Afrocks are not for the meek of spirit nor inexperienced keeper. If the seller will not take it back, perhaps your friend can find a reptile rescue that will place this snake with someone who really wants it and can care for it.

Some friends found an 11 footer that had been abandoned in a state park in Connecticut. (I shudder to think about why it was released.) They took it home, set it up in an appropriate enclosure (they breed burms). It was fairly tractable until they cured it's respiratory infection. Then it became the most vicious creature I have ever witnessed--and that was on a good day.

Yet, they somehow found a guy who had purchased a house and renovated it so that each of his four afrocks had huge, zoo-quality enclosures. He didn't breed them--he just LOVED them. Apparently, all of his snakes were very aggressive. He was thrilled to take this male off of my friends' hands.

It takes all kinds of people in the herp world. Your friend was unaware of what she was purchasing. Please advise her against selling this creature to another unsuspecting person. The issue isn't money at this point--it's safety and sanity.
rgds,
althea

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