Is it me or does this guy look sick?

I realize I’m not the smartest person in the world but I just hate to see people miss represent animals and sell them to people who do not know any better. Here is the link to the add http://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/433536266.html and here is what I emailed him and what he replied back with.

Hi,

I don’t mean to be rude but if those are recent pics of your Ball than please take it to a Herp Vet!!! Ball Pythons do not hold their mouths open like that unless it has an infection and it also looks like it has bad retained eye caps. Please don’t sell a sick animals to someone that doesn’t know any better.

If you need the name of a vet please let me know.

Best regards,

Nathan


"your an idiot please dont inform me of anything regarding pythons because for one i know everything already and two he doesnt hold his mouth open I got a picture of him relocationg his jaw after a meal, and three when they shed they sometimes keep their caps for a day or two before they either fall off or i help get them off. So next time you want to try and help someone, think!! I have been dealing with snakes for a long time including breeding and a co-owner of a herp shop so i dont think i need your help. Thanks anyway to the idiot who likes to get involved before he knows all of his facts. I pity anyone who knows you"

It's hard to see the pics well, but it looks to me as if it is just finishing swallowing a rodent in the pic with the mouth open......and if you can see eyecaps, your eyes are a LOT better than mine, lol. Pics are too small for me to see much.

His comment about the eyecaps staying on "an extra day or two" is kinda off the wall though.

Looks like he has stuck shed on his back and the pic of his head looks bad. I don't think he just finished swallowing. I think he has health issues.

How the heck are you guys seeing that??? The pics I see look REALLY tiny.

You know.........the eyes are the first thing to usually go......

I'm with you Cat the pics look way too small on my computer to see them clear enough to make a judgement.

Steve???? Are you calling Cat and myself ummmmmm OLD????

Originally Posted by BalloonzForU

Steve???? Are you calling Cat and myself ummmmmm OLD????

Oh No.........I would never do that.

I got here too late to get in on the fun - the ad is gone.

Regardless of his comment about the eyecaps - the guy is a
(I copied his response for further use...of course, I will edit it to include capital letters and punctuation, lol)

Originally Posted by SPJ

Oh No.........I would never do that.

You better run!!!

Originally Posted by hhmoore

I got here too late to get in on the fun - the ad is gone.

I saved the pictures to my hard drive so I could make them larger.