08/16/2026
Hello everyone - this is Krista, Cody's girlfriend. Cody has experienced some of the worst luck the last few months, and I am here to fill everyone in and try to keep you updated.
There has been a very unfortunate sequence of events for him as of late. In July he had a case of shingles on his face. It took quite some time to heal and was a pretty nasty case of shingles overall, but he was trying to work through it as best he could. Next, the business took its first ever trip down to the Daytona Reptile show. On the way down, his work truck broke down. He was forced to abandon the truck and his trailer full of his accessories and supplies as well as a significant inventory of enclosures in Georgia. The truck is still not repaired, and per the dealership it may not be ready for several more weeks to months yet even. Thankfully, his business partner was able to go retrieve the trailer over this last weekend at least, but it is still up in the air on the truck.
Warning - this part may be a bit more graphic. To top all of this off, at the end of August we rushed Cody into the emergency room after he started experiencing severe abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with Diverticulitis and sent home on antibiotics. For whatever reason, the antibiotics did not work. He developed an abscess, which then ruptured and he had bodily fluids leaking into his body cavity. They pushed for heavier antibiotics hoping that he could avoid surgery, but that was also not in the cards for him. He was rushed into surgery after it was made clear that he was becoming an increased risk of sepsis or worse. They had to remove a large section of his colon and he will need to have an ostomy for some time now, with some pretty severe weight lifting limitations. He is in recovery now, and was just allowed to go home yesterday afternoon, but this is all so new and he is trying to figure out what he can do for everyone.
This business and you all, his customers and friends, mean everything to him, and he is trying not to let anyone down here but he also needs to really take care of himself and recover right now. He will be meeting with his business partner as soon as possible to try to form a plan for the immediate future. He is hoping to see if they can figure out someone to help do the lifting in the shop in the meantime, but it is all really up in the air right now and being worked out still. We will try to keep everyone updated and informed as much as possible in the meantime.
We really appreciate everyone's patience during this time and understanding, we will keep you posted.
