Yafe - Albino Carpet Progression Thread

[Sauzo]

I had Vicky my boa puke up water on me after i picked her up after she drank a bunch of water years ago lol. Not a fun experience haha.

Anyways, most breeders will not pay for vet expenses. That is rather standard. Sounds like this breeder is going to work with you so that is a plus but i would not expect any huge compensation. The main reason is once the snake leaves the breeder's hand, he has no control over it anymore so you cant lay sole blame to him. And FedEx and UPS as we all know, dont give a squat about the packages be it live or otherwise.

As for no heat pack, i have had lots of reptiles shipped to me with and without heat packs. It mostly boils down to you and the breeder getting in touch via phone or text and checking the weather forecast for your area and his on the days of shipment. The problem is overheating a reptile will kill it or damage it much faster than being too cool for a day or two. And this is especially true of baby snakes who can heat up very quickly especially in a little 7x7x7 box. When i got Alex, he was held over for two days in Indiana. The breeder and I talked during the whole process from start to finish and when we both compared weather forecasts and temps, we felt a heat pack was a good idea but he placed a piece of styrofoam between the pack and the snake so it would diffuse the heat so the snake wouldnt overheat.

As for the RI, like mentioned, if it was bubbling at day two, i tend to think that the snake already had something going on especially if he was stargazing on day two.

Not sure who the breeder was but with so many in the 'cookie jar' with from what it sounds like 2 people at least on emails, I would be leary. I deal with small time breeders who generally will take better care of their animals and are much easier to deal with as far as getting responses and decisions go. There is no 'chain of command'. It's you directly dealing with the breeder. Like my little red no GTP, I got him from Justin Wilbanks who is a recreational breeder that just loves GTPs. He isnt in it for the money so his focus is the animals themselves and he can follow and check up on every animal he ships and follows up. He asks me for photos of Alex and still talks to me and actually wants to buy Alex back if he turns out like dad lol.

Anyways, good luck with the snake and it should go ok.


Oh and the breeder did have good advice for early RI symptoms. Usually you can bump up the temps and humidity for a tropical snake and it will help their immune system kick into overdrive to fight the RI. Same thing with meds, be sure to bump the temps up a few degrees so it speeds up the snakes metabolism to get the medicine coursing through him. But in your case, with the bubbles and it sounding like advanced RI, a vet is a must.