OK, this is going to be my last post for now. I’m stepping off the merry go round, the cat and mouse game is over. I’ve not read any posts since I posted last, and I won’t read any more of them. Please don’t take that as a sign that I don’t care, but for my own mental health, I’ve got to step back. In reality, no matter what I say or do at this point, people have already made up their minds about this situation, whatever way that is, and no amount of back and forth is going to change that.
Though this ordeal started on February 19, I didn’t receive the vet report until 6 weeks after the snake was received by Toni. So though to some it may seem I’ve just sat on my laurels and done nothing, that’s just not the case. I have tried to be reasonable and respectful about this from the beginning, prior to this even becoming a BOI issue. I’ve asked for Toni to be respectful, which she has not been. I have NEVER EVER stated that I wouldn’t stand behind this snake, that I wouldn’t make it right, etc., as is shown by my numerous emails stating that I would replace the snake if I had the vet’s report – which was one of the options Toni wanted in the beginning. She no longer wants this, and I have now offered to sell one of my current collection and give her the money from that sale. She accepted that offer. It was suggested to me that I call Toni to work out the details of this transaction. I quite frankly don’t want anything not in writing, nor any private contact with her, so I am going to make my last offer here.
*I will sell one of my current snakes as the said “replacement snake”
*After the sale of the replacement (once that buyer has received and is happy with their snake), and sooner if I can, I will send Toni a MO for $1500.
*I will post a picture of said MO in this thread. I will send it out priority mail with delivery confirmation. I request that Toni post in this thread that she received said MO.
*As I am 100% confident that I didn’t send a sick snake, I will take the snake back. It will be quarantined (as any new acquisition would be) from the rest of my collection. Toni can choose to either send the snake now if she doesn’t want to be responsible for it until then, or she can send it when she receives the $1500. If the snake dies in her care, she is to send the body to me and I will have it necropsied with my own vet and post the report. It is her choice. If the snake dies in my care, I will have it necropsied and post the report. If she doesn’t, I will post pictures in a few months.
*If Toni accepts this offer, I would like ONE email or PM from her stating the address to mail the MO to, NOTHING ELSE. No snide comments, no accusations, nothing. When I receive this email, I will email her ONLY the address to have the snake shipped to. I request that the snake be sent back to me on the next Mon, Tues, or Wed after receiving said MO, and that I receive an email stating ONLY that the snake is being shipped and what day it is shipped, no other comments. That will be my last email contact with her.
*If I receive ANY nasty emails, phone calls, etc. from either Toni or any of Toni’s “friends”, then I consider this a done deal. I won’t be treated that way, sorry.
*Toni has 72 hours to respond to this offer. If she decides not to take it, then I will consider this over and done with.
For the multitudes of support and kindness I’ve received privately, I can’t thank you enough. It’s people like you that make the reptile community great.
