Hello,



I can certainly understand your concern when it comes to this matter. I can only tell you what we do to prevent this from happening... we have adopted these methods from the breeders we have purchased from...



1) Having an excess of rack systems that can be easily labeled. Snakes in the right place can rarely get confused for others (swithced while cleaning, etc.) But what happens if a snake escapes and pushes boxes open? Or an employee inadvertently swithces an animal without noticing? On to #2...



2) Photographs that are of good enough quality to match the snakes with their pictures. We find that Ball Pythons seem to be like "finger prints" each have their own identifying marks.



3) We keep record cards with a notable portion of the animal's pattern drawn on the back of each. (Thanks Ralph... I am getting better at drawing!) LOL!



In theory, if we ever had a customer call us with a pair of 100% Hets. that are not het. we would certainly be suspicious. We take a lot of care to keep all these records and we double and triple check things before the animals are shipped/sold. If that customer could send us a photo that matches the photo in our possesion and the illustration on the back of each record card then the situation would be remedied.



This would also work if we sold an animal to a customer who decided to sell it to a thrid party. That third party could contact us directly to verify the animals they are purchasing are indeed the animals that we sold to the original buyer.



We always buy Hets. from those who can provide us with these same types of records. It definitely helps you "sleep easy" when you are spending a lot of money on 100% Hets.



Hope this helps...



Thanks
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Sean Bradley

Owner : EbN

www.ExoticsByNature.com

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