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Inquiry MJC Serpents...

Allison if you read you will know that they have not been in contact with any of my personal snakes and you will also know that i do quarantine. The snakes that are for sale are 30 mins away from my personals and always have been. They were shipped here.
 
the irony is funny here. while this thread is quite a serious issue. People say bullying? That is funny. Mindy has a FB group and passes out all kinds of BS advice as gospel. If you dont agree you get banned. Her practices in how she keeps her animals is terrible. While i believe she "loves" the animals love alone doesnt make it right. Shes probably a nice kid...and i say kid because thats what she is...a snooty know it all. I do not have any ill will towards her and i truly hope the tests reveal that her animals do not have IBD. I havent been in this hobby as long as alot of you but the one thing i do know is that i do not know it all. I know that i have surrounded myself with people who have done this the "right" way for many years. When you cannot take the advice of people around you who are experienced and versed at this its not good. And whoever let her be the snake expert at a pet shop should close that shop down and fire himself
 
From Mindy's 'About me'



Biography
I train and show mainly Arabian horses, my forte is English Pleasure but I also do Dressage, Western Pleasure, Hunter Pleasure, and Halter. I love to draw and read books and am working on starting college to get my veterinary degree and be a herp vet

Mindy, I hope you can change your attitude, learn, and turn this around; and if you have a mind to, become a vet.
 
mjcballpythons said:
Allison if you read you will know that they have not been in contact with any of my personal snakes and you will also know that i do quarantine. The snakes that are for sale are 30 mins away from my personals and always have been. They were shipped here.
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At this point I am unsure what to believe anymore. Too much back and forth. So you go from saying you aren't selling any snakes, to selling snakes that "aren't part of your personal collection" that are 30 minutes away that have been shipped to the pet store you've only been consignment/partners with for about two months. Interesting.
 
Dude are you really that thick that you cant figure it out? my personal collection is not for sale. ANDY paid for the snakes that we are selling, so they are his and at the shop 30 mins away from my house. Once again, if you have questions you know who to call.
 
Also, are the people who buy these animals informed that they are from a pet store? Most people I know don't like buying from pet stores, as qt isn't really possible there and often low quality stock.
 
mjcballpythons said:
Dude are you really that thick that you cant figure it out? my personal collection is not for sale. ANDY paid for the snakes that we are selling, so they are his and at the shop 30 mins away from my house. Once again, if you have questions you know who to call.
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So now they aren't your snakes, but his... that he bought, paid for, and had shipped there but yet you are getting the a % of commission of the sale of his snakes? Also you mention that non of your personal snakes have ever been there, YET you state you have indeed had one? or more (the boa)? there...
mjcballpythons said:
I am also not employed at This Side of Paradise Pets. I am not paid hourly, I am paid by my snakes that I sell. I get 75% commission and he gets 25%. We are partners. He even refers to us as a team and views the shop as both of ours. He had not touched a snake until four weeks ago when I brought Tallulah in to show him. He is learning while I teach him. And he now has two snakes of his own. A normal female and a KingPin male. His wife bought a Columbian Rainbow Boa I had there to sell. They caught the snake fever and have me and only me to thank for it. They had not the slightest clue what to do with snakes. I have paved them a path and made them ready to own snakes. They are always asking me questions and they have been taking my advice. They are thoroughly enjoying every second of it. I don't see the nagativity in that, but okay.
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Just like you delete/ban/block anyone who contradicts you or posts correct information contrary to you, you are now wanting communication via phone so there is no written record and you can play "he said/she said". No one is interested.

Furthermore, what does the owner of this pet store need my phone number for? I'm not "hiding". My phone number exists in plain sight for people that need it. Nor do I have any reason to hide. I'm not the one being questioned.
 
Glamour said:
Mindy, you should never have said that Layla had IBD because she did not......Mindy decided she wanted to turn her attention to snakes and, in her research, came across IBD and concluded that's what happened to Layla.
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First, Mindy stated she contacted the vendor Layla came from, who lost a significant portion of their collection to IBD, confirmed via inclusions in the blood.

Then, Mindy stated here that she actually never contacted them personally.

Now, you claim she arrived at her diagnosis via an "internet search".

First, Mindy claimed she had a snake die from IBD.

Then, Mindy claimed maybe it didn't die from IBD.

Now, you claim the snake did NOT die from IBD.

So which is the true story? How many times is the story going to change and continue retracting and shifting fault away?

THIS is a HUGE part of the problem people have with this entire scenario.
 
That and the fact that Mindy views blood tests as a "waste of money" and is only finally doing it to "shut us up", vs. actually wanting to confirm a clean collection and ensure healthy snakes for future breeding/buyers, thereby protecting other hobbyists from potential devastation.
 
mjcballpythons said:
Call for an answer.
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Playing games.
Who is going to buy snakes from you now? Not necessarily because of the IBD issue, but because you are playing this as a big game.

No one is going to call. We need it all in writing.
And as of now, I would not buy from Andy Mavros either. His alleged coy excuse of not wanting to do 'social media' is beginning to sound like the same sort of game playing. Y'all deserve each other, but innocent snakes (and customers) deserve better.
 
I am having great entertainment reading Pink Lady Exotics' info on here. Going back to page one of it all. And that she dares tell me the things she told me after what she did and said when her issue was going on is appalling. To call me out for selling when she had a collection wipeout and was selling within months after that happened, yet will preach her vet techy responses. God forbid I have ONE snake die 15 months ago and continue to breed and sell. my bad! Lol
 
I guess we're all "pussies hiding behind social media". Mindy would indeed be the expert on such things seeing as she's hiding in only the 2 groups she is admin of (thus able to continue deleting/banning/blocking anyone that even slightly contradicts her or says anything contrary to her)...

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