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THE SNAKE PIT WAS BURGLARIZED *AGAIN* LAST NIGHT!!

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I just can't BELIEVE this crap!! This time....they knew EXACTLY what was up! They STOLE my high-end snakes (list below), AND, they took my 24-hour tape recorder!! So, obviously...NO PICTURES OF THEM!! The cops were here, they did their usual routine, and now, I DOUBT I will EVER hear from them again!! (what ELSE is new&#33<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>
It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to sleep here with a .44 under the pillow!

STOLEN LIST

1. 0.1, cb00, SUPER SALMON HYPO BOA
2. 0.1, cb02, SUPER TIGER RETIC
3. 2.0, cb01, ALBINO BURMESE (TWO OF THEM)
4. 1.0, cb02, ALBINO LABYRINTH BURMESE
5. 0.0.5, cb02, BABY RED-TAIL BOAS (FIVE OF THEM)
6. 1.0, cb01, YELLOW-HEAD RETIC
7. 1.0, cb01, MOTLEY(ish)-GRANITE BOA
8. $500+IN CASH!

I'm about at my wit's end! Tomorrow....I'm having a guy come over to "literally" BRICK IN ALL THE WINDOWS!! Even with the BARS on the outside AND inside of EVERY WINDOW...they STILL get in!! The windows are just TOO easy to break! Amazingly....they didn't BREAK anything (almost), and they didn't just KILL anything, either!
I hope you folks are learning something from all my heartache?? Make your place into a FORTRESS! WITH GATORS IN THE MOAT!! ....Neil
 
Neil,  We are so sorry to hear this once again.  We've been though it and we know how you feel....  Time for a coupla killer Rotties lose in your store at night my friend.  If there's anything we can do to help, you know were in Florida and willing to lend a hand.  Again Im so sorry for your misfourtune....Sincerly Mike and Ercia
 
I do not know what else to say, other then that SUCKS!! I'm real sorry to hear about this again Neil! You have had enough bad luck for all of us!

Good Luck,
Dennis Gulla
 
Neil
Man ..... Don't know what to say
I have a few suggestions
Do not let people[this means employees] konw about any security measures you might take in the future
Install a decible alarm
Have the alarms wired to your residence
Motion detectors..gotta love em
Also check the local pawn shops for your recorder and any other electronics that were stolen
Watch kingsnake for pics of your animals
I hope you catcn the people that did this
best of luck to ya
 
<img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'> geez-us neil.
what to say about this.
so so sorry..
what can we do to help you?
 
Neil,
That's so terrible!!  I couldn't imagine what you went through the first time, not to mention having it happen again!  Do you have picture of anything that was stolen?  You don't think it was the same perp as last time do you?  I agree get guard dogs and let them have the run of the store at night.  We've got 2 bull mastiffs, and no one is getting in our house LOL.. In fact Mike worked late last night and didn't warn them when he came in, they were after him the second he touched the door knob.  Definatley something to consider.  I'll keep my eyes open for anyone trying to sell your animals.
Kara
 
Neil,

I'm really sorry to hear that something like this has hit you again. It's a terrible thing when you have to make a fortress out of your store because of the acts of others. I don't know how you cope as well as you do. It sounds like an inside job to me since they knew your security, where the nicest animals were and that they'd actually get away with it. There's not much I can say except I'm sure everyone here feels for you right now. Nobody deserves what you're dealing with. It's just not right! I hope this time you catch those responsible.

Greg Riso <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>
 
Neil,
  Nobody deserves this kind of misfortune! I'm so sorry. You may have to subscibe to a 24hour alarm service.  The music store I work for kept having Gibson Les Paul guitars stolen every time they got new shipments in -- in fact they went so far as to take out a concrete block from the wall and have a kid crawl through the hole and steal the guitars. They have had no trouble since hiring a live 24hr. alarm service 15 years ago. Obviously people are scoping out your snakes before stealing them. That's awful !! Sorry Neil,
John
 
UNBELIEVABLE
i'm sorry Neil.  sounds like they were up on your stock and security, hmm, wonder if they read the boi.
at least they didnt torture the animals like last time.
keep an eye out at the shows, and everyone keep that list in mind while looking through classifieds.

you'll have beardies coming toward the end of the month.

hang in there.

dana <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'>
 
Neil,
Remember what comes around goes around. They will be punished one way or another.  My thoughts are with you, I have been there. Keep the faith.   <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
 
Neil I'm sorry about this I'll keep my eye out on snakes that you have listed. specially if the dealer is selling them cheaply. I'm pretty sure we all in the BOI forum who have read this will keep our eyes open

Again I'm sorry to heard about this
maybe I'll come down and do soem business with you to recover some loses <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Winston
 
Jeez, Neil!

Man I'm sorry to hear this.  Sure doesn't help maintain a positive attitude about humanity in general, now does it?

I think it's time you hired a professional security specialist to wire your store properly.  Do you live close enough that a silent alarm would allow you to get to the store quickly?  That's when you would need that .44.  Or better yet, move your residence to be in line of sight with the shop.  Then get a rifle with a starlight scope and just open the window and take aim when the alarm goes off.  No one would shed a tear having those vermin turned into fertilizer.
 
Hell why not just buy a 50 calibar sniper rilfe. you can pick them off at a mile a way. that way you can be comfortable at home and shoot them bastards in the knee first adn work your way up. They might eb the same peope that killed your reptiels form the last robbery.

my 50 cent for the day

Thanx

Winston
 
Neil,
I'm so sorry to hear that something so horrible has happened to you yet again!  It is unbelievable and I am truly sorry you have to suffer through this heartache again.  I've had to deal with a break-in before (my apartment) and I know how you feel.

Just a suggestion, have you thought of trying one of those security companies like Brinks?  My parents had a Brinks system installed in their resteraunt after our first break-in and it has stopped a couple of break-ins since then.  There is a motion detector that goes off and an VERY loud alarm and the police are alerted immediately.  They also call you at home to let you know there has been a breakin.  I think the system is relatively inexpensive per month and you might want to look into something like that.

Once again, I'm sorry to hear about this horrible news and I will keep my eyes open for anyone trying to unload animals at a cheap price over hear on the west coast.

Celia Chien
webmaster
East Bay Vivarium
 
Hey Neil. I know how you feel . If I can help you in something let me know.
 
Thanks all....just for the record, this was our FOURTH Burglary in THREE YEARS!! THIS is what I did AFTER the THIRD burglary (Dec 16, 2001)....installed SIX cameras with 24-hour tape recorder (4 cameras inside, 2 outside), SIX spotlights around the building, 24/7 monitoring by ADT Security, VERY HEAVY METAL BARS on the OUTSIDE and INSIDE of EVERY WINDOW, 2 motion detectors, an OUTSIDE ALARM BELL, and HEAVY METAL iron doors (front and back)!
I am NOW in the process of BRICKING UP ALL THE WINDOWS!! I can't believe I have to go through all this crap, but....whaddaya gonna do??
Hey Rich....you think maybe James would like to help out?? ....Neil
 
Neil, buddy.  This totally blows man!  I am sorry to hear about this happening to you...AGAIN!  I will be keeping an eye out for any of the snakes on your list popping up.

Also, I hate to imply and I don't know what kind of staff you have, but do you think it could have been an inside job?  I mean, if they knew exactly where all the high dollar stuff and the security tape recorder was, that seems awefully fishy to me.  The last robbery seemed more to me like someone not only trying to steal, but completely destroy your shop, while this one seems ALOT more planned out.  

Just my two cents.

Sorry again man!
 
I know I'm going to catch it for this but I can't take reading much more of this unjustified sympathy - at least not for this break in or the last. A friend of mine on the Tampa Police Department just stopped by asking me if I had heard about the break in yet because he knows that I frequently go by there seeing as I am friends with Angie (the manager). I know alot more solid details about this that I should, in addition to some really unbelievable circumstantial details. I told my friend on TPD what I knew and he told me a few interesting things also. He told me that from the time Neil's alarm first went off until the first unit got to The Snake Pit was only about two and a half minutes. He said after being down there and seeing how and what was taken in addition to the the security tapes being smashed that there is no way humanly possible that "whoever" did this could have done what they did in 2 1/2 minutes. This was so important to Neil that he wouldn't even go to his own store when he found out about the break in, he made his manager go "because he didn't feel like it"! I have even heard with my own two ears from Neil himself that he didn't file a police report on the last burglary and was informed that he wasn't going to on this one either. He was told by TPD that he HAD TO on this once since the alarm was actually set off this time. There is SO MUCH more that I could list, but like I said - alot is circumstantial. Put two and two together. Oh yeah, Neil - that 1.0 Motley(ish) Granite Boa that was "stolen" - isn't that the one that died over the weekend that I saw in the freezer at the store on Tuesday?  <img src="http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>
 
Julie...For the record...I don't know who you spoke to at the TPD, but...I have made a police report for EVERY burglary!! The last TWO TIMES, they NEVER sent a detective out to interview me or ANYONE!! They didn't dust for prints and they didn't care!! I even GAVE THEM the Buglary "hood" that one of them left behind...and they RETURNED IT TO ME without doing ANYTHING with it!!
Julie....why are you saying these things about me after EVERYTHING I have done for you??? Are you actually HAPPY I got robbed??
And you are correct about one thing...the Motley WAS NOT STOLEN...it DID die, I just got confused last night! But, that doesn't account for your lack of sympathy! If you have THAT MUCH anymosity towards me....you don't have to come in here, anymore?? I don't know why you're saying these things, but...that's wrong!

And if you KNOW something...why can't you call ME and tell me?? Do you KNOW who did this?? ....Neil
 
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