Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
Sounds like the shop are a bunch of <insert appropriate descriptive or use my chosen term: "shysters">.
It's amazing how frequently shops do stuff like this. I guess lesson learn if they don't let you handle the snake it's time to walk away. Anyway, now you're on the forum you can pick up contacts with decent breeders.

And if you don't mind, can you pm me the name of the shop so I can be sure to avoid them?
Unfortunatley, its not just shops that do it. I purchased some Garters from Jason Stoots which had mites. To my surprise, this was his response and I quote "Damn man, I am truly sorry about that. I treated them a few weeks ago, and I had not seen any since. I feel very bad about that, it was not my intention to send her if I thought she still had any. Out of the snakes you bought she was the only one in the rack that had an outbreak. Again, I am very sorry, if it helps at all, I'll send you $20 or a can of provent a mite from work?? I just feel really bad.
Just let me know." After spending several hundreds dollars, THAT ANSWER IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE. Anyway, you really have to be careful my friends. Reputation, not a big name or a big fancy website but REPUTATION is everything in this hobby. Mike Panichi