I ordered dumerils monitor baby, 2 months old, captive breed from the seller who has good reviews. $700 incl shipping fees. Suspicious facts: 1. I placed the order last week, and he sent it only on Wednesday. 2. He sent the animal by UPS and told me that I have to pick him up from the UPS store in Napa while I live in Fairfield, 30 min from my city. I asked him why he couldn't send it to my house, he said that it would be no responsibil for any health issues then. OK, I asked him to send it to the UPS store in Napa, and I'll pick it up there. 3. He sent it on Wednesday, pick up on Thursday morning. I texted him a night before and asked him, "Am I need to open the box and check the animal at ups or in my house later?"Since I never had experience with UPS pick up, usually I received my orders directly to my home. He never responded to me anymore.
On Thursday morning, I drove to the Napa UPS store to pick up the package. I opened the box in my car, checked that he was alive and had no damage, and drove home. I came home, checked the animal, and he was making gurgling noises and had fluid discharge from his mouth. Which looks for me like respiratory infection or pneumonia. I texted the seller and sent him photos of fluid from the mouth. The seller never responded. I googled the seller buseness name listed on morphmarket profile, and I found the physical store in Florida. I called them. They connected me with the owner. I explained him the situation to him, and he said it could be from shipping, and if he won't feel better until Monday, I could ship him back. Then he replied to my messages in morphmarket.com, and he asked me to send him my enclosure pics, I didn't get the point for what, to blame me may be in all issues. But I did send it. And he never replied back. I called my reptile vet clinic, and they recommended bringing the animal. I made an appointment for tomorrow. Hours later, I checked the animal, and he had much more fluid coming from his mouth and more gurgling noise. The fluid has smell. Looks like a heavy infection for me. We had experience with respiratory infection with one of my snakes in the past. And I'm not sure that the animal can make it until Monday, like the seller recommended me. We have an appointment tomorrow, I noticed the seller about it and that I'll send him the bill after it. Never got respons. The animal can't develop respiratory infection just for overnight shipping, and it had a heating pack inside. That's mean that the seller was aware that the animal is sick already and that why hi didn't send him on Monday, only on Wednesday; that's why he sent him to UPS store in Napa which is far from me, he probably was thinking that I won't agree on ot and I'll take a risk to send him to my house address without health issue warranties. The seller posted the animal like a captive breed. it's the reason why i purchased it. But after contacting the reptile community group, the members disclosed the information who did breed those animals in the USA and when and this one is not captive breed. I asked the seller to provide photos of the parents and hatchling, and he said he didn't breed them. He received the animal from someone. It's false advertising. He couldn't prove that its captive breed. read more