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Info Thomas Dorn - aeterrabyte

I have received word back from one of the people I wrote denying he is a student of his. I do not know whether that means he is not supervising this person, or whether he is not a student at all.
I believe the person I emailed will look into the general situation, I will continue to research as well.

Weird. Was this from his academic advisor listed on his UT webpage?
 
I think this thread has already shown that aeterrabyte is just someone not to deal with and continuing this is getting pointless.
 
I applaud what you are doing Lucille. He seems to be taken aback at the thought his community would come here to read his words. Why does it matter who reads Thomas? If you have done nothing wrong?

I live about 2 and a half to 3 hours from this guy. If he really cares about the well being of this beautiful animal and her survival, I would gladly drive to pick her up and care for her until she is fit to be sent back to Rob. I will come tomorrow 12/29/12 Saturday first thing in the morning if you really care about her. Unfortunately, all you seem to care about is your $650.

Let me know
 
I would also take this vet to a qualified reptile vet. Someone on here posted that there is a reptile specialist not 30 minutes from you! Why not set up another appt and go there? If you won't I will.

You say "you already saw a vet, he bred ball pythons and even kept corn snakes". That is the most ridiculous statement I had heard in a long time. Okay, so my wife is having a baby, let me take her to my neighbor to deliver the baby. I mean she has 3 kids of her own! She must know what she is doing. Does that put into context how insane you saying the vet you saw is qualified because he bred ball pythons. Oh wait your appendix needs to be removed, ya know what..I had mine removed a while ago, I'll take care of that for you, no worries!

Once again, say the word. I will come tomorrow and give the girl the conditions she deserves and take her to a qualified herp vet until she can be shipped to Rob.
 
Rob is it impossible to say some other member local to Tom to pick this snake up and finish off its rehabilitation. And then when its healthy send it back to you or buys it from you.

Cause I feel longer its in his care faster itll die.

I live just south of Austin if there is anything I can do to help. The only problem is I'm about to be out of town for the weekend. Otherwise I'm here and willing to help out.
 
I live in northwest Houston and would love to help out in any way I can. I think this snake needs to be rescued and put in a temporary foster home until it is healthy enough to return to Rob. It's unfortunate that such a beautiful animal has been subjected to such negligent care. I don't have anyone in quarantine right now, so she'll have her own tub to herself until she's fit enough for shipment. I also use Dr. White at Briarcrest Veterinary Clinic ( http://www.briarcrestvet.com/ ) and can get her an appointment with him. I'd be happy to record the vet trip if need be.
 
Thomas Dorn has no business keeping snakes IMO.....the hobby does NOT need people like this. Start collecting Beanie Babies or something and leave the living animals to people who can tell their ass from a hole in the ground please.
 
For those that have chosen not to do business with Thomas Dorn, this information may be of value. This is also being inputted for anyone that chooses to search his info.

His website:

http://www.snakegenius.com/

http://www.whoismind.com/whois/snakegenius.com.html

120 Eleanor rd
Manchester, NJ 08759
US
7326787930

[email protected]


He also goes by the screen name "SnakeG" on Ball-pythons.net

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/member.php?28269-snakeg


Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/Snakegenius



And last but not least, Thomas appears to be quite the drug aficiando, stemming from various accounts on numerous Weed and Mushroom grow sites to even these blatantly obvious solicitations for illegal synthetic drugs (attached with IP addresses!):

http://www.chinaqualitycrafts.com/ps-2c_e_2c_i/page7.html

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2011-02-25 11:33:38
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I would like to get some 2cb-fly. Please email me at dorn.thomas@gmail...
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2011-02-25 11:31:06
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please contact me [email protected] and send product list
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IP:24.27.31.202
2011-02-25 11:28:31


So Thomas, is it possible you had one of your "chemicals" on your hand when you went to feed this snake?
 
Makes sense, in the previously linked facebook profile(way back) he was tagged in quite a few "festival" or "event" pics which go hand in hand with psychedelics.

Pretty sure residue in/on food/water/hands would have negative neurological affects on an animal. Poor thing may very well have been on a bad snake trip(not even joking in the least) and injured itself if that were the case. Not sure how psychedelics affect a herps system so I wouldn't be able to say for sure.
 
There are also quite a few other things that I could not link because they qualify as an anonymous third party quote, which is not permitted here because his actual name is not attached. For those interested in developing your own opinion, I recommend searching his screen name on here or email address. Luckily, the Internet is forever.
 
Listen to me? what the hell are you doing. Your going way out of line doing that. It's really not in your right to do so.

I believe some could ask you the same thing. You threatened Rob and forced his hand. He posted here and then you tried to ruin his name in HIS community. He depends on this community, just as I am sure you need yours. Nobody is trying to ruin your name though. They are just sharing your own posts with those that might like to see.

Yea but you don't even know who is right or wrong. Why don't you want on that.

We don't know who is right or who is wrong, that much is true. However, your own descriptions of things that have been done to that snake cast enough doubt on your ability to take care of snakes. Nobody is waiting because YOU didn't wait. You said that it was either wobbles or IBD. Wobbles are part of spiders and spider combos and you knew that when you bought it, and IBD would have killed the snake already. It is neither of those, and you refuse to accept that.

My peers are going to want to look at or talk to the vet that is what they would do. They are big on education they would want to talk to someone with an education similar to theres. I will tell you that I treat everyone the same way. I have learned more from uneducated people then I have educated so It don't matter to me.

You do not treat everyone the same.You are belittling the suggestions made by experienced herpers that have been keeping snakes for decades, in favor of the opinion of " a 3rd party someone with a DMV ". YOU say things about doctors knowing more. Is that why you are working on that phd?
 
I was looking over the snakegenius website that Nick linked to above (awesome detective work, Nick). If you scroll down on the site, Silvadene is for sale there. I was under the impression that Silvadene required a doctor's prescription?
 
I was looking over the snakegenius website that Nick linked to above (awesome detective work, Nick). If you scroll down on the site, Silvadene is for sale there. I was under the impression that Silvadene required a doctor's prescription?

According to his suggestion I read on BP.net, it appears he orders similiar antibiotics from Europe ... along with a few other things you can't get here :rolleyes:
 
Good morning/afternoon, everyone!

A lot has happened in the past 12 hours or so. Although I disagree with many things that Thomas has said, I picked this one out to address specifically:

From Thomas:
why the hell would you post an inquiry about a customer that is unhappy is beyond me. Rob needs to go to business school.

From me, 1st post in this thread, also in email to Thomas:
Thomas...after a lot of thought, I have decided not to refund your money. My belief is that you tube-fed the snake water after her cage/rack overheated and she is showing signs of that in the video. I will start a thread on this transaction on the BOI at FaunaClassifieds.com so that we can get other's opinions as to what should be done.

As for that last bit, Thomas, about needing to go to business school, I did. I received my MBA from the same university where you worked as a research assistant before receiving your BS.

I would like to do the same thing you mentioned your peers would want to do: talk to the vet. When I suggested it to you, you said he didn't have time for my B.S. If you treat everyone the same, AND if you are interested in transparency (as you have also claimed), what's the problem?
 
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