BEWARE! Ken, the owner of Exotic Pets LLC is not a reputable dealer!

I bought what was supposed to be a "sexed pair" of Rosy Boas for $357.

When they arrived, they were in the same container with no indication as to the sexing of the snakes.

When confronted, Ken said he would not pay my Vet bill to have the snakes sexed. He went on to imply that I was ignorant because I could not probe them myself.

Let me state, "I admit I am no expert". However, I have bought "sexed pairs" from 17 other breeders around the USA and every single time....they were shipped in seperate containers and clearly marked by sex. This is common practice among suppliers. I believed I had 4 years, until my babies grew upo and had babies, before I needed to learn how to probe....and even then I was planning to have the Vet do a Clutch at a time since she charges no more for a Clutch than for 1 snake.

When I did take the animals to the vet to be sexed, I found they were also infested with mites!!! Ken just blows this off as being "typical when you buy a snake and you should have the common sense to know how to treat for mites". This is the quality of animal, customer service, and feedback you get from Exotic Pets LLC.

I, personally, will never buy from Ken again....AT ANY PRICE!

Best regards to you all,

Denny Joe Hatcher

Can you post your e-mails between you and Ken?

just a question but how long was it between receiving the snakes and discovering they had mites?

I just had an awesome experience with Ken and will for sure buy from him again.

He did everything 100% to make me happy. Great to talk to on the phone, fast and prompt replies to emails. He took pictures for me on several animals I was interested in. This was within a couple hours of him receiving my email.

Shipping was great as well. I am very happy

I got the snakes Tuesday, I just got them sexed yesterday....so 4 days.

I'll put all the emails into 1 thread and post. I think he purposely started a new thread each time he replied.

Would you agree as all my other breeders and suppliers have stated that the "default" should have been to package the snakes seperately and mark the sexes.....since I paid for sexing?

Originally Posted by TakinANapster

Would you agree as all my other breeders and suppliers have stated that the "default" should have been to package the snakes seperately and mark the sexes.....since I paid for sexing?

Joe,

What you paid for was a "sexed" pair. Just a quick education but this means that you get a group of 1 male and 1 female or 1.1.

It's easy to intermingle the terms but that's what you bought with a sexed pair.
Have you already had them probed by the vet? If not, send me pics to my email jetschick904@yahoo.com and I will see if I can give you an educated guess.... You will need the pics from the underside vent to tip of tail.

Originally Posted by snakemami

Joe,

What you paid for was a "sexed" pair. Just a quick education but this means that you get a group of 1 male and 1 female or 1.1.

It's easy to intermingle the terms but that's what you bought with a sexed pair.
Have you already had them probed by the vet? If not, send me pics to my email jetschick904@yahoo.com and I will see if I can give you an educated guess.... You will need the pics from the underside vent to tip of tail.

Thank you Snakemami VERY MUCH for the offer!!!
You are very kind!!!
I have, however, already had them probed.

I may send you pics anyway, for a 2nd opinion. The snakes were so much different in size, that the probing was weird. I mean, the probe went in about the same on both snakes....but one snake is about twice as long as the other too.

it would definitely be helpful to you to post paperwork from your vet saying it had mites along with your emails your going to post.
adam jeffery

every time i have ever ordered multiple snakes from a breeder they were always shipped in individual containers. now if they were not then im not sure it deserves a bad guy thread. just because his shipping methods are different from others. the mites on the other hand in conjunction with the shipping and bad customer service is another story. sexing snakes should be done by both the seller and the receiver every transaction regardless. i would not focus to much into that but more on the mites and customer service. both are unacceptable in this case.
adam jeffery