Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
Wow, very unfortunate circumstances...and this is why I recommend that food is not re-offered to other snakes. It's not such a big risk if you've had all
of your snakes for a long time and all appear healthy, but with a new snake- never. Many people DO re-offer rejected feeders & I've seen it mentioned in
posts all the time, but that doesn't make it a good practice as you've found out the "hard way".
Thank you, for this and your other comments! I wish I had known this to begin with. I will be doing this going forward.
I've fallen so hard for reptile keeping because I like minding the husbandry and keeping them clean, so I had hoped this would never happen to me. I never imagined a breeder would sell a snake that could be sick, or in this case, not warn me when they knew there was a chance a snake I bought could get sick. I know it's buyer beware, but these are living things and I thought breeders would care more. Big wake up call.