Post by stano40 on Apr 25, 2006 12:53:55 GMT -5
Michelle and I are not too happy with this shipment of 9 ball pythons.
This is what we were supposed to receive.
3.0 late 2005 50% possible het for VPI axanthic
1.0 2005 high yellow around 400 grams
0.1 late 2005 50% possible het for VPI axanthic
0.2 2005 (1 high yellow and 1 aberrant pattern)
0.1 2003 normal around 900 grams
0.1 1998 normal last weighed 2470 grams 2 weeks ago. Pr oven breeder having produced the 50% possible hets. She was bred to a 100% het for VPI axanthic male
The box evidently was shipped as a normal shipment not as a live animal shipment through UPS. would have preferred No air holes in the box. The box was only marked fragile.
The two largest girls were placed in a snake bag together. the two high yellows and the aberrant pattern were in their own plastic shoe box.
That leaves the rest (4) were in the other plastic shoe box.
The shoe box's only had tiny air holes in the lid. I don't think that is adequate for shipping. when we opened the box it had a bad odor. two plastic shoe box's were on their sides and a snake bag was in the middle pretty much covering the air holes of the shoe box's.
No styro foam was used to line the box or shredded newspapers used as a packing material. No heat packs were found.
These snakes came out of the box blue.
The odor came from the one shoe box that housed 4. Of which two were dead. Most likely frozen to death and lack of oxygen.
Michelle and I are gonna give them warm water to soak in, in order to hydrate them. They will be kept in a quarantine area and monitored on a daily basis.
One of the little ones came out gasping for air and very blue.
I'll try to keep you posted on the progress of these guys as they get warmer and hydrated.
bob
This is what we were supposed to receive.
3.0 late 2005 50% possible het for VPI axanthic
1.0 2005 high yellow around 400 grams
0.1 late 2005 50% possible het for VPI axanthic
0.2 2005 (1 high yellow and 1 aberrant pattern)
0.1 2003 normal around 900 grams
0.1 1998 normal last weighed 2470 grams 2 weeks ago. Pr oven breeder having produced the 50% possible hets. She was bred to a 100% het for VPI axanthic male
The box evidently was shipped as a normal shipment not as a live animal shipment through UPS. would have preferred No air holes in the box. The box was only marked fragile.
The two largest girls were placed in a snake bag together. the two high yellows and the aberrant pattern were in their own plastic shoe box.
That leaves the rest (4) were in the other plastic shoe box.
The shoe box's only had tiny air holes in the lid. I don't think that is adequate for shipping. when we opened the box it had a bad odor. two plastic shoe box's were on their sides and a snake bag was in the middle pretty much covering the air holes of the shoe box's.
No styro foam was used to line the box or shredded newspapers used as a packing material. No heat packs were found.
These snakes came out of the box blue.
The odor came from the one shoe box that housed 4. Of which two were dead. Most likely frozen to death and lack of oxygen.
Michelle and I are gonna give them warm water to soak in, in order to hydrate them. They will be kept in a quarantine area and monitored on a daily basis.
One of the little ones came out gasping for air and very blue.
I'll try to keep you posted on the progress of these guys as they get warmer and hydrated.
bob