Art Klass
Rainman
I sincerely hope there is an explanation for what I am posting. In March of last year I loaned a proven male 9' pastel boa constrictor (BCI) to Jim Middlestat of Little Rock, Arkansas. His last name may be spelled differently. I met Jim at the local herp club and he seemed like a stand-up guy. He's a doctor, for what it's worth. He called me at home and asked me if I could loan him a big male boa. We discussed that it was late in the season and the boa had already bred my largest female. He wanted to try, so he came to my home and picked him up.
I kept in touch with him over the next few months. Please note that he has never, not once, returned any of my calls. I had to always call back every few days until he answered. I called him before summer and told him that I had a crazy summer lined up. I lived in the Little Rock area and had work in Springfield, MO and five trips to Vegas. He said he would hold onto the boa. No problem.
As autumn began my family was in the process of moving to Springfield, (four hours away), so I go contacted Jim for my boa. He wanted to breed it with his female and I agreed to allow him to do so being that he's been feeding it and hasn't been able to breed it yet. That was late September. I've called and left messages every month since without a response. I just wanted to check on my boy.
I left several messages over the holidays with no returned call. I fully understand that he may have been out of town. Since New Years I have been calling several times daily. Not a peep from Jim.
I've gone from concern to anxious and am approaching freak out level. My messages to jim have been escalating, but I haven't crossed the line yet.
I have given him my email address thinking he would be more comfortable contacting me this way.
Any support, advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I do not want to blow this out of proportion. He may have a viable reason for not contacting me.
I do not have his email address, his home address or any other information other than his home phone. I know where he works, but i'm not posting it....yet. This is my word against his. Am I over reacting? I am going to leave him a message regarding this post. Thanks for your help, Art Klass
I kept in touch with him over the next few months. Please note that he has never, not once, returned any of my calls. I had to always call back every few days until he answered. I called him before summer and told him that I had a crazy summer lined up. I lived in the Little Rock area and had work in Springfield, MO and five trips to Vegas. He said he would hold onto the boa. No problem.
As autumn began my family was in the process of moving to Springfield, (four hours away), so I go contacted Jim for my boa. He wanted to breed it with his female and I agreed to allow him to do so being that he's been feeding it and hasn't been able to breed it yet. That was late September. I've called and left messages every month since without a response. I just wanted to check on my boy.
I left several messages over the holidays with no returned call. I fully understand that he may have been out of town. Since New Years I have been calling several times daily. Not a peep from Jim.
I've gone from concern to anxious and am approaching freak out level. My messages to jim have been escalating, but I haven't crossed the line yet.
I have given him my email address thinking he would be more comfortable contacting me this way.
Any support, advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I do not want to blow this out of proportion. He may have a viable reason for not contacting me.
I do not have his email address, his home address or any other information other than his home phone. I know where he works, but i'm not posting it....yet. This is my word against his. Am I over reacting? I am going to leave him a message regarding this post. Thanks for your help, Art Klass
