Snakes for "adoption" huh?

[gibbrishclown]

I have 2 Biak GTP yearlings for adoption. 1 male, 1 female. Female is very tame, the male not so much. Can't find any better looking chondros than these 2. Also have a 6 year old Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa. He is a proven breeder with papers and is 100% hand-tame. Also have an assortment of female ball pythons, leucistic leopard geckos, florida kingsnakes, normal and albino california kingsnakes, baby savannah moniters, tarantulas, scorpions, an everglades yellow rat snake, a Russian burrowing(sand) boa, and several more. All are in wonderful health. I just need to downsize the collection a bit. Can provide pictures. Please contact about adoption fees if interested.

That's a craigslist ad... I'm wondering what kind of place you all would guess this to be... before I look into those female BPs.. I know you all have to have much more diverse experiences than I do, so I want your input TIA!

[Freakie_frog]

I have 2 Biak GTP yearlings for adoption. 1 male, 1 female. Female is very tame, the male not so much. Can't find any better looking chondros than these 2. Also have a 6 year old Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa. He is a proven breeder with papers and is 100% hand-tame. Also have an assortment of female ball pythons, leucistic leopard geckos, florida kingsnakes, normal and albino california kingsnakes, baby savannah moniters, tarantulas, scorpions, an everglades yellow rat snake, a Russian burrowing(sand) boa, and several more. All are in wonderful health. I just need to downsize the collection a bit. Can provide pictures. Please contact about adoption fees if interested.

That's a craigslist ad... I'm wondering what kind of place you all would guess this to be... before I look into those female BPs.. I know you all have to have much more diverse experiences than I do, so I want your input TIA!

Could be anything from a flipper to a person selling off their reptiles. I'd be real nervous about getting any thing from someone like this. Might be fine then again it might not.

[gibbrishclown]

Could be anything from a flipper to a person selling off their reptiles. I'd be real nervous about getting any thing from someone like this. Might be fine then again it might not.

What's a flipper? Who are the people to report this to if it is indeed a bad place for these reptiles?

[Sausage]

I believe they're the "middleman" who buys reptiles and resells.

Sort of like a dealer.

[minotaur]

A flipper, according to google:

1) Flipper was a television series that ran from from 1964 till 1967 on NBC. The series was a spin-off from the 1963 movie Flipper and centered on Park Ranger Porter Ricks (played by Brian Kelly), his sons Sandy (Luke Halpin) and "Bud" (Tommy Norden), and their pet dolphin Flipper.

Perhaps the person posting the ad starred in the TV series?

But in all honesty, a flipper is someone who acquires a whole bunch of reptiles they plan on reselling as soon as they possibly can. Basically, they only have the huge collection for as long as it takes them to sell it all off. If there are bad conditions, you could actually go to your local ASPCA or police department for further investigation. Hope that helps!

[Freakie_frog]

A flipper, according to google:

1) Flipper was a television series that ran from from 1964 till 1967 on NBC. The series was a spin-off from the 1963 movie Flipper and centered on Park Ranger Porter Ricks (played by Brian Kelly), his sons Sandy (Luke Halpin) and "Bud" (Tommy Norden), and their pet dolphin Flipper.

Perhaps the person posting the ad starred in the TV series?

But in all honesty, a flipper is someone who acquires a whole bunch of reptiles they plan on reselling as soon as they possibly can. Basically, they only have the huge collection for as long as it takes them to sell it all off. If there are bad conditions, you could actually go to your local ASPCA or police department for further investigation. Hope that helps!

BINGO they buy wholesale and sell them are retail prices. Alot of times the animals are only in there place long enough to get reboxed

[minotaur]

Yes, and I would like to add that they often sell them:

They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Flying there-under, under the sea!

[gibbrishclown]

Wow, that sucks... I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that snakes and reptiles would be poorly cared for and shipped like merchandise when there are puppy mills etc doing it to the cute fluffy critters too...

Hopefully it won't be so bad I need to call anyone and hopefully I won't walk out with another snake

[Sausage]

Yeah, so I wouldn't reccommend buying from this seller unless you could maybe see the animal(s) you may want in person.

His ad sure sounds like a flipper's ad in my humble opinion.

[gibbrishclown]

Yeah, so I wouldn't reccommend buying from this seller unless you could maybe see the animal(s) you may want in person.

His ad sure sounds like a flipper's ad in my humble opinion.

Is it legal to be a flipper?