The Craigslist in my area is so depressing

[Lizardlicks]

I actually decided to take a look on Craigslist, that's where I've gotten most of my pets from. I searched ball pythons and came across a guy selling a male bumblebee & pinstripe for $125 I decided to go pick them up. The setup he had the snakes in were a 10 gallon tank with a branch and newspaper.... I was shocked. I got them home and set up their tanks with aspen bedding, hides, a big water dish, and a heat lamp. The bumblebee reacted to the heat lamp like he had never felt heat before and stuck his head right where it was then got right on his log near the heat, relaxed, and yawned. It was the cutest thing ever! The pinstripe I got is actually huge! I have to ugrade his tank ASAP! When I put the water dish in he went up to it and started drinking then literally dunked his whole head in! He's pretty tame though & the bumblebee is going through a bad shed so I've been trying to help him :/

AW dang well at least those babies got a happy ending!

[Daigga]

The craigslist in my area isn't anything special either way. Sometimes I see nice morphs for nice prices, and then sometimes I see people trying to sell normals for ridiculous prices. Like, 120 for a baby to 200 for an unsexed adult. There are shady ads, of course, and I usually make it a point to avoid any ads that don't include pictures (Today's suspicious no-image ad is a calico with no white as well as a gold blush mojave, among others).

Still, I got 3 of my girls off my local craigslist, so not all the ads are junk. It's all about knowing what to look for and what questions to ask.

[Lizardlicks]

There is a guy on here trying to sell a Dumeril's boa and a bp as a cohabited pair that he refuses to split up. Didn't even spell Dumeril's right smh I don't even know if there ARE any breeders in my area other than that one. Google hasn't been very helpful.

[Daigga]

Here's a fun CL description for you (no ad, no location, just the way the seller describes the snake);

It's half special ball python breed pide and half normal

[Lizardlicks]

Haha wut

[C2tcardin]

OMG, I decided to check the CL here and I'm rolling on the floor laughing. One listing is asking $300 for a 55gal tank with a ball python but doesn't mention if its a normal or a morph. Another listing has a picture with a snake covered in stuck shed pieces and in the description it says the snake is about to shed that's why it looks so dark. Huh? The rest were just as bad and almost all trying to get big bucks for a normal, perhaps I should reconsider my sons normal and plug it into one of my future breeding projects, heck if I could get $150 bucks for a normal too I could cash in! LOL

[MontyAndMelissa]

I'm afraid to look at my local Craigslist... Lol.

[MontyAndMelissa]

Omg *facepalm* just looked at my Craigslist... "Ball python male, 13 ft, but needs good home. Comes with glass box and lamp. Nothing else. $300"

If it is indeed a ball, why doesn't it have a hide? And why is it 13 ft? There is something wrong with that snake.

[Lizardlicks]

Omg *facepalm* just looked at my Craigslist... "Ball python male, 13 ft, but needs good home. Comes with glass box and lamp. Nothing else. $300"

If it is indeed a ball, why doesn't it have a hide? And why is it 13 ft? There is something wrong with that snake.

omg maybe they were sold a retic that was advertized as a ball by mistake? They look kind of similar as babies, I can see someone in a petshop putting some in a wrong holding tank and suddenly you got a monster snake a few years later.

[MontyAndMelissa]

omg maybe they were sold a retic that was advertized as a ball by mistake? They look kind of similar as babies, I can see someone in a petshop putting some in a wrong holding tank and suddenly you got a monster snake a few years later.

No joke. I saw the pictures, it looks like a retic. But before I saw the pictures my jaw dropped when I saw "ball python" and "13 ft" in the same post. I'm sure they were sold the snake thinking it wouldn't get bigger than 5 ft... They had a big surprise coming.