HELP! Gravid Female Suddenly Passed

[Albert Clark]

No, she was a local pickup. I've had snakes shipped before but never gravid, and I knew that would be especially too stressful for her. I thought a short travel wouldn't be too bad, but maybe I was just ignorant to the amount of stress that a short trip and change of location can cause for a gravid snake... I feel so bad for her.

I just think that the seller could have sold her to you, ok. But keep the gravid female in his possession until the clutch drops, he could’ve advised you on the egg count and worked something out there as far as the incubation of the eggs. It seems as your excitement about receiving the reptile and the seller making a sale the true needs of the animal got skewed. It’s a buyer beware situation and a lesson learned for the future. Sorry again.