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stephanbakir · 11-09-11, 05:47 PM

Best of luck, sorry for your loss.

KORBIN5895 · 11-09-11, 05:56 PM

My money is on the feeders. It would be worth getting them tested first. If you plan on raging action if it is the feeders get the testing done right so the courts can't claim a conflict of interest.

alessia55 · 11-09-11, 06:10 PM

Have you asked your vet if he's able to test the pinkie mice for chemicals that may be the cause for the death of your snakes?

jaleely · 11-09-11, 10:45 PM

i'm sorry! : ( How did you thaw the food? How bizarre. i think it's def the pet shops fault. if you thawed with water, i can't think of what would be on the food that wouldn't be washed away...i have no idea. I'm sorry!

aj099 · 11-09-11, 11:39 PM

really sorry for your lose mate. i cant imagine that happening to my boa`s
this is really scary that this happend if i were you i would raise living hell on the pet store! :@

Uncle_Rev · 11-10-11, 01:04 AM

Well the pet shop owner's wife called me back and we talked for a bit. She told me that they had just started their own breeding set up purchased from a local lady that had delivered the first of their rats that Monday morning.

After the initial pissed off phase passed the two of us talked. She has offered to replace one of the corn snakes with a corn of my choosing from their store or from one of their breeder's most recent clutch, but she accepts no responsibility. Up until this week I had always had a good relationship with these people.

I believe I will still have a necropsy done and my friend is picking up the pinks to take to the UCF lab in the morning Friday. He said that it is likely that a phenol or another cleaning agent became "re-activated" if a rat's water broke in the enclosure and it was not thoroughly cleaned or rinsed previously.

Pinkies move through cleaning agent, cleaning agent is transferred to pinkies, pinkies are fed to snakes. So I will see kick around some ideas while sitting stuck at work for a while.

SnakeyJay · 11-10-11, 04:24 AM

Sorry for your loss... id have to take it further if theyre not accepting responsibility.

alessia55 · 11-10-11, 07:38 AM

She's not admitting responsibility but yet she's offering to replace one of the snakes? That means she feels responsible on some level; or else she wouldn't offer any compensation at all. I'd get those pinkies tested asap and take it to the next level. I wouldn't let anyone get away with what's happened... Let us know what you find out about the pinkies!

SnakeyJay · 11-10-11, 07:46 AM

If it was someones dog or cat etc that died i bet the shop would have a different attitude. Some people seem to think that reptiles etc are expendable and replaceable. Its a particular animals traits that we get attatched to.

shaunyboy · 11-10-11, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by spots

Sorry for your loss. kinda weird that the manager hung up on you! (Unprofessional)

thats what i'm thinking...why would he hang up on you ?

unless he has had a load of folk with dead snakes calling due to a contaminated food source ?

were the 2 corns clutch mates ?

it may be a bad clutch and purely coincedence that they died on the same day

as you say mate getting a pm done would be the only way to know for sure

sorry for your loss

please keep us updated mate

cherers shaun

Will0W783 · 11-10-11, 09:18 AM

Rev, I am so sorry for your loss...it is devastating to lose a snake, especially when it's unexpected and the cause unknown. I think it's BS that the shop is refusing to accept responsibility and only replacing one of your snakes. I would tell them that isn't good enough and go ahead with the necropsy and testing the pinks. If you can find some evidence against them, sue them! Small claims court should be able to help you and I would also look into where else you can get your feeders. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers...please keep us posted on how it progresses.

kernel · 11-11-11, 02:32 PM

I'm sorry to hear that too, Rev

I can't think of anything else except the pinkies.

daddy and son · 11-12-11, 10:11 AM

Just echoing the above, since you still have 2 more in the freezer, you could have them checked as well. If they prove tainted you've got the pet store. You could for certain make him pay to replace your tw2o corns, and possibly for the necropsy as well. Good luck with it!

**millertime89** · 11-12-11, 12:54 PM

best of luck Rev, and sorry for your loss, keep us posted.

alessia55 · 11-13-11, 07:54 AM

Rev I know it's only been a few days but do you have any updated information on this? Any news on testing those pinkies?