is this male combat?

[azn4114]

sneaky bastard probly purchased them as a pair and also got jipped,then thought stuff it il do it to someone else,just a thought,im a very suspicious person though

 

[Colin]

where did you buy the darwins from? pet shop or private breeder? online forum ad?

 

[gman78]

Any more combat?

 

[beardy_boy_6]

the "male" isnt in with the so called "female" i took him out to let her shed witch isnt going to good its like coming off in "flakes". when "shes" done ill put them back together and see what happens. i brought them out of the trading post he was selling all his snakes and only keeping his MD. it all looked good when i was there getting them he had name tags on the enclosure saying darren and the other saying DASIY.

 

[ShaunMorelia]

i brought them out of the trading post he was selling all his snakes and only keeping his MD.

correct me if im wrong, but should he have been selling his snakes via trading post? i thought it was illegal to sell through papers etc.
Not having a go at you mate, just wanted see if the laws were different for SA to NSW.

On topic, I think you should get them both probed anyways, and if it turns out you have 2 males, put one up for sale and keep your eye out for a female.

Good luck mate.

 

[beardy_boy_6]

na think u can sell them in papers in SA well they hav a bit called reptiles. so i guess u can

 

[AM Pythons]

sorry to here..

sorry to here that mate, both males...i think....name and shame i think..best way to get back at them... photo of mating carpets....them trying anyway....it happened that nite...

 

[cockney red]

Brave photo, Tony...lol

 

[Slytherin]

In SA a seller of reptiles has to provide his/her licence number IN their advert. I notice many still dont!

I know of a good vet down the south western side of Adelaide that specializes in reptiles and other more 'exotic' animals as well as the more 'ordinary' animals. He's the vet for the RSPCA, marine rescue and other groups. He is Dr Mark Hill @ Somerton Park Veterinary Clinic, 82956924. I don't know if he probes but I cant see why not, just give him a ring if you wish and find out.

Good luck with your snakes.

 

[beardy_boy_6]

should be getting them probed soon. the seller said he had the same thing happen to him 5 times. ie was sold snakes as a pair and when he got them probed they where not pairs.????

 

[Khagan]

Brave photo, Tony...lol

That's what i was thinking.. :lol:

 

[pythons73]

sorry to here that mate, both males...i think....name and shame i think..best way to get back at them... photo of mating carpets....them trying anyway.
Very interesting picture,im not going to like the outcome from this.

 

[lightning]

It makes me sooo angry that sellers think because it's happened to them it's just how it is. Grrr
If you are going to sell something as male or female thats what it has to be.
Sellers should make sure they know what sex the snake is before selling it as one or the other, this means getting it sexed by a number of people instead of going by what it was purchased as or what it was when it was a hatchling.
I brought a supposed female snake this year that wasn't female at all, (i think the seller knew this) i made a fuss of it to the seller but because it was an interstate buy i was stuck.
But same story as yours with the seller saying "it's happened to me many times bla bla bla'
I'm now more careful with buying snakes that I need a paticular sex, I will only buy them on the garantee that if i get them sexed and they are not what i want that i can return them and get a refund, people that are sure of the sex of their snakes are fine with this but it does limit me from buying interstate.
Now if i was to buy interstate i'd probably only buy a proven breeding pair and if a proven breeding pair turned out to be wrong ohhh i wouldn't want to be that seller.

 

[beardy_boy_6]

well i put them bak together no combat and arfter about 20min i found them like this. should be getting them sexed next week sometime.

 

[Zoltag]

If you have purchased them recently and the vet confirms they are both the same sex, then you may want to think about taking the seller to small claims court for a refund. That way you dont have to put up with their BS and also dont have to risk meeting up with someone who has a bunch of mates waiting for you to show up in some back alley somewhere.

Try to get as much information as you can from the seller (voice messages, SMSes, etc) before lodging a claim, so you have plenty of proof when they try to backtrack and tell the judge that the animals were never sold as a male-female pair.

 

[beardy_boy_6]

yup thinking about doin that. hes not awnering my calls or txt's but we will see what the vet has to say first

 

[Mrs I]

should be getting them probed soon. the seller said he had the same thing happen to him 5 times. ie was sold snakes as a pair and when he got them probed they where not pairs.????

So is he saying it is ok to sell them to someone else ?

 

[Ozzie Python]

hope you have something to say that he has guaranteed the sex of the snakes if you are taking legal action.

 

[beardy_boy_6]

well wouldnt calling them a PAIR be good enuf?

 

[Ozzie Python]

well typically a pair is equal to 2, you can have a same sex pair or a male and female pair. either way you got what you paid for, a pair (2) of snakes. Had he said they were a breeding pair your chances would look better if you took legal action.

Hopefully they probe as male and female for you.