Breeding Ribbon Snakes?

[joeysgreen]

I saw LLL Reptiles once at a NARBC show in Illinois. They had about 50 animals in stacked deli cups labeled "desert lizards", and included an assortment of whiptails, sceloporus, horned lizards and collared lizards, all sickly, dehydrated, and scared out of there wits. That's what I see when I see LLL and why I'm quick to spread the word.

[Albert Clark]

I saw LLL Reptiles once at a NARBC show in Illinois. They had about 50 animals in stacked deli cups labeled "desert lizards", and included an assortment of whiptails, sceloporus, horned lizards and collared lizards, all sickly, dehydrated, and scared out of there wits. That's what I see when I see LLL and why I'm quick to spread the word.

Maybe those animals were scheduled for quarantine? Are you absolutely sure they were for sale? Maybe they were scheduled to be examined by a herp vet when they got back to California? If they were in "stacked deli cups" then were they on display to be sold? Did you inquire about the physical condition of these animals? I found LLL to be rather forthcoming when I inquired about specific animals on their "for sale" lists. Are you "spreading the word" fairly bc of a single observation that wasn't really qualified by any actual dialogue with the LLL reps and salespeople? Yeah , they have been scrutinized in the past and even the more recent past for problems with customers for different reasons ,but when you are dealing with millions of customers and animals you are bound to have some that are dissatisfied. Some of the animals may get sick, it happens. That's why I said read the b.o.i. threads and their terms of service before buying. Buyer beware is true for every scenario when purchasing any animal. It doesn't matter who the breeder is.