chazz (cool nickname by the way),
I am not risking the animals health by shipping her again, especially this soon after her trip.
You and chris act like you are offering these great solutions, if I wanted to spend money for shipping you or chris the snake, why wouldn't I just ship it back to Daniel?
If I'm misunderstanding I apologize, but how is your offer any better than Daniels?
This thread is going on because people only read little bits and pieces of posts and comment on them. For instance, your questioning what the concern was about the animals size. I cannot handle the snake its too small for my fingers and hands to safely handle. My family is not experienced enough to deal with such a nervous snake. THAT is a very valid reason for wanting a larger snake, and a very valid reason why its such a problem now.
I was too lazy to post the temps. cool end fluctuates from 70-72 depending on the weather, warm end 83-84 depending again on the weather. This is how I set up for my other north american rats as well. Three sides of the tank are painted on the outside. And its kept in a room that sees very little traffic. The pics were taken when being transferred from the shipping container to her enclosure. Except for the pic that was taken a few nights ago. Other than that YES, she has been left alone. She wasn't taken out to compare her with the original pic, the pics that were taken upon unboxing were used for that comparison.
It's not about how much money you've spent or how much I spent its the principle. The snake in the picture was absolutely beautiful , this is not. Even when she gets older , she's still going to have that unattractive white nose. Which, like I said, did not show in the picture. I don't like that trait that some yellow rats . Am I being picky.... at this point HECK YES, I deserve to be. Just because these aren't important things to YOU, does not make it irrelevant. I'm totally confident that if you had a problem with something I didn't care about, that you would still feel it mattered.
I like your reference to fine print, maybe the fine print should have said "our snakes are smaller than what would normally expected" then you could blame me.
I'm sorry that you don't trust the way I keep my snakes, I'm sorry you were offended by my using the term "picky eaters" , I didnt mean the snake was being spiteful and not eating for that reason, I use that as a term for those snakes that have some sort of situation that makes feeding more complicated, some eat at odd times of day, some are more prone to go off feed during certain times of year, some have definite preferences when it comes to the size and type of prey items. I'm sorry that I didn't realize that the snake wasnt secure enough to eat. I've spoken with many breeders who have said that as long as there were plenty of secure hides available that it would be ok.
and of course, after your long rant, you throw in the dig that what you said won't make a difference, and point out that its a trivial issue. trivial to YOU and a few people on here, not trivial to MANY others. But of course you don't care about them.
I wish I could enjoy what you think is a beautiful snake. Nobody over here thinks she is. If she looked like the one in the pic we'd think she's beautiful.
