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You may get a kick out of this. Most know I do reptile rescue when I can help.. Anyway.. I took this boa in. He was not being cared for. This girl was underweight, had a burn under his whole head and the tip of her tail, and had a bad case of mouthrot. Anyway the owner took this girl into the petshop asking them to take it because he couldn't afford to care for it. This thing was on its last leg (so to speak). The petshop didn't want it, but took it and called me. I went down to pick her up and to tell the truth I didn't think it would make it through the weekend. But after 2 months of meds, heat, and food, the snake proved to have a fight in her and wasn't gonna check out on me. I kept this girl for 4 months, everything cleared up except the scars under the face and on the tail. She was eating like a pig and getting real fat thanks to a few guinea pigs and several rats. The orgigional owner stopped into the petshop and was wondering how she was doing, so the idiot at the counter gave this guy my phone number. He called, I gave him an update and he asked if he could please just see her. So I figured no harm. He came over and checked her out and seemed real happy she was doing better. He left. Two days later I get a call from the petshop and they are telling me he was in their spouting off that he wants his snake back and they had no right getting rid of it. Then the next day he calls me and starts telling me the snake still belongs to him and he wants it back. I told him there were over 400 dollars of services done to get her well, and he said he would even pay me back. I told him I didn't think he should have this girl back, because in his care it almost died. He started spouting he would get a lawyer, etc.. I told him to $$%# off and hung up on him.. This was a few days ago. Since I spoke to him I relocated this snake to a very kind home where I know she will get spoiled and get any care she needs. I spoke to a lawyer that said unless a animal reliquish form was done he can try to take me to court. My main defense in that the snake came from the pet shop and not him directly, and that I can prove this snake was being neglected. Ya try to do the nice thing, and it comes back on you. Like I said to him, I refuse to give this snake back to suffer again. Should be interesting to see what happens.. I haven't heard anything the last few days. Guess time will tell.. what an ***.. So for anyone who takes in rescues, you may want to just write a note and have the owner sign it to cover your butt..
Steve Clark
You may get a kick out of this. Most know I do reptile rescue when I can help.. Anyway.. I took this boa in. He was not being cared for. This girl was underweight, had a burn under his whole head and the tip of her tail, and had a bad case of mouthrot. Anyway the owner took this girl into the petshop asking them to take it because he couldn't afford to care for it. This thing was on its last leg (so to speak). The petshop didn't want it, but took it and called me. I went down to pick her up and to tell the truth I didn't think it would make it through the weekend. But after 2 months of meds, heat, and food, the snake proved to have a fight in her and wasn't gonna check out on me. I kept this girl for 4 months, everything cleared up except the scars under the face and on the tail. She was eating like a pig and getting real fat thanks to a few guinea pigs and several rats. The orgigional owner stopped into the petshop and was wondering how she was doing, so the idiot at the counter gave this guy my phone number. He called, I gave him an update and he asked if he could please just see her. So I figured no harm. He came over and checked her out and seemed real happy she was doing better. He left. Two days later I get a call from the petshop and they are telling me he was in their spouting off that he wants his snake back and they had no right getting rid of it. Then the next day he calls me and starts telling me the snake still belongs to him and he wants it back. I told him there were over 400 dollars of services done to get her well, and he said he would even pay me back. I told him I didn't think he should have this girl back, because in his care it almost died. He started spouting he would get a lawyer, etc.. I told him to $$%# off and hung up on him.. This was a few days ago. Since I spoke to him I relocated this snake to a very kind home where I know she will get spoiled and get any care she needs. I spoke to a lawyer that said unless a animal reliquish form was done he can try to take me to court. My main defense in that the snake came from the pet shop and not him directly, and that I can prove this snake was being neglected. Ya try to do the nice thing, and it comes back on you. Like I said to him, I refuse to give this snake back to suffer again. Should be interesting to see what happens.. I haven't heard anything the last few days. Guess time will tell.. what an ***.. So for anyone who takes in rescues, you may want to just write a note and have the owner sign it to cover your butt..
Steve Clark
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