Unfair bias due to visiting a sick reptile breeder

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Originally Posted by Sonya610

My point being she DID keep potential vectors, the ones that had emotional value. If the virus is that dangerous and it requires such dramatic action one would think it is an all or nothing proposition. To keep some because they are “special” changes things quite a bit in my opinion. The rest were not worth keeping, even though the risk remained.

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Then for me, in my mind, she made the wrong call. If the decision is to put down any snake possibly carrying this deadly virus, then that means all snakes, not avoiding just the ones you especially like. Hard decisions in the end must be made with your brain, not your heart - though my heart feels for anyone facing such an awful decision.

I am glad you see my point. She spared three, her first ball python (which was surely exposed) and the two snakes that belonged to her little girl. The rest were frozen.

I do now LOL. I thought you were feeling that she shouldn't have put down any of the snakes at all. Now I see what you really meant was you were surprised she put some down but kept the "pet" ones. Gotcha! :D

wow, i hope were never faced with something like that.. how terribly sad.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I do now LOL. I thought you were feeling that she shouldn't have put down any of the snakes at all. Now I see what you really meant was you were surprised she put some down but kept the "pet" ones. Gotcha! :D

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This is typical jenn from day one.

I never sold any snakes at all....except for the two.....

I never had a sick snake.....except for the ones.....

I put them all down....except for .........

It is a damn shame it happened. It's also a damn shame she continued to get more snakes while she KNEW she had this problem. It's a damn shame that she KNEW she didn't have proper quarantine proceedures yet continued to aquire new snakes.

I like jenn. I feel bad for her.

She also brought 90% of this on herself.

That keeps getting swept aside in all the emotional turmoil involved with her. I think it bears further thought.

This just reinforces how important it is to know who your buying your BP's from, saving a few bucks isn't worth the risk.

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Originally Posted by wilomn

This is typical jenn from day one.

I never sold any snakes at all....except for the two.....

I never had a sick snake.....except for the ones.....

I put them all down....except for .........

It is a damn shame it happened. It's also a damn shame she continued to get more snakes while she KNEW she had this problem. It's a damn shame that she KNEW she didn't have proper quarantine proceedures yet continued to aquire new snakes.

I like jenn. I feel bad for her.

She also brought 90% of this on herself.

That keeps getting swept aside in all the emotional turmoil involved with her. I think it bears further thought.

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I agree 1000% :)

Hi,

Just to say last I read the person who owns the g-stripe has changed his mind about having it shipped back.


dr del

Only way I'd accept a snake from her was if it was dead and preserved in formalin and the jar it was in had been soaked in ammonia beforehand(or just put in a sealed bag filled with ammonia..). Or maybe not.. the disease could have attached itself to the outside of the bag..

Even after coming home from shows, I spray MYSELF with Provent-A-Mite or Raid(the snakes just get treated with PAM not the Raid, LoL). I don't take chances. You never know who is vending at what show, who has touched what animal before you have, or if someone is selling someone else's animals.

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Originally Posted by wilomn

This is typical jenn from day one. It is a damn shame it happened. It's also a damn shame she continued to get more snakes while she KNEW she had this problem.

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Yeah it appears she bought snakes and she sold snakes and she sold used racks after the outbreak. But of course there was plenty of freezer room so buying snakes was not an issue.

She also mentions she was tight on money (ex-husband and phone bills, call Judge Joe Brown) and she went over 2 weeks without feeding her collection, even the babies, she had them on a “maintenance” diet.

Cry me a river.