Quote Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
The 3rd party acting as broker makes it a sticky situation. Can you 100% back up an animal that has not been in your possession since before it even hatched? Is the responsibility yours or theirs, or is it shared? Who's TOS do you follow? What is your terms of service? Who chooses when an animal is ready to be sold and what guidelines are you following?

Do you have any pictures of this "well enough to be rehomed" snake so we can get an idea of its overall build and what possibly possessed this person to think assist feeding was a valid option? Saying she had several meals on her own alludes to her originally requiring assistance. If this is true, how many times was she assist fed and how many consecutive meals did she take on her own before she was sold?
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gmc6gi11z...BTt9oiGza?dl=0 The snake in question is number 6. The other pictures are the rest of the clutch. These pictures were taken two weeks before he picked her up, the snake was 2 months old. Our criteria for ready to sell is taking at least 4 meals on their own consecutively, good healthy weight, had their first shed as well as clean sheds following hat, responsive tongue flickering, clean poops, and clear eyes. No signs of any health problems.

Yes I can 100% back this third party. They watched my entire collection while I drove from Alaska to California and shipped them to me and all of my snakes were healthy and still are, they've been back in my possession since July now. Not to mention I've bought boas from her and they're beautiful healthy snakes that I've never had a problem with.

As for our TOS if its a problem proven to be our fault then reimbursement for the client but if it's not we can try to offer advice, information about where they can take their snake. The animal wasn't shipped, it was a local pick up so there was no need for a live arrival guarantee type deal he visited with the third party for well over an hour to meet the snake and took her home that day. When I say had several meals on her own that doesn't imply that she had to be assist fed before, because she didn't, I was saying that all of her meals before going to his home was strike and wrap response and normal.

We had very thorough communication with our third party during the time the eggs were incubating, hatching, and living with her along with pictures of them as they grew up.