If you went to Daytona...

Oh man, I am nervous.. hope things go OK for them.

If nothing else, i have learned to always check city ordinances from this site.

Argh, this is killing me! Just needed to vent.. I am so impatient when it comes to waiting. need to wait for the pastel, and also my new washer/dryer that won't come until Thursday.. arggh!

Jen,
I understand that you're anxious, but they will get your snake to you before you know it. :sweeet:

I talked to Dan for a while at the expo, and he said he's not concerned with having thier licence revoked no matter what the city council says at this point, as they did everything right. His main concern is that his family won't be accepted into the neighborhood. All thier neighbors in California understood their business, and everyone got along. These are the people their kids will go to school with, and that they will go to church with. They just don't want to be the outcasts of the town. The problem is that most of the people in that area of Mapleton are old retired farmers that are pretty set thier ways, and not too open minded. No matter what Bradshaw says, it IS about the snakes, and probably his next term in office.

Being from Utah, I couldn't be more excited to have them move in an hour away from me, and I offered the help of the UHA (Utah Herpetological Association) if there is anything we can do. I hope everything goes smooth at the meeting tomorrow.

-Evan

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Man is that a long drive, assuming they roadtripped snakes out there and back...=P

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They were three rows in front of me on the flight out of Daytona... I also noticed at their booth that they had HUGE insulated boxes that had FedEx lables on them. So, I'm assuming they flew out sans snakes, and shipped them to the expo/home.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Argh, this is killing me! Just needed to vent.. I am so impatient when it comes to waiting. need to wait for the pastel, and also my new washer/dryer that won't come until Thursday.. arggh!

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It is extremely hard for a breeder to make the trip to Daytona, come back, clean and feed hundreds of snakes, put animals away, take care of rodents, get back to the kids, unwind, etc .... and THEN catch up on all of the phone calls, emails, PM's, etc quickly .... TSK is one of the "big boys", they will get back to you, you just have to hang in there a little bit. I know for me, phone calls are working out a lot better right now than emails and PM's .... you might want to give them a call (time difference in mind) if you're feeling impatient. ;)

-adam

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

I talked to Dan for a while at the expo, and he said he's not concerned with having thier licence revoked no matter what the city council says at this point, as they did everything right. His main concern is that his family won't be accepted into the neighborhood. All thier neighbors in California understood their business, and everyone got along. These are the people their kids will go to school with, and that they will go to church with. They just don't want to be the outcasts of the town. The problem is that most of the people in that area of Mapleton are old retired farmers that are pretty set thier ways, and not too open minded. No matter what Bradshaw says, it IS about the snakes, and probably his next term in office.

Being from Utah, I couldn't be more excited to have them move in an hour away from me, and I offered the help of the UHA (Utah Herpetological Association) if there is anything we can do. I hope everything goes smooth at the meeting tomorrow.

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Evan, thanks for filling us in! Dang that sucks...just such bad mojo for being newcomers there...do keep us informed as to how it's going for them and if there's anything this community can do to help. =)