Ashley, aside from waiting until January for the bloodwork to be done on the rest of your collection, what are your plans for them?
What happens when another one pops up with IBD? What happens to those that are "negative"?
I would like to know, since we finally got your attention talking about corn snakes. I am not even going to get into how ridiculous it is that
that finally got your attention. But, I guess I will take what it can get for the moment and try to work from that.
Not selling snakes right now is great and all, but what is the long term goal for all of this? If even
one of those animals comes back as a positive from the blood test, all of them have it. You can pretty much guarantee it.
So, then what?
Mass culling?
Shutting down breeding?
What is it?
I suppose the questions seem pressured, but they should not be. My husband and I already have our plan set in stone if our collection is hit one day because it is a very real possibility that any collection at any given time can be hit by it. That is what makes this whole situation so frustrating. I really wish you could see that beyond your bruised ego and stubborness.
Selling any of those animals or their offspring, the Bolivians included, is like someone sleeping with someone
knowing they have a STD. Do you get that? You knowingly put other people's collections at risk and, really, what did you get out of it? Monetary gain? Really? Is that all it amounts to for you? It is a sickening thought, really.
I think I might be less annoyed if you just admitted you do not give two cents worth a
. But instead, you are trying to save face that just plain is not there and make yourself look vicitimized. Let me tell you, girlie, that is about as far from the truth as it gets.
Honestly? Making mistakes happens, even huge ones, but what defines us adults, as compassionate people, is what we do to own up to and to correct them. You are not willing to own anything, not even yourself. That is just ... sad.