Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
I've bought a couple from Craigslist with OKish results. First one I bought, the guy was actually the one that produced the snake and knew the hets, what it was feeding on, and was very informative. He's not a large production breeder. I've seen him once since when we were both working a repticon.

My second experience the owners barely knew anything about their snake. They had him over 2 years, in an enclosure way to big for him, no heat at all provided, and was still feeding him the same thing as when they bought him (a fuzzy mouse). He didn't even have a name, they just called him "the snake". His tank was clean and well kept but very clueless owners. He's been a great little guy.

I hate inquiring about an ad that is older and the seller gets pissy that you are inquiring about it because "that snake sold along time ago". Well take your ad down if it sold and you don't want people still contacting you.
Your second experience reminds me of a local gun retailer in my area. The shop owner is keeping a ball python in a glass merchandise case, with a thin layer of wood shavings as a substrate, no heat, no hide and a very small water bowl that was empty the two times I visited the shop. I asked one of the employees about the snake and it's living conditions and the guy said the owner use to sell Colt Python guns in that case with the snake. I guess the snake was considered to be nothing more than a sales prop. I asked an employee about the snake and he said the owner does feed it and gives it water but he didn't know how often.