Yafe - Albino Carpet Progression Thread

[dakski]

First, I did get another response from the breeder. Again, posted here Verbatim.

Hi David,

when you have had the time to get some sleep and relax a bit, please read my email again. I am sitting here a couple thousand miles away and all I can do at this point is asking you questions and letting you know what I would do back here in Germany if it was me. My questions were not supposed to attack you or suggest you are doing things wrong.
My questions were supposed to understand the situation and help to make it better. This is also not supposed to be a pissing match about who is keeping reptiles for how long or similar. I have bred thousands of Carpet Pythons and currently have 852 here around me, but that has nothing to do with your situation. I am not better because I have more Carpets or anything like that. All I can say is that I have never ever seen something like what you describe, a RI that would escalate so quickly. That being said, it doesn’t mean that this is not possible or happening to you right now. I will need to talk to XXXX and find out what his impression on the snake was when it left the shop and also find out why he decided to not use a heat pack in this case.
I have seen mucus that was caused by bedding or similar stuck in their mouth. I have seen snakes with an RI with mucus and bubbles and they were ok without treatment. That is why I was suggesting to leave it alone and see what’s going on, if its severe or not.
Again, I am thousands of miles away and cannot decide if it’s bad or not, I haven’t seen the snake in person. That’s why I am asking questions and suggesting things. A treatment like you described would costs anything between 100-200 USD here in Germany. I know that vets/docs in general are CRAZY expensive in the U.S.
so it absolutely makes sense to double check if the vet is needed or not. You say it is, so I am sure it was the right decision now.

If something went wrong on our side, what I don’t know at this point, we will have to find a solution to make up for it. But you need to understand my position and why I have to ask questions, ask for pics and all that stuff. I will need documentation including pics of the animals being treated and also documents from the vet.
If this whole thing goes wrong and the animal dies, I will need pics or a video of the dead snake. Let’s hope this does not happen! But you have to understand that I can’t send refunds or anything just because a customer says a snake is sick or dead.
I don´t know you, I have not seen the animal for a while and all I can do is read and answer your emails.

Again, I am very sorry to hear this and definitely want to help you, so please let me know when you hear back from the clinic, as I will as soon as I have talked to Adam.

Thanks so far and have a good night now!