Thanks all for the advice, unfortunately the little snake died a couple hours later I'm new to sexing, but I tried my hand at it post mortum, and it was one of the females, so at least I still have 1.1

I called the guy after the snake passed, and he was very accomodating over the phone, and said he will send me another one. It would be tempting to ask for a refund instead, but this is one of my favorite species and is fairly hard to come by... If this new one isn't healthy I will certainly be asking for a refund, and either way I will not be doing business with these people again...

In his defense the weather where they were shipped from is very hot, so if they had used a heat pack the snakes would have fried...

Also, with how far gone the snake was when I got it, I can't tell if the saggy appearance along the spine was due to starvation or massive body cramps/spasms... Either way, live and learn. I will not risk doing business with these people a second time.

Thanks again for your input
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1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas Nico, Tally
0.1 Amazon Tree Boa
1.0 Carpet X Diamond Python, Steve
1.0 Ball python, Stan (Rescue)
1.0 Blood python, Porthos
1.1 Baby Fox snakes
1.0 Northern Blue Tongue, Jabbi
0.0.1 Red Tegu, Sushi
1.1 Mali Uromastyx, Ajani (rescue), Goober
0.0.1 Egyptian Uromastyx, Ahktep
1.0 Leopard gecko, Frank (rescue)
1.0 Red eared slider, Spunky (rescue)
1.0 African mud turtle, Francois the Tortois (rescue)
1.0 African bullfrog, Grendel
1.0 Husband (WC) who approves of my addiction

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