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deborahbroadus said:
I am researching, because the situation/name is not familiar to me. What I have found so far is that it may be a internal parasite and not an infectious disease:



http://www.avianbiotech.com/Diseases/Cryptosporidium.htm
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It is a parasite, but it's contagious. Once again, Josh admitted earlier in the thread to buying other people's sickly animals... and it could have even been animals that didn't appear sickly, since crypto can take quite some time to become symptomatic. I would very much recommend again, Josh, that you take one of your animals to the vet to be tested for it. Be warned that the only way to know for sure is to euthanize the animal first and then have a necropsy done.
 
Also, he received the animals in March. And the one's record he posted didn't start regurging until July. That's three months after he received them.

Sorry, but Josh's accusations hold absolutely no water with me. If things were even a fraction of how bad he says they were, then this should have been brought up 6 months ago. I don't buy it one bit.

All this thread has told me is to continue doing business with Doc (several transactions with him and never a single issue) and to avoid Josh.
 
starsevol said:
Great post!
Josh always seems to have the "them against me" mentality. If being a professional breeder is something he has been striving for since the age of 13 I would wonder why he is not farther along than he is now.
I am still wondering where he came up with the idea that I have no "hands on" experiance, that I don't keep animals and that I am not a breeder!
I hold no hard feelings against him, and wish him well.
And I would love to hear more from Doc.
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Wow you still just can not say anything nice. Really you are going to point out how I am not living my dream yet. I am sorry not everyone can get paid by the government like yourself. I have had to work hard for what I have. Everytime I get a good collection I have to sell it for many different reasons. I think this was really uncalled for.

wyldwurm said:
Well sure, but Josh did say he has a quarantine area for his animals.

And to correct my previous post - the animal may not display signs and carry crypto asymptomatically - crypto can take up to two years to cause death in a snake.
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I said I have Doc's snakes in a quarantine as well as a whole nother quarantine of stuff that I picked up last month on the other side of the house.

wyldwurm said:
I believe he mentioned the snake came to him with the lump so it's unlikely his own quarantine is the problem.
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See this is what I mean about things getting twisted around. You all should really make sure you read everything in a thread. I never said the snake came with the lump. So there was no reason to contact Doc at the time of arrival.

Really I know this last snake the Goldust Motley has been the big topic. But you people do realize that there was "3" other snakes that died right?
 
Reptileman81 said:
Wow you still just can not say anything nice. Really you are going to point out how I am not living my dream yet. I am sorry not everyone can get paid by the government like yourself. I have had to work hard for what I have. Everytime I get a good collection I have to sell it for many different reasons. I think this was really uncalled for.
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EXCUSE ME?? I do not get paid by the government, I happen to OWN and OPERATE a small business. I AM living my dream! And I did say something nice, I said I wish you well. You really are not very bright, are you?
 
Reptileman81 said:
See this is what I mean about things getting twisted around. You all should really make sure you read everything in a thread. I never said the snake came with the lump. So there was no reason to contact Doc at the time of arrival.
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I have read everything. Apparently you have a comprehension problem. I said "I believe", I did not say "He said" . See the difference or would you prefer a diagram?

Obviously, the point my post was saying that it sounded like you were keeping proper quarantine. :rolleyes:

But since you brought it up.....you did say, "I never said the snake came with the lump. So there was no reason to contact Doc at the time of arrival." In your own words. No lump. Got it.
Wait - then how is this Doc's fault? :rolleyes:

You have some serious growing up to do before you ever...ever...consider opening a business that deals with anything live.
 
I have stated that reason a few times as well. It is his fault for having bad stock. Where else would this so called parasite you think he may have had come from. None of my other snakes show any signs of it. It is his fault for starving snakes like he did. If they had been fed properly maybe this would of not happened. That is the only explanation for snakes of 5-9 months old at the time of arrival to weight 5-15g. How do you even keep a 5g snake alive for 2 months much less 5 or more. This is why it is his fault. Once again people there were 3 other snakes in question. I only hope that my other 6 from him will stay strong.

The reason I came back at you for the saying he arrived with the lump is cause a few post later someone started to ask why I did not say something to Doc about the lump at the time of arrival. I had to clarify because of you that it did not.

As for you Beth sure you wished me good luck or what ever. After the fact of the matter that you just had to beat me down by saying how "why am I not living my dream yet". That in my eyes was so rude and uncalled for. I think that you and I just need to stay out of each others affairs. You leave me alone and I leave you alone. You stay off of my threads and I stay off of yours. We do not PM each other or email each other. Just like last month when I saw you I did not even speak to you even though we sat right next to each other. We are just never going to like each other. I am fine with that. Please please please as sincere as I can be please just leave me be. You won you have stabbed the dagger and and twisted it. Please to not talk about me anymore. I am over this petty :censored:.
 
Josh, I will not email you. (Never have, why would I start now?)
I will not pm you.
As for the other, this is a PUBLIC forum, and I am not a pizza. (you can't order me....)
 
Reptileman81 said:
I am living on $350 a month in unemployment. I am paying $250 a month in child support. I have no spare cash but what little money I can make here and there on selling animals. Not that any of this is anyone's business nor do I want sympathy from anyone.
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You don't get paid by the government Josh? Who pays your unemployment then? You keep on denying that you are a "lier" but you keep on contradicting yourself...
 
Am I the only one that noticed that Josh never mentioned anything about the quarantine of ANY animals he recieved until after it was mentioned how contagious crypto can be? With the limited knowledge that he has demonstrated, it would not surprise me at all if he didn't have a quarantine area. Also, if these animals have been in quarantine, how come he was trying to sell them? I know I certainly wouldn't sell any animal until I was SURE that it was healthy, especially if I got it from someone else. I don't buy any of this. IMO, I believe this to be a fabrication that is intended to support his case, like I suspect others are in this thread.
 
starsevol said:
As for the other, this is a PUBLIC forum, and I am not a pizza. (you can't order me....)
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Zing! :thumbsup:

Josh I think you need to take the hate glasses off and start seeing that nobody is attacking you, we're all stating how we feel based upon What you yourself have said. I'm sure we all have better things to do then to attack someone who has clearly dug himself a big hole.

Here's a run down of the thread.

You purchased animals from Doc. One died in transit, he replaced it (did you provide him pictures or did he take your word that it died?), and you purchased another one when he shipped the replacement. The snakes were sickly and underweight, but you didn't bother to inform Doc of this or make any complaints. One, while in your care, developed a lump. You continued to feed it, refused to give it vet care, and say the only reason it developed a lump is because it was a bad snake to begin with? It couldn't possibly be due to poor care, over-feeding, stress, or something on your end.

The only proof you have... some iffy records. The only incriminating information is hand written and proves the snake with the lump was over-fed.

These other three snakes you've mentioned... do you have feed records for them? Weight records? Anything? And I wouldn't worry about printing anything out... do you know how to take a screen shot?

If you still have any of these snakes in your possession it might be a good idea to take pictures of them and show us. Maybe it won't do any good, but if they're still under weight it might help support your claims. :shrug01:
 
Reptileman81 said:
I have stated that reason a few times as well. It is his fault for having bad stock. Where else would this so called parasite you think he may have had come from. None of my other snakes show any signs of it. It is his fault for starving snakes like he did. If they had been fed properly maybe this would of not happened. That is the only explanation for snakes of 5-9 months old at the time of arrival to weight 5-15g. How do you even keep a 5g snake alive for 2 months much less 5 or more. This is why it is his fault. Once again people there were 3 other snakes in question. I only hope that my other 6 from him will stay strong.

The reason I came back at you for the saying he arrived with the lump is cause a few post later someone started to ask why I did not say something to Doc about the lump at the time of arrival. I had to clarify because of you that it did not.
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The ONLY reason I mentioned crypto was because YOU asked about it. I NEVER said I thought ANY animal had crypto. EVER. I only gave information about the parasite.

If you dare accuse me of anything, make sure you have your facts straight.

Those snakes did not die from anything Doc did. Those snakes died from your ADMITTED neglect. Period. :yesnod:
The point of your accusations against Doc is mute. Doc did nothing wrong here - your obvious ignorance regarding medical care and blatant neglect is what killed those snakes. You know it, I know it and every person who has read this thread knows it. You can thank yourself for that. :thumbsup:
 
Reptileman81 said:
I have stated that reason a few times as well. It is his fault for having bad stock. Where else would this so called parasite you think he may have had come from.
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You dont even know if there was a parasite... you never took it to the vet or had any kind of tests run. For all we know it was bad husbandry. :shrug01:

Without any kind of tests being run by a vet how are you gonna say its bad stock.
 
wyldwurm said:
Those snakes did not die from anything Doc did. Those snakes died from your ADMITTED neglect. Period. :yesnod:
The point of your accusations against Doc is mute. Doc did nothing wrong here - your obvious ignorance regarding medical care and blatant neglect is what killed those snakes. You know it, I know it and every person who has read this thread knows it. You can thank yourself for that. :thumbsup:
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
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