Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
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.
For me, Wes, in the end it was her lack of QT that just got me. I'm sorry but there is just no damn reason in the world to not QT especially when you take in rescues. It's not rocket science, it's not even that hard to do - it's QT. Just something you do, you make it a part of the routine of things, I can't imagine not doing it. Why you'd put your collection at risk in some willy nilly rush to get more snakes I cannot imagine.

I feel sorry for the snakes, I do not feel sorry for her. She's supposed to be the thinking, reasoning, responsible human being in this situation. She had enough experience to know how to do QT properly. If her living situation wasn't such that she could do QT then sorry but she should not have been bringing in any new snakes (especially someone else's morph!). Just because we humans want something, doesn't mean we should get it all the time.

Carol, as much as you don't like this one person's response to your having visited Jen's home, the fact is anyone for any reason can call off a breeding loan. That's their decision and yours to accept it. It's not likely to mean you'll have a big red A imprinted on your forehead dear, it's one person's decision about what they feel is in the best interests of their collection. I've made that call when a snake owning friend came over to visit. I knew he had a snake at home with a simple RI. He knew that due to that he would not be allowed contact with any of our snakes while his was sick and was fine with that. It's not to be rude to anyone but in the end Mike and I make decisions based on what we feel is the most prudent and responsible course of action for our snakes.