So, my interaction with Lisa in inquiring about that Moonglow ended with her implying I am a lazy keeper who does not clean my animals' cages because I made mention that if I was able to purchase the animal it would not continue to be fed every single week as that is wholly unnecessary for a four-year-old female boa and she would likely be put on rabbits.The biology of these animals dictate a far different feeding schedule and I even referred her to look at Dr. Stephen Secor's Python Model to understand why feeding the animal every week would eventually become detrimental.
She restated she was not going to do business with me and when I attempted to reply regarding how that was all good and well (since I had little to no interest in being a customer of hers at that point considering I spend a minimum of 40 hours a week with my boas Mon-Fri on a specific schedule and spend random hours with them on weekends between spending time with my family), but I wanted to further reiterate that if she had the best intention for the animal in mind she would seek out a buyer who would not feed the animal so often (because weekly medium rats eventually become weekly large rats and weekly large rats eventually becomes weekly XL rats and so on and so forth) as it will ultimately affect the longevity of the boa, she blocked me.
I decided to post the last bit of our conversation on FB with her name cut out referencing that it was nonsense for anyone to automatically be considered a lazy or poor keeper because they were doing appropriate feeding schedules for their animals and to not let those who are ignorant of such things (willing or otherwise) to make them second guess what we have learned about feeding these guys over the years. The thread ended up blowing up with other people who have had run ins with Lisa and I received several PMs about her behavior. Then, miraculously, I was unblocked by her, likely because someone knew it was her prior to the blow up of the thread and told her.
Lisa has learned very little from her interactions with Robert, it would seem.
She originally had that animal posted for 1K, then when a great deal of people showed interest, she hiked the price (not that a four year old Moonglow is not worth the amount she is asking), but she still takes it upon herself to judge people based on their differing opinions about husbandry (even when they are proper in comparison to hers) and will go on her self-righteous tangents if she feels they are not "worthy" of the animal. She also apparently has a history of bullying people into making agreements to change feeding and caging habits if they want to purchase animals from her as well as not sending out animals promptly or dancing around shipping when the time comes. She has been removed from a few groups because of how she is treating potential customers.
While I do believe she truly wants these animals to go to proper homes, her treatment of potential customers is ... poor and buyers really should be aware of the potential of what they are getting themselves into. There is a long list of people who have been blocked while inquiring for animals or berated and insulted with her holier than thou attitude while inquiring for animals and the issues when some people have actually moved forward with the process of purchasing can be equated to, in the simplest of terms, quite the headache.
I would very seriously caution anyone wanting to deal with her, though they can likely figure that from the paragraphs of SRS BSNS text on the first page.
You know, I sold someone a Snow Boa once and ended up being unable to send it when I needed to because my brother went missing. The customer demanded a refund and even though I felt they were unreasonable, I gave it to them as soon as I got home (an hour or so after they asked). It is not that hard to give proper customer service and not treat potential and actual customers like they are beneath you.
I really do hope that Moonglow goes to someone who is not going to keep it on a weekly feeding schedule (though if you inquire, maybe you should just lie and say you will.
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Food for thought.
Buyer Beware - Lisa Apramian
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