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Michael Thorn-Good Guy!

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Hello,
Usually Im posting all of my horror stories but today I have a "good guy" post.
I put a down payment on a striped spider ball python a few weeks ago. Michael held the snake for me and even asked if there was anything that he could start feeding it to help it acclimate to my collection. I told him F/T rat pups would be ideal and so he said he would try.
A week or so later, I paid the rest of my total and we talked about a shipping date. He asked if he wanted me to keep the snake for a while until it got started on F/T rats (he had not gotten him to to accept one yet) but I declined saying I would just work on him when he got here.
WE agreed on a shipping date and the snake arrived, right on time, well packaged, and even more beautiful then his pics.
I offered him a F/T rat tonight (the night of his arrival). I did not think that he would take it, due to the stress of shipping, but I had an extra one thawed so why not try? He gobbled the little rat right up!!
Michael Thorn sent me a beautiful, healthy animal to add to my collection with no hassles. What more could you ask for??? ;-)
I would certainly buy from him again!! Thank you.
Jessica Diebold, DVM
 
Mike has been around a long time and is definitely one of the good ones. I still have a couple of animals I purchased from him in the late 90's.
 
Glad everything went well Jessica.

I always stress over shipping. I have had very few problems over the years but I still stress over placing one of my animals in the hands of a shipper. I'm glad you are happy with the spider. Please keep in contact and let me know how he is doing.

Thanks,
--Michael
 
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