diff --git a/troveclient/utils.py b/troveclient/utils.py
index 9210d6d3..67b600c8 100644
--- a/troveclient/utils.py
+++ b/troveclient/utils.py
@@ -205,20 +205,15 @@ def print_dict(d, property="Property"):
 def find_resource(manager, name_or_id):
     """Helper for the _find_* methods."""
     # first try to get entity as integer id
-    try:
-        if isinstance(name_or_id, int) or name_or_id.isdigit():
-            return manager.get(int(name_or_id))
-    except exceptions.NotFound:
-        pass
 
-    if sys.version_info <= (3, 0):
+    if isinstance(name_or_id, int) or name_or_id.isdigit():
+        name_or_id = int(name_or_id)
+    elif sys.version_info <= (3, 0):
         name_or_id = strutils.safe_decode(name_or_id)
 
-    # now try to get entity as uuid
     try:
-        uuid.UUID(name_or_id)
         return manager.get(name_or_id)
-    except (ValueError, exceptions.NotFound):
+    except exceptions.NotFound:
         pass
 
     try:
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index 000ba29b..99e80d13 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ def _print_object(obj):
     # Get rid of those ugly links
     if obj._info.get('links'):
         del(obj._info['links'])
+
+    # Fallback to str_id for flavors, where necessary
+    if hasattr(obj, 'str_id'):
+        if hasattr(obj, 'id') and not obj.id:
+            obj._info['id'] = obj.str_id
+        del(obj._info['str_id'])
+
     utils.print_dict(obj._info)
 
 
@@ -128,7 +135,15 @@ def do_flavor_list(cs, args):
         err_msg = ("Specify both <datastore_type> and <datastore_version_id>"
                    " to list datastore version associated flavors.")
         raise exceptions.CommandError(err_msg)
-    utils.print_list(flavors, ['id', 'name', 'ram'],
+
+    # Fallback to str_id where necessary.
+    _flavors = []
+    for f in flavors:
+        if not f.id and hasattr(f, 'str_id'):
+            f.id = f.str_id
+        _flavors.append(f)
+
+    utils.print_list(_flavors, ['id', 'name', 'ram'],
                      labels={'ram': 'RAM'})