Samantha Walters / A&S Reptiles

((NOTE, this is my first post on fauna SADLY it had to be in this format and in this section.. that being said if there are any violations I will be more than happy to fix them after being addressed, also I am in NO WAY a professional breeder thus, I cannot say that I know everything including how to fix situations regarding problem feeders I know they exist.. and I know they suck, but its something you have to encounter/deal with in this hobby/profession))

On to the matter at hand...

In the middle of February (I would post MY screen shots of the text messages but I have since gotten rid of that phone).. my wife and I began to increase our snake collection in the process of working towards breeding projects. While searching through craigslist one day (have since became very wary of this website haha) we came upon a person selling a "2000+ gram normal female, for $150.00". After having just picked up a 1600 for $60.. thought this was a pretty good grab and went for it. Having been in contact with the seller for a week or two (I honestly don't remember how long it was) my wife and I made the decision to drive up to Flagstaff to pick up this female ball python. Upon arriving we were greeted by a very happy Samantha Walters who to us seemed to know what she was doing because she had some good ideas with heating the room the snakes were in instead of a direct heat (which to us was awesome, being in Phoenix its not hard to keep a room at a certain temperature, and cheaper) SO after a little bit of time and being partially rushed after a 2 hour drive we purchased the female for $160.00 because she didn't have change (no big deal, we got ourselves another girl for the collection). We drove all the way back home and put this new girl into a 41qt rubbermaid tub with aspen bedding at the time is what we were using, and into the quarantine room where she patiently waited for about a month, at which point we moved her into our racks because she showed 0 signs of health issues or mites (kudos for a clean snake IMO).. and then it began, this poor thing refused to eat. We began to seek advice from other breeders in Arizona asking for hints/tips/tricks to getting problem feeders to eat, we tried rats.. we tried mice.. we tried ASF's.. heck we even tried a gerbil (trick I heard works after having worked in a reptile shop) all this to NO avail. At this point I began to contact Ms. Walters and try to get more advice FROM the source figuring she would have a much more extensive experience with this exact snake. ((INCOMING LONG COPY AND PASTE))

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