AdamWhite
New member
Alright, here is the whole story.
I searched around for a "good" breeder of cal kings that also had black rats. I thought I had found one in Ken Foose. So I purchased 1 cal king and 1 black rat. Both arrived alive. The black rat was a little on the slim side, but fairly active and seemed healthy enough. I looked at the cal king next. I noticed(i don't know how you couldn't) a very bad kink directly behind the kings head.
So I called foose and told him what happened. He said that he hadn't noticed the kink when he shipped it. Then he said he could send me another one but I had to pay shipping. Well, that right there wasn't quite right. He should have sent one free of charge. Every other breeder I know of would have.
So the next king was on the way. It arrived, I opened the container and found about the sickliest little snake I have ever seen. It looked to be completely dehydrated. It couldn't control its body. It was pretty much a rag doll. I began soaking him in an electrolyte solution. He drank some and seemed to perk up. But, he wasn't quite right. He was still severly underweight. I continued soaking him for several days.
I tried offering some food. Him didn't take it. I kept him nice and warm so he could fight whatever he had. Then he started blowing bubbles. Within a couple of hours he had died. These snakes were shipped as healthy feeding kingsnakes, what I got were the exact opposite.
Mean while, the snake with the kink started blowing bubbles and resting with his mouth open. Later that day, it died. It died from the same thing as the as the so-called replacment kingsnake. That's right, the replacement was in worse shape than the original!!
So I called Foose. He said he was sorry and that the snake wasn't sick when it was shipped. So overnight, the snake became dehydrated and starved, I don't think so. These were also shipped during late spring, so there is no way they got too hot or tto cold.
He said he would give me a discount on kingsnakes next time. Yeah right, next time my foot!!
The black rat is still doing fine. But the rat snake is turning yellow. Last time I check black is not the same as yellow. He said that they were bred on sight, but who knows. He probably just grabbed a rat snake and never even looked at what kind.
Well, needless to say, I will not buy from foose again.
I searched around for a "good" breeder of cal kings that also had black rats. I thought I had found one in Ken Foose. So I purchased 1 cal king and 1 black rat. Both arrived alive. The black rat was a little on the slim side, but fairly active and seemed healthy enough. I looked at the cal king next. I noticed(i don't know how you couldn't) a very bad kink directly behind the kings head.
So I called foose and told him what happened. He said that he hadn't noticed the kink when he shipped it. Then he said he could send me another one but I had to pay shipping. Well, that right there wasn't quite right. He should have sent one free of charge. Every other breeder I know of would have.
So the next king was on the way. It arrived, I opened the container and found about the sickliest little snake I have ever seen. It looked to be completely dehydrated. It couldn't control its body. It was pretty much a rag doll. I began soaking him in an electrolyte solution. He drank some and seemed to perk up. But, he wasn't quite right. He was still severly underweight. I continued soaking him for several days.
I tried offering some food. Him didn't take it. I kept him nice and warm so he could fight whatever he had. Then he started blowing bubbles. Within a couple of hours he had died. These snakes were shipped as healthy feeding kingsnakes, what I got were the exact opposite.
Mean while, the snake with the kink started blowing bubbles and resting with his mouth open. Later that day, it died. It died from the same thing as the as the so-called replacment kingsnake. That's right, the replacement was in worse shape than the original!!
So I called Foose. He said he was sorry and that the snake wasn't sick when it was shipped. So overnight, the snake became dehydrated and starved, I don't think so. These were also shipped during late spring, so there is no way they got too hot or tto cold.
He said he would give me a discount on kingsnakes next time. Yeah right, next time my foot!!
The black rat is still doing fine. But the rat snake is turning yellow. Last time I check black is not the same as yellow. He said that they were bred on sight, but who knows. He probably just grabbed a rat snake and never even looked at what kind.
Well, needless to say, I will not buy from foose again.
