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(INQUERY) Don Meeker from Oklahoma?

I believe this guy is a good friend of my friend Betsy, who is a herp keeper at the Tulsa Zoo. He does ball pythons mostly, and maybe gila monsters? She speaks very highly of him, but I have not met him or seen his collection and have no personal experience of him.
 
I believe he works more with birds than reptiles, but does breed a few select species of reptile.

Who doesn't breed BP's nowadays?? :shrug01: :D
 
I work a bit with the zoo- volunteer and then with the herp club. I can ask someone up there if you'd like- I don't know him- never heard of him. I do know there seems to be A LOT of shady herp breeders- I got a whole stock of sick snakes and iguanas from animal control a while back and i've heard a lot from other people..... not saying anything about this guy because I don't know him.
Beth
 
If this is the same guy I am thinking of he is a good person to deal with. I never actually knew the guys first name, always just called him Meeker. My brother-in-law has a couple of snakes fom him that he has had for several years, and they are all doing great. I don't know anything about the birds though, I will call and make sure this is the same guy.

Casey
 
Just as a follow up, this is the same guy. I talked to him several times a few years ago, but I haven't ever personally purchased from him. Everyone I talked to had good things to say about him though. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Casey
 
I have to chime in on this because he's my father. Great guy I might add.

Jessica- You're right he is friends with Betsy (and everyone else) from the Tulsa zoo. She has been helping him force feed some anthill pythons (she's got smaller fingers). The website mentioned earlier is his and he currently is selling most of his parrots at this time. On the herp side he's been mainly focusing on Australian species, but has some other species as well.

If you don't find him to be honest and forthright in every way possible, let us know because we've failed. This has been a fun hobby from day one and always will be. We don't ever want to be one of the guys known as "shady".

Justin Meeker
 
Thanks for everyones input. I did talk to him and he seemed like a very nice guy. I wasn't able to get what I was interested in because they were already taken buy the time I contacted him.

Thanks again to those that responded. :thumbsup:
 
good to hear

I had a friend of mine ask about this same guy a few days ago- they don't have internet so they can't see this but I will pass on the good word. glad to hear you aren't one of the bad guys.
Beth
 
Anybody out there have any recent dealings with Don? I've got my eye on some balls he's got on KS but they seem to be severely underpriced. Just want to make sure he's not flipping or crashing.
 
Don Meeker

I purchased a few snakes from Don and he is a great guy to work with. I love the snakes I got. I even purchased another cinnamon pastel even though I didn't need another one. I would purchase from him again and have referred him to my friends.
Good luck and thanks Don for the great animals.
 
Good to buy from

I live in Tulsa had heard of Don for several years and had not met him. I was looking for a Ball Python morph and Don had it listed on KS. I was able to acquire the animals I was looking for from Don. The animals are feeding great.
I would be glad to stand up for Don. He and Betsy are great people.
 
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