The same person that was defending Allen Belcher and said he was "never coming back".

Max, I have the energy to buy snakes now because I had been told that it was safe to do so and that my remaining animals were safe to be bred. I still have many of my morphs and beloved pets. If I have to destroy them all and start completely over again, I won't have the will, the energy, or the money to get back to where I was. That's what I was talking about.

Tosha, the entry right after that one you quoted discussed the delayed antibody development and that it nullified the negative test results because the sample females had only been sick for a couple of weeks, which sent everyone back to the OPMV link. Now they're redoing the testing. Perhaps I should go clear it up more. One thing that I keep wondering is that you yourself said you have purchased animals from Wyatt -- and there is no proof as to how long this virus has been in his collection. How do we know that your animals aren't asymptomatic carriers? Or anyone else that has purchased from him in the past? If there is such a big risk with my remaining animals that have never been symptomatic, wouldn't there be a similar risk with your animals from Wyatt?

Jas, the 3 vets working on this case are reptile specialists. Dr. Mark Gordon is the reptile and exotics vet at Fitchburg Animal Hospital -- he is also a lab professor and researcher at the UW Vet School and professor at MATC for their vet tech course. He was previously a veterinarian for the Dept. of Homeland Security. Here is his profile:

http://www.fitchburgvet.com/html/medical_staff.html

Dr. Elliot Jacobsen is the Professor of Zoological Medicine at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has a Ph.D. in zoology, and has researched many reptile diseases and published reports/articles on his findings. Here is a profile on him that also lists his publications:

http://sacs.vetmed.ufl.edu/Faculty/jacobson.htm

The third vet is Wyatt's other victim -- Dr. Jason Brodnik, a veterinary laser surgeon at the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management in Colorado -- aside from specializing in reptiles, he also keeps and breeds many different species himself. Those are the 3 vets working on this virus -- and I think they're about as qualified as you can get.

Alicia, it isn't about the money. But I wouldn't have purposely kept a large collection if I hadn't planned to breed it and use the offspring to gain other animals that I wanted. Not to mention the fact that 90% of my remaining animals are not exactly nice or handleable. It's quite expensive to feed and maintain this many just to keep them as pets, especially when I can't see or touch them. If it comes down to the fact that I have to destroy them, then I will be doing so except for my 2 true pets. I will keep Spoon and Lucky and be thankful that I still have them. But it doesn't change the fact that everything I enjoyed has now been ruined and there seems to be no way to fix it or continue on.

I'm going to repeat this info again to clear it up for a final time, since some just can't seem to understand it and keep spreading rumors and bringing it up. I have not sold, traded, or adopted out a single animal since well before this virus arrived. Nothing has left my collection except for dead bodies that went to the labs. I had my '08 babies reserved by quite a few people, but have since cancelled those reservations. I have not recieved a single donated animal, thus have not sold or traded anything from anyone.

So what is the general consensus -- what would it take for people to trust my offspring? Killing everything I have? Or going a few years without any problems?