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So,anybody here buy the adult trio that was there??

For the experts: Did they look legit.....????

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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

...lol take it easy people.hey lloyd what was the trio going for?and their age?hard to tell in that first pic but the second pic from above looks legit to me.what was thew backgroud info on those(locale,breeder,etc.)
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"with head raised regally,and gazing at me with lidless eyes,he seemed to question with flicks of his long forked tongue my right to trespass on his territory" Carl Kauffeld

Oh,heck,those are my 2005 babies from Suncoast Herpetological,bred by Mr Ginter, not the ones from the show. I was just adding some atmosphere to the post. Sorry.

I don't remember who was selling them but they looked like two big adults and a smaller(2 year old??) female. I think the asking price was $1500.
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

The trio was going for $1500 and the breeder was Tim Thomas. At a casual glance, they looked legit but was not really interested in them since I live in Texas anyway.

Scott Robinson

well, i am no expert but to me they did not look straight up. i could have been wrong. i asked (politely) where the animals originated, the vendor offered a name i was not familiar with. i said thanks and away i went.
no name recognition, no paper trail to follow, no thanks.

$1500 would be good for a legit breeding age trio.

daveb

I did not ask any questions of the seller,but someone whispered in my ear that he thought they looked as if they had a lot of bullsnake influence so I passed.....
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Lloyd Heilbrunn

Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.

If someone buys P. ruthveni without a paper trail that they check on and is reasonable possible, they deserve the hybrids they are likely purchasing.

If a breeder won't supply an answer to people's questions IN PRINT, doubt their word.......

In other words, if they don't look right and y'all don't have a paper trail, I think the assumption that there is no evident to demonstrate that they are probably pure is a safe one! It doesn't mean they aren't - it just means they should not bne assumed to be such.

I'd never buy one at Daytona, anyway, so I really couldn't comment on them even I'd have wasted my time attending that show. Sorry.
KJ