Any ideas what this poor kinked snake is?

[jclaiborne]

OP, I highly suggest getting that animal away from that owner and finding an interested breeder in CA, the last thing we need is someone to find that burm in a shipping box across the border, in the hands of a child, or in a backyard.

X2...find out if it truely is a kink and how bad it is...there are reptile shops down in SD that would take the reptile in as well. If you are not up to contacting the seller I will give it a shot and see if he will "surrender" it might be a long shot but worth a try. I leave the country in a week so I can't be of any help after that.