sexed, they could both be males or both be females, or not even be het pieds.

I guess what I'm trying to say is you can't really trust anyone, you always hear of popular "big breeders" mis-sexing snakes, and some times even worse you receive a snake with mites or an RI. So I try not to be a downer, and yes all these thoughts cross my mind, but I think I'd rather get screwed over by a dude on craigslist then a "notable" person on fauna classifieds, kingsnake, or at an expo, just my opinion.