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We jsut recieved out 1st "breeding" snake, a DH Sunglow male, about 5.5ft long, DOA(dead on arrival)... its so sad, i was so excited to have a new addition to our family. He was shipped DHL, so no problems there. We are getting a refund,and the guy who sold him to us is a really nice guy, but that isnt what matters. We are bummed out now.

Ronald
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0.0.1 Pastel
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 DH-Sunglow


Clicky Clicky

Bummer!!! What do you think went wrong??

Best of luck!

Chris
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Chris Smith
Contact
Captive Bred Herps

I have heard that DHL sucks. If I was buying a higher dollar animal, I would use the airlines. Sorry to hear the bad news....

In the future we will definately look into that, we had heard DHL was reliable, and the seller has been using them forever so we assumed, but at least the seller is a really nice guy. Thank you Richard Wilson. He is very nice & is sending us a comperable snake.

Regards
Ronald & Jamie
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0.0.1 Pastel
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 DH-Sunglow


Clicky Clicky

Even though he was fed over 5 days ago he vomitted up his last meal. The bag he came in was soaked with vomit and urine. It was just a huge mess.
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0.0.1 Pastel
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 DH-Sunglow


Clicky Clicky

Hmmmmmm, might explain it, I use DHL all the time and never had a problem but I ALWAYS ship em empty, they don't defecate, they don't ship!! Also use Delta Dash, same thing, not empty, not ship!!
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

hear the seller is coming through for you.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

when we sell our offspring we will remember that, thanks for the tip.

Regards,
Ronald & Jamie
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0.0.1 Pastel
0.1 Het Albino
1.0 DH-Sunglow


Clicky Clicky

That stinks. Sorry to hear about that Ronald. Hope everything works out for you man.

Jason Gonzalez

So sorry to hear that! that sucks ! take care and god bless steve

I have only ever recieved one shipment from DHL and the guy knocked on the door, set the box down (Sig. Required), and headed for the truck. When I came to the door I shouted to him don't I need to sign for this? He said don't worry about it, and went on his way....Now I know this doesn't reflect the company as a whole, but once is enough to discourage me from using them to ship my animals.

Chris
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Chris Smith
Contact
Captive Bred Herps