Actually thats not what I said...What I did say is that alll the big time breeders will advise you to scrutinize people to the fullest before buying a ball python, but they do no research when selling their valuable morph to someone...In general, any old joe with the money to buy a snake can...Point being the seller wouldn't have the snakes to breed if people were more careful with their snake lines (overbreeding, irresponsible selling etc) and we wouldn't be in this mess...every breeder knows their snakes are going to bred 90% of the time, but no blame falls on them for irresponsible selling, but for anyone to buy "any old joe's" snake now that the breeder got his money, is highly advised against by....wait for it...the big breeder...and the poor snakes are still stuck sleeping in urine with no chance of a better home...and I like to give people the benefit of the doubt until I speak to them and see where their heads at...like I said before...this picture alone is not enough for me to completely dismiss the seller or the snakes...whats the risk $600 and a $300 trip to the vet...whats the reward...a great pet...hopefully a great breeder...and from what I see...a pretty nice high contrast albino project for a decent price if that's what you're looking for...


Tosha,
Those cages are definietly alot worse than the one we're talking about...looks like month old newspaper...the picture thats up looks like it could be pee from that day, last night whatever..but I'm sure those pics are from someone reputable that will have no problem selling their snake bc everyone will give them the benefit of the doubt because it's a "big breeder." But to answer your question I'd need to know the price, where I found them, any references, and speak to the seller on the phone...thats a big deal for me....but if someone wants to sell me a bumblebee or pied half price and the pic is in one of those cages...sue me but I'd think about it and go through the motions as I discussed above...

Sincerely,
the other devils advocate