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Originally Posted by KelliH
OK, how about a hypothetical question. What if someone (Emily or someone else) posted on the BOI that they purchased some snakes from Rich Z, and that they had had a fecal test performed 10 months after they received the animals which was positive for tapeworms, or coccidia or whatever. You can substitute the names David Barker, Bill Love, Ralph Davis or even Kelli H for Rich Z. Do you see where I am going with this? The direction this thread took would be sooo different than it is now. Most people (I am betting everyone) would be singing a different tune, and that tune would sound something like, "It's been almost ONE YEAR since you acquired those animals, and there is no way to prove that the parasites came from _________'s collection. How do we know that the parasites came from your own animals? You SAY that none of your other snakes have parasites, but how do we know you are telling the truth? How do we even know those are the same snakes?..." and Etc. The reason so many are taking the side of Emily is that they don't like Ed. I don't know if I like him or not, I don't know him, but many of the reactions to Emily's post seem a little bit hypocritical to me.
I'm sure that no one posting in this thread has ever had mites in their collection, and everyone posting in this thread practices strict quarantine procedures every time.  Come on, let's be real here my friends... |
Kelli, I kind of resent this.
Sure, my dislike of mr. clark is well known.
But that has NOTHING to do with the facts presented by Emily.
Had it been rich or the barkers or even you, presented as it was here, with your reputation the same as mr. clarks, I would have done exactly as I did.
mr. clark has hurt himself in the past by lying and being a fool. This affects the way he is seen in the future and the amount of credibility any statement by him is given.
I don't care, not in the big picture, who is involved. If you just take the essense of the problem, snakes with parasites that do not often, almost never, occur in captive bred animals, add in the fact that they were obtained as holdbacks from a personal set of breeders, then that they may have been imports, well, do you see why there is little credibility on mr. clarks side here?
Had rich said they were his, then that he wasn't sure, then just shut up and run away, I'd say exactly to him what I've said to mr. clark.
It's not about who, not for me, but about what and how and why.
I thought you knew me better Kelli, I really did.