I answered an ad that some one had in WI selling a mojave baby ball python.
We started exchanging emails and I mentioned wanting to breed my female bal python. He brought up a possible breeding loan.
ANd then he asked me about a former breeder in my area, Jen Harrison, who had that horrible problem with an unknown virus.
I had met her before she got the snake in, and had been in her home ONCE, again before the snake came in the mail.
She sexed one snake for me, and that snake now lives with some nice people in IL. and they have gotten other snakes in since that time and never had a problem.

SO now he wants to back out of the deal (nothing in writing yet), because I went to her house once. And says I should tell people I associated with her so they know I was at her house.. once.
Here are portions of the emails.
Carol,
If you don't find a male to breed this year maybe you'd consider a breeding loan? Do you know what your female weighs in grams? Do you have a picture of her?

Can I ask where you met Jen at?

She advertised on the Craigslist about probing/sexing snakes. She then had us come to her house and she probed my snakes.

Unfortunately since you had your snakes at her house I'm going to have to pass on the breeding loan. I just can't take a chance being the virus was so devastating and still hasn't been identified. To be honest you need to let everyone that you deal with know you had your snakes at her house. I do this for a living and couldn't afford a loss like she incurred. Please do the responsible thing and let people know of your dealings with her. If they find out from another source they may treat you the same way they treated her, most of which was unfair and uncalled for. I hope you understand my situation.
So now because I went to her house ONCE, I am now piriah too?
I know he is sympathetic, but really???