Inquiry: Mike's Motleys

I'm debating buying a few cornsnakes from them.  What are some of your experiences with them, good or bad? spam_(people who've had a personal experience only, please... not hearsay)




Kat Hall

We have done business with Mike.  He is in our area and we have met with him to purchase and trade snakes.  He was very nice and his animals were well represented.  We would not hesitate doing business with him again.  Hope this helps, have a great day!

Brian and Laura Hamel
www.tribalpropagation.com

We also have done business with Mike.  He's very professional, his animals well represented and an all around good guy.

We will continue to do business with Mike in the future..

Thanks, Stephen Emerick
Napa Valley Snakes

Mike is a great guy to deal with. I purchased a pair of his breeder corns last year and they produced 16 fertile eggs for me this year. You wont be disappointed.

Michelle Heart
Creatures of the Night
www.creaturesofthenight.com

I have a handful of corns from him...he has great stock and is a pleasure to deal with. I always keep an eye out for his ads.

Mike Shriver is one of the good guys.  We always spend a lot of time talking at the shows and he strikes me as being very honest and meticulous about details.  I seldom buy snakes any longer, but I would have no hesitation at all about buying something from him.

I have bought from him and sold to him also and was very pleased both ways. <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

If you ask me, Mike is one of the best corn breeders out there. I bought some of the nicest corns ever from him. I will never forget the Caramel Motley corn that I got from him. I have been in the herp trade for over 13 years, and have seen a lot of corns, and Mikes are by far the nicest!!!

I highly recommend him to anyone one!!

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Ricks Reptiles/ Ricks Steward

I purchased a snake from Mike last weekend and was able to pick it up in person to avoid shipping. The snake was healthy, correctly sexed and well represented. It's already fed for me on frozen/thawed despite being in shed.
This was a very pleasant transaction and I wouldn't hesitate to do business with Mike Shriver again in the future.

Can't say my experience with him was the best... he shipped a day late (it was only after I asked him whether he'd shipped the day he was supposed to that he told me that he didn't... -I- had to ask).

As an addendum, the snake in question also proved not to be carrying one of the genes I had bought it for (I had been after a hypo A motley... it was not homozygous for hypo A... -- whether it's homozygous for some other form of hypo or if the hypo look is just appearance, I'll have to wait a few years to determine...).

Anyway... I personally would not buy from him again, reguardless of what he was selling, as he did not conduct himself in a very professional manner reguarding the whole shipping thing.

-Kat Hall