Ok I just have a few things to say. I'm not trying to get caught up in everything, but for one, if that is Ashley's Mom, I dont think she has any right to say the things she just said about Ashley. Ashley has a lot of control in her life, she has a husband who loves and cares for her, a beautiful baby girl who is in the best care, and a wonderful house with beautiful animals. Her mother should not be worried for the baby, she is the best of care and health.
And what about the other child that Ashley's mom IS taking care of? CPS doesn't just pull children and place them with family members for no reason. There is, or has been, at least a SUSPECTED reason for this to have been done. Something, at some point, has been questionable enough for there to be legal involvement. Who knows, the custody battle may end up with Ethan back in her care. I don't know. But you don't end up with placed kids and custody battles for absolutely no reason, 99% of the time.
She takes care of all of her animals very well! No matter what anyone says here, unless you have been to her house and seen her collection, you are not within your rights to talk bad about her. She has a beautiful collection of animals, all healthy and thriving.
There may have been an issue with the BCL in the past, but there hasnt been any since then! I know for a fact she is still testing for it and doing all she can! If her snakes were emaciated and infested with diseases then maybe there should be a worry...
At least four deaths in the past year, quite possibly more, including one she's trying to cover up and hide? PHOENIX IS NOT HEALTY AND THRIVING, we know that!
She sent out at LEAST four snakes with mites, in the past two months. Snakes with mites are not healthy and thriving! Infested with mites that are VERY likely to be carrying IBD? That's NOT healthy and thriving. In fact, it's likely, as you say, "infested with diseases".
I have no horse in this race. I don't know any of the parties involved. The only snakes I keep are Kenyan Sand Boas, I don't even keep any of the large snakes that are the issue here.
I think I'm more qualified to be objective here than one of her close personal friends. In fact, you're among the most likely to be biased, because it's human nature to go to bat for friends. I know this. I've stood up for some people that, in the end, turned out to be really rotten people, but I didn't want to believe it, I wanted them to be the people I thought they were. It's natural to defend your friend. But, because you do have a connection to her, you are by nature, very biased in the issue.
From what I can see as a non-python-non-large boa person who knows none of the parties involved? She has a history of lying, covering up problems, and questionable business practices -- from stealing a logo, to improper quarrentining in both intake and output, to shipping out sick animals, to not alerting people there was a potentailly lethal virus in her collection.
These are not things a good, honest, reputable breeder does. Her actions as a breeder, concequently, shed question onto her character as a person.