David Deem, which part of your brain are you missing? I know you are just 15, but how many warnings does it take to get it through your thick skull that we will NOT allow you to continue slandering Outback Reptiles. As far as I know your only connection with us is when you walk by our tables at Manassas gawking at our colubrids. I don't think you have ever bought anything from us. So what's the deal?
Ever since your little talk with Ian at the Manassas show a few months back where you and your friend Thomas apologized for your
arachnoboards bullshit (your little quivering lower lip was almost cute, especially with that overbite of yours), instead of YOU trying to badmouth outback, it's suddenly 'friends' of yours with the same IP address who are coming up with poorly constructed stories of wrongdoing here on fauna. And who is always there to back up those 'friends,' only to immediately backpeddle and asskiss as soon as you realize outback employees are viewing the thread?
Enough people have already torn apart this poor excuse for a story, but I have a few more little tidbits to add.
You say that your friend is experienced with ball pythons... David, you were the one with the youtube video showing off all of your snakes in dirty aquariums in your bedroom with no heat, picking up snakes with gigantic Mice in their bellies ("I know I shouldn't be handling him after a meal.... But I will for this video"), bragging about your baby horned frog that you fed 8 pinkies at once, and freehandling rear fanged snakes that you "didn't think had very bad venom." I HARDLY think that you have any place to stand when it comes to assuring us that your friend knows what the hell he is doing.
(unfortunately the video was taken down, but the video he made apologizing for it is found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO-AH3bzHZU&feature=related )
Fish and Wildlife was already notified about your Mole Kingsnakes, black ratsnakes, eastern garter snakes, and northern water snakes for sale on your web site after you plucked them from the wilds of Front Royal. We really don't care if you catch a native species and keep it as a pet because you admire them (I myself have a few, of course under the legal limit for the species) but when you start trying to make a profit on our own native wildlife that already has it tough enough with all the new land development going on around here, it pisses me off.
Anyways, you need to quit it. We have let it slide several times because you are young and stupid, but enough is enough. Good luck getting into your beloved Manassas show. Show promoters dont take kindly when one of their biggest clients, who helps attract a large portion of the show attendants, gets badmouthed by some kid.
We are truly sorry that this Shane had a bad experience with us, but he took the wrong approach completely with this thread. That last part was a disclaimer accounting for the small chance that Shane is not David Deem.
Thanks,
Mike Schultz