Brandon Griffey

no, no, NO, IT CAN'T HAPPEN

Excellent post.

I hope everybody is updating their personal lists... Lotsa "do not deal with's" in here....

absolutely...

[quote=Riyeko;1454045]I stopped reading at page 17 (and will of course go back to reading as soon as I put in this small bit of information).

I bought a four year old, anery cornsnake that I named Rocky, since he looked like a pile of rocks when I put him in his tub for quarentine when I first got him.
Loved him a bunch and left him alone, only every few hours or so I would go in there and check on him (since he was the second animal I had bought online).

Anyway, four days later I walk in and the tub is very motionless and I can just tell something is really wrong.
Rocky had passed away that night. I quarentine my snakes in my room since its away from the majority of the collection in the other bedroom (which is now turned into a reptile room).
I was very heart broken since I had only known Rocky for four days, but, after vet visits (this was two years ago so no I do not have any of the papers or files left over to post and show), he was completely healthy, had ate one day after his arrival (and he ate with gusto!), and was a completely normal healthy snake.

He died after four days.

My point is, everyone is screaming that healthy animals DO NOT DIE within nine days of being shipped.
Thats not true. Ive seen not only first hand, but other stories here and other reptile forums (including one about large lizards (like tegus n iguanas), and geckos), that reptiles can die of very little things.
Including the stress of shipping.

So whether or not the animal was healthy when it left, it can die within those nine days of being shipped to the new owners home.
Just sometimes you get bad luck.

Honestly though, I think that the buyer here should have quarentined his animal, regardless if he bought the animal as a breeder or not.
Sure, breeding this year would have brought him some handsome profits this fall, but then again, the world is not ending in 2012 like everyone thinks.
All you have to do is be patient and wait for things to take their course.
Be gentle.
Dont force something that you spend a lot of money on to make you more money right away. Sure its a tiny loss, but if you would have quarentined the animal, waited until next breeding season, you might have been able to get more clutches out of the little guy, he would have been older, more acclimated to the new enviornment, and honestly I see it as more of a profit since you took care of him and nutured him before turning him into a sperm factory.[/QUOTE

So what killed your snake everything dies from something nothing just dies for no reason

Originally Posted by Tom Pecanic

I hope everybody is updating their personal lists... Lotsa "do not deal with's" in here....

Yup, gets a little longer with each thread.

Originally Posted by womsterr

You are 100% incorrect. I'm glad you "mommy" or your "aunt" is a nurse - but I quite sure they know ZERO about ball pythons. This snake didn't develop and die in 9 days from ulcers or an infection allowed my new caused ulcers in 9 days. Thats all their is to it. THEIR METABOLISM IS TOO SLOW.

Metabolism has nothing to do with infection, smart one. It's not my mommy or my auntie, by the way, but nice try. Don't talk to me like I'm a child, I'm not.
Did you read the start of my post, bro? I said at least once that I'm not a ball expert and that my facts were for people and small mammals. You should learn to read things thoroughly. It'll help.
Also maybe make your grammar at least correct enough so your sentences make sense?
Anyway, I'm very interested in what the vet would have to see, though I doubt they'll post here....Wonder if we'll get a copy of the report at some point? It would help a lot.

*vet would have to say*

Im positive Brandon and Xavier will share the report. Once it becomes available.

Originally Posted by shelliebear

Metabolism has nothing to do with infection, smart one. It's not my mommy or my auntie, by the way, but nice try. Don't talk to me like I'm a child, I'm not.
Did you read the start of my post, bro? I said at least once that I'm not a ball expert and that my facts were for people and small mammals. You should learn to read things thoroughly. It'll help.
Also maybe make your grammar at least correct enough so your sentences make sense?
Anyway, I'm very interested in what the vet would have to see, though I doubt they'll post here....Wonder if we'll get a copy of the report at some point? It would help a lot.

Yes it does it speeds up to fight the infection.

Metabolism does not speed up to fight infections as far as I know...
But even if it did, it still supports things that aren't in Brandon's favor, like the snake having eaten according to Xavier but having an empty belly upon examination. o-O