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Returning a snake

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Roughly 3 weeks ago, I purchased a baby San Louis Potosi at a reptile show. Although the snake looked fine at the time, he is now in poor health; he has not taken a single newborn-pinkie, live or frozen. He is now looking bad with his backbone starting to show.

I spoke to the breeder via telephone about this, and they instantly offered to either refund my money or replace the animal with another (I would rather have a replacement snake).....either way they would reimburse my shipping charges.

Here is the problem, I have NEVER shipped a live animal before.

Can anyone with experience in shipping snakes offer advice so I may ship this animal back to the breeder for the exchange they offered me?

FYI~ The snake is approximately 11" long.

Thank you in advance for your help/advice.

~Wade V. Corbeil
 
Well, it can be hard to find a carrier who will accept a snake. There's a thread on this subject here swhich discusses which shippers accept live animals.  Beyond that, it sounds llike another problem you have is the whole rest of the procedure, such as packing, etc.

What'd I'd suggest is to ask the seller if they have an account with a shipper already, and if they do, ask them if they wouldn't mind sending you a shipping box with a return address label and appropriate materials.  Offer to pay for the shipping of the empty box in your direction.  That probably will not cost you much more than getting the appropriate packing stuff and be a lot quicker, and better for the snake.  They'll be assured of the snake being shipped to their standards and they'll get their box back when you send the snake.
 
Of course, there's always the chance that they may have been at the show b/c they don't ship... but maybe it's worth a shot.
 
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