Also had some people today who have another of my chins asked about adopting a second one, so now I'm just waiting for them to get back to me as far as when they want to come. So I hope that works out.
Ok and you know lately, I haven't had a day without someone making me want to *facepalm*. I got an email tonight asking advice. Said she has an older female chin, and her neighbor (I think) asked if she wanted another, and of course, it's a female. So she wanted to know about putting them together and how to prepare if there's babies.
Now, she didn't say that she wanted to put them together because she only wanted one cage... but as that's the reason I hear 95% of the time, I told her about when you're breeding chins, you need a baby safe cage. Chances are, she doesn't already have that, as most chin cages aren't baby safe. So, she would probably need to buy that. Then, she still would need to keep one of her current cages, to separate the male and to keep the male babies in after they're weaned. IF they get along with dad, that is. Also told her to have money, and used some examples of super expensive vet bills I've had relating to pregnant chins. Also told her bout handfeeding and having goat's milk for that and a syringe and every two hours... probably some other stuff too. What I don't get though, is, why does everyone feel like their chin needs a buddy? I mean, even in run breeding, where the chins are SUPPOSED to be separated, almost every time a female gets out of her run and gets in with another female, there's an injury. Hmmmmm. You know? Not like every chin wants a buddy. I mean, the same goes for people. Some want to be surrounded by others all the time and others are more loners. Ugh. In addition to answering he questions, I told her, I wouldn't put em together. I have a waiting list a mile long for people to bring chins in.... but you know, can't control what she does.
Going back to the lady who's had the chins on hold a month. In addition to what I told her in my previous blog post, I told her, I'm no longer letting her do payments. It was beneficial to me, had she adopted all four chins at once and I had 3 open spots (two chins are a pair) to take in more chins. But now that they've been here a month and I don't feel she's any closer to picking them up, I have no good reason to let her make payments. These chins could have all potentially been adopted by now.
So, she got back to me and of course, she wants the chins and wants to walk all over me and I'm not having it. Conversation:
Her: I still want the mom, daughter and the gray male. I can do $100. I will be out there Saturday and sunday. If u want I can pay for their food since theyare still with u
Me: $100 will not pay for any of those chins. The pair is $150. The baby would be $125. If you can't pay that, you just can't get the chins. Period.
Paying for the food is not the same as taking them and adopting them. The point is so they are not here and I can take in other chins. The food is the least of it.
If all you have is $100, keep saving, and if the chins are still here when you can actually pay for them, let me know.
Her: I would only owe u $100 because u said before that would be $200 for all three and $250 for all four
I don't know what kind of money u make but my rent is $900, $250 for nipsco and that doesnt include food for 3 people, car insurance, celll phones, cable, health insurance $500 something coming out my husbands check for us and our pets....
One dog,3cats, degus and 2 fish
Especially when he was off work foe 6-7months and we are just trying to catch up on everything
Or I can take all three of them this week and just owe u whatever
It's not like i'm keep them and take off on u... I can so a contact about whatever how much I owe . U
Me: I did say it would be $200 for all
three. But I also said now, that you can't make payments. When you only buy one
chin at a time, it's full price. The discount is a "multi-chin"
discount -- it's because you were buying multiple.
I am making no money right now, no
unemployment, and I still have all the bills you do. And I'm caring for 40
animals. I understand you may not be making oodles of money, most people I know
aren't making a lot. But then if that's the case, what if you brought one of
these chins home and you had a $300 vet bill for some reason? Gonna wait a
month to take the chin into the vet because you don't have the money? This is a
bad situation all around.
At this point, I could see it being
years before I'd ever get the money from you. Not even because you don't have
it, but because you take so long to make it out here. Even if you did sign a
contract, they're miserable to enforce, and if I had to go to court, it would
cost me more to go to court than what you'd owe me. It's not worth it.
Her: BELIEVE if my animals came to that
point need l ing some serious medical help theu will get it asap... and about u
ever taking me to court that wouldn't happen... I don't take advantage of
people and definitely don't do people wrong at all... if my huaband check is
more on friday then I will pay it off.... it was kinda a set back when we had
to put dam near $600 into his car and still have to pay to get my explorer
towed from hammond to demotte to see whats goinf on with that
Me: I understand, but I just can't wait
forever either. And it's already been almost a month, that is ridiculously long.
People pick up chinchillas the same day they call. Most pick up within 7 days.
I need to keep the rescue running in the meantime. I can't do that without
money. Money comes from adoption fees. Without those......
Let me know what happens on Friday. We'll
talk then.
Some of this so deserves comments. First. I do NOT want to
hear about all the bills you all have. A lot of people tell me they have
bills. So? What, do you all think I'm rich and live here with no
mortgage, no electrical bills, no food bills, no gas bills, etc? Guess
what, I have all those bills too! So you're not special and I'm not
giving you a discount just because you have bills. The only thing I don't
have is kids, but I have 40+ animals at all times, so I think that probably
takes about as much time and a good portion of the money if they're being cared
for correctly.
Also, did you notice how I told her she cannot make payments and then
she says, oh she can take all three and pay the rest whenever. DID I NOT JUST SAY SHE COULD NOT MAKE
PAYMENTS? I am REALLY getting tired of
telling people the same thing over and over.
Don’t read, can’t adopt. That
should be the new rule.
And… if the husband’s been off work, and the daughters’ been in the hospital
(not sure if that’s in the part I copied), and car problems, and this and that…
maybe she shouldn’t be getting ANY pets at all until she has more money.
How bout that? Oh, and she’ll get
vet care right away if needed. Really? How’s she gonna pay
for it? Hmmmmm????
Oh, and she’s not gonna take em and take off on me. No, she’ll be right in her home, where I can
find her, but at the rate she’s going, even if she had the money, she’d take 4
months to see me to get it to me to pay me something like $25 off of a $150 tab. So it would take years to get paid off (and the whole time, just like her coming to get the chins, I would need to be bugging her). Don’t think
so. I am TIRED of getting walked all
over.
And people… that is how a multi-animal discount works. You don’t go to a breeder, get a dog, and
come back awhile later, and get another, and get a discount. But, when you’re there, if you pick up two,
sometimes you get a discount. But that
doesn’t extend on forever, that’s typically just that day.
So all this said... if she has the money Friday, I still need to see her adoption form. Because she hasn't even been able to get THAT to me yet. If she can afford em Friday or this weekend, she can take em. But she is NOT doing a payment plan. Considering the fact that I have not seen her ONCE since she decided she wanted the chins, about a month ago, and the fact that she was scheduled to come over here MULTIPLE times during that period of time yet NEVER DID, I am NOT doing any favors. She has wasted enough of my time already.
Now, before I get 20 emails asking about payment plans... I don't offer em to 99.9% of people. There are not even a handful of people who I will allow to have a tab, because I see them often enough or I've known them forever. And with this person, she has some of my degus, and with that adoption, it was not delay delay delay. She wanted em, came over, filled out paperwork, and adopted them. So I dunno if this is a new thing or what, but had she been like this before, I would have told her, forget ever adopting anything else. I don't have the time to mess with people like this who just make me want to strangle them. It's not worth raising my blood pressure over, when I can find perfectly nice chin homes that don't aggravate me, and it's not worth the aggravation. We will see what happens this weekend.
Few more things. First. What is it with people who say, I know the store's closed but I need this thing right now, and could you get it out quick? (which isn't always a problem, but keep reading). So we talk bout they want, back and forth for a day or two. So, then I rush to get their order put together and email em with the total. Nothing for two days. I emailed and told em, hey, thought you wanted this in a rush, did you get my other email? Oh yeah, they got it. Welll...... they said they'll pay by paypal. So I gave em my paypal and told em, I can send em an invoice. That was this morning. Nothing yet. I try to be nice, but when you tell me its a rush, and then YOU delay in payment or getting me your zip code or whatever, then I feel like you just wanted me to push your order in front of everyone else's. Which isn't fair to them, if you really don't need it in a day or two like you say you do.
Last thing. MOST of the drywall is up. Few remaining pieces -- may be done by end of week!!!
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