It's always a hard choice / decision....



By purchasing from a well known (larger) breeder you lessen the risk but still people can and do make mistakes. In your case and others, the bigger breeder is making it right. On the flip side, the larger breeders do typically have a higher price.



Unknown or lesser known breeders typically can't sell the same animal for the same price so you can save some up front. But if there is any problem, you may be left holding the bag snake bag that is!!



Not as big a deal in visual morphs as long as you do myour homework.



The largest risk is in hets or possible hets. Heard many stories of hets not proving. And of course many possible hets do not prove as well. In both cases an unscrupulous seller could lable any old boa as a het or possible het to inflate the value. Trouble for the buyer is a lot of time can go by before the animal proves normal. Even more in the case of a female.



I only buy hets and pos hets from trusted sources. That way even in the case of possibles, I do have the chance it could prove out. Got several unproven animals in the breeding trials this year....fingers crossed!!!









And you did not get ****** if the original seller is making good on an apparent mistake.
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Thanks,





Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com







0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)

0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

26.49 BRB

20.21 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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