My thoughts: Stop making excuses. If you do not have the money it is required to take care of one ill pet, do not go into breeding. That isn’t being a responsible breeder. Do not use benefit money the government gives you to care for your kids for your pet business. That’s misuse of government money, and there are a hundred people angry that this is how their tax money is being used (wrongfully). I feel so horrible for the rest of the animals in her care that could potentially be ill and she has not had checked or treated. Ringworm spreads rapidly. It isn’t prejudice of species. All of her animals should have been at the very least checked by a vet. My late father was a veterinarian and there is no way he or any respectable vet would treat over the phone. That is simply unheard of, breeder or not. Even in wildlife from home care-the animals must come back in to the clinic to be treated if any new symptoms arise.

I proudly applaud those who have been informing the public about this case, because they have a right to know, in any form they choose is necessary. Yes, Michelle has every right to defend herself, but she has not been doing so in a professional manner. I felt that this story, as I read it today, was a very fair piece, and that’s my personal opinion. This is no case of defamation of character by others. She is only damaging more of her own reputation by continuing on with all this rubbage tossing. Maybe she finally caught on, and that’s why there are no further posts.

Sincerely,
Kate and my 8 hedgie ladies

No im not to ill to “lick a stamp” just to ill to deal with lies and stress, i gave up on any sort of a refund, didnt even bother to send you the vet report and even tho i didnt bother for those who did Ian and Julie its obvious had i of done so i still would of got nothing. So luckily saved myself stress and more ill health by not persuing the matter, i apploud Ian and Julie for carrying on tho and will help anyone, spike including on any details ect they want/need to know and advise against you at all times to anyone for anything So you can quit using the line i didnt bother sending vets bills or what ever you keep banging on about (sorry havnt read most of your posts as there to hard going and most are off topic and full of rubbish)because i have M.E. (chronic fatigue) and £150 and a useless breeder of anything is really not worth my health/time. I do not bother discussing things with you by email as it would seem to be as hopeless as by stamps so it seems.

If your short of money or rolling in it (depending on which it is that takes your fancy today) you have no excuse either way, short of money dont own as much pets, rolling in it? then pay up, sort your pets out.. what was the results of the rats blood tests outof interest as you were clearly so worried that same sort of thing had happened to you which it had us, i.e ur rats had something when given back to you, know how we felt now?

Iv bought pets left right and centre? Online i have bought 2 rats and hunting for a new hog..? (this time being VERY careful of back ground research into breeders there hogs and so fourth)

Chaz

It’s very difficult to understand much from what Michelle’s says because she contradicts herself so often.

In several posts she declares herself to be a millionaire. In another she says her “husband” earns millions. Then she’s on benefits and struggling to bring up two disabled children. Then she is somehow able to afford a trip to Holland/Germany to pick up 3 hedgehogs which are also expensive buy. In another post she says she has “a keen interest in buying investment properties abroad”, but then she has to borrow money from her sons to put her hedgehogs into quarantine. Then after telling people her hedgies were in a quarantine facility she says Defra said she could quarantine them at home, (something Defra deny is possible by the way). Then we find her trying to sell her pet bulldog because her partner has left her and she’s in desperate straits. The list just goes on and on. It’s very difficult to keep up.

If anybody dares to mention these contradictions, then they too are all part of the great conspiracy against her, which is being led by jealous breeders.

For the past 6 months she has been moving home. These “imminent” moves always seem to coincide with the times the gets called out on her “contradictions” (which other less kind people may call them lies).

To Mario what makes you think that it is (as you say) up to you when and if you pay any money to chaz and ian when you didn’t sell sick hogs to them in the first place. it is michelle who should have paid up straight away and nothing to do with you but any caring breeder as she says she is would have paid up fast! michelle has had vets bill from both chaz and ian and could have just had the info released to her vet without the need for the paperwork so it is obvious that she has no intention of putting right her shoddy animal care and doing the decent thing and paying up.

I breed dutch rabbits and if one of my babies went out sick i would pay up so fast! firstly because i wouldbe mortified that i had unknowingly sold somebody a sick animal and secondly because i wouldn’t want to damage my reputation so badly that only the seriously uneducated would buy from me.

Is amazing that people like this are always the picked on and the whole world is in the wrong rather than them. Amazing how so many people can be wrong and one person right i thinks!

Nice try in trying to make out that other breeders are making up all this stuff about you because they don’t want you around stealing all their sales but i don’t know a single one of them and have not been made bias by anyone and i can see you for what you are.

to chaz and ian you are obviously not going to get a penny from this woman or you would have got it long ago but well done for spending so much time and effort nursing these little guys and yourselves round. we need more people like you and its a pity that the authorities are not so much more up on things to have banned this woman from keeping anything more alive that a houseplant