Updated 7/2/07

Please take a minute to read our Terms and Guarantees.

Please note that your failure to read our terms whether accidental or intentional will not under and circumstances be a reason to consider them void.

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason, at any time.

Please do your research before buying any animal.

We will not knowingly sell to persons under the age of 18. Proof of age may be required at our descression. If upon our request you are unwilling or unable to provide verifiable proof of your age, your order will be canceled.

Local Pickup can sometimes be arranged. We are also willing to meet an individual locally to deliver the animal[s] depending on transit constraints.

We may accept a non-refundable deposit of 25% or $100 [whichever is greater] to hold animals, on a case-by-case basis. We will then agree on a “due date” for the remaining balance. If payment in full is not received by midnight PST on that date, deposit is forfeited, and the animal[s] will be reposted for sale.

We may accept payment plans, at our discretion, on purchases of $500 or more depending on an individuals standing and references. Under these circumstances, you tell us what you can afford, and if we agree, your animals will be fed and watered as usual, until payment is received in full, and a shipping date is arranged.

If, for some reason, you are late or miss payments, or are unable or unwilling to finish making the entire purchase as originally agreed upon, you will forfeit any payments you have made and will not receive a refund, full or part.

All Animals/Goods must be paid in full and all payments cleared at least 24 hours prior to Shipment. We prefer to receive payments via PayPal. We also accept Unites States Postal Service Money Orders.

Orders paid by PayPal will only be shipped to the shipping address as it appears on the Paypal transaction details. This is done to be in compliance with PayPal's Terms of Service. Our PayPal address is Sales@dirtystinkystuff.com. We are verified via PayPal. You can find more information about that at the following link.

For orders paid by Postal Money Order, we will hold animals for 24 hours, at which point a tracking number will be required as proof that payment in full has been mailed. We prefer to have them sent by Priority, Overnight or 2nd day service.

We ship Monday through Wednesday. In order for us to be able to schedule a shipping date, payment must be received in full at least 24 hours prior to shipment.

Shipping times and costs differ vastly depending on where the order is being shipped. The amount we charge comes directly from the courier's website. We do have a box fee of $5 which is the exact cost of our shipping boxes. We do include cool packs and heat packs as needed with shipments depending on the temperature. Box fee and Shipping Charges are non refundable/transferable/negotiable.

We purchase our insulated shipping boxes from Uline.com. The boxes that we use are molded Styrofoam that are 1.5" thick and then placed into a cardboard box with a 200 lb. crush rating. They can be seen here. We use boxes of this caliber because anything can happen when animal[s] are in transit. We would much rather be safe than sorry.

We utilize both FedEx and DHL. We find it to be beneficial to rely on two separate couriers. A lot of the time one courier does not guarantee shipments to certain locations by 10:30 am and the other one does, or one is more reliable in some areas than others. We strive to get your order to you as soon and safe as possible.

In order to be able to ship to you, the temperatures in the shipping and destination location must be between 50 and 85 degrees. We cannot ship to PO boxes and need a physical street address to be able to ship to you.

In rural areas where they do not offer delivery at or before 12:00 noon by either courier, we may require the animal be held at the nearest hub and will need to be picked up by the recipient for our live arrive guarantee to be valid. If we feel that there is too much risk to ship an animal, we will cancel the sale. Please do not take this personally; it is in the animal’s best interest.

We guarantee live arrival for all animals we sell when all of the following conditions are met.

Temperatures at the shipping and destination location must be between 50-85 degrees.

The package must be received on first attempt.

Someone must be there to sign for the package on the first attempt.

Package must be shipped to area that has a delivery time at or before 12:00 noon, or must be picked up before 12:00 noon at hold location by recipient.

Please take note that failure of compliance with any of the above requirements will void our live arrival guarantee.

If the animals[s] do perish in shipment we must be contacted immediately. If we do not hear from you within 1 hour after delivery of your order, we assume that the animal[s] arrived live and that you are satisfied with your purchase.

In the event that the animals[s] do perish in shipment, we will require proof. We will need digital photographs of the animal[s] sent to us immediately and/or a necropsy to be preformed. Please do not dispose of the animal[s] till an agreement is reached. We may request for them to be shipped back to us. We will decide this on a case by case method.

All of our animals are guaranteed to be honestly represented. However, monitor settings vary. So, it's impossible for us to make each photograph appear the same on everyone’s monitor. Other factors that effect coloration are environment, stress, time of day and temperature. Because of this reasoning we cannot offer any kind of refund due to "misrepresentation" of color.

We do truly try our best to represent all of our animals as honestly and accurately as possible.

We do not edit our pictures beyond cropping and stamping.

GENETICS: With every animal that we produce, we include pictures and detailed description of the adults, including genetics. All of our 100% hets are guaranteed. Any hets that are less then 100% we can not know which offspring carry the recessive genetics, and which do not, so we can not guarantee them. Please contact us with any questions.

When we sell an animal as male or female it is guaranteed as such. We offer high resolution vent/pore shots so you can check the sex before you buy, as well as see what we see to determine the sex of an animal. We ask you to check the sex of the animal[s] upon delivery. Please contact us if the animal appears to be incorrectly sexed. We require the incorrectly sexed animal be returned to us and we will issue either a replacement or a refund, at our discretion.

For animals that we sell as TSD [Temperature Sex Dependent], unknown/unsexed, or that are under 12g we cannot guarantee their sex.

All of the animals that we sell are bred by us, unless otherwise notified. All of the animals that we offer for sale are thriving under our care.

Animals purchased from us are not quarantined or treated for parasites prior to their sale. It is the responsibility of the buyer to quarantine an treat their animals as they see fit. If you would like tips, suggestions or need help on how to quarantine animals please contact us.

We strongly recommend that all captive born/bred and wild caught animals be quarantined prior to introduction to any collection.

We have no control over what the animal[s] are exposed to after they leave our care, and for that reason, we can not be responsible for any health related issues long term.