It's funny he says he's been keeping snakes for 2 years and he's experienced.. He says that he only has ball pythons. Here is a quote from him..

"12-26-2012, 11:06 PM #127
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No i have never had mites. I just have ball pythons. No mites ever. No illnesses besides some minor scale rot when I first started."


Another quote.. " But in my 2 years of keeping snakes I have learned quite a few things."

Yet he has threads on here that he has started where he doesn't know what the bulge in the lower part of the body is (needing to poop), he's worried that a 100 gram baby hasn't pooped yet, AND a recently recovered snake that had scale rot.. I wonder if this is the one and only case of sickness he claims in the other forum? The one that happened when he first started out? But he only has ball pythons and has been keeping snakes for 2 years.. If there were other snakes aside from the large group he just bought in the last month, which came from different people and are being "quarantined" in the same rack, what happened to them in the last 2 years? Wouldn't you know the signs of a snake that's ready to defecate if you'd been keeping them that long? Wouldn't you know that they don't poop very often? Especially babies that absorb most of their food?


As for the rest if the fauna thread, I read the entire thing and I don't believe a word he says. I believe the killer bee was fine those 19 days in his possession (as he previously stated it was) until he force fed it water a day after it had eaten on its own. I believe something must have happened to cause the wobble to get worse. The way he's treating it in the videos does not help. He's exasperating the issue. We all know how the spider wobble works. She also could have aspirated some water which would have made her worse. He claims he put the water only in her mouth.. Well, the trachea is IN the mouth.. Which is why tube feeding, if absolutely necessary, must be done in the stomach.. The snake wasn't dehydrated but if it had been, doing this would not have helped at all. In severe cases of dehydration there are a few steps to follow including soaking, raising humidity, and administering fluids either under the skin via injection, or tiny amounts tubed into the stomach. I also have to wonder if she suffered from CSS or HSS. He could have overheated her. He admitted having an issue with his rack and overheating some other snakes but claimed she was not in that rack. He also admitted that she was not on consistent heat the first couple days.

What do you believe? Especially after reading the entire thread, seeing everything unfold, and knowing the snake was fine and eating well for over 2 weeks..

Non of this was necessary for this snake. Looking at his threads here it looks like he's just googling and asking on forums, then trying stupid stuff on his own and causing damage.

Since 1995 I've probably only physically seen any one of my snakes drinking water maybe a couple dozen times. Does that worry me? No. I know they get much of their moisture from food. I know they prefer to take a drink right after a meal. I know they are nocturnal and usually drink when I'm not watching. Etc..

Oh I could go on but it's frustrating.

All of this combined with all the dirt the fauna members were able to pull up on him leads me to believe this is not someone I'd ever want to do business with.

You really need to take the time to read the entire thread. It's something. Wow.