Quote Originally Posted by aalomon View Post
I'll have to disagree with that. For one, buying an unstarted animal shouldn't lead to any negative feedback because the breeder didn't screw up. That's like saying you should only sell proven breeders because otherwise eventually you are going to sell an animal that doesn't breed.

Second, by selling an unstarted animal you don't face the trouble of having to mirror exactly how the breeder was feeding. I have had multiple bps that I've bought where there was some small difference between the breeders feeding style and mine and so I had to go back and try to trouble shoot what it was to get the animal to eat.

Agree 100% I have bought all stages of BP's and by far without question, the healthiest, best eaters are the ones I bought right out of the egg before their first shed and feeding. I set the conditions and they get use to the way "I" do things. I bought an entire clutch of Orange Ghosts. all but one ate great. I assist fed the no-eater twice and she kicked in on her own after that and is now up with the rest of them.
I bought a well started Lesser girl from BHB, a very well know breeder, and she ate for me once and shut down. She is VERY skittish. I may have to return her. Brian is very understanding and helpful. I think since she was well started (500 grams) and spent several months at his facility is what made her adjustment so difficult. His place is a huge warehouse where the lesser girl rarely if ever had contact with anyone. My house is a lot different than the BHB warehouse.