BHB reptiles/ Brian Barczyk

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Originally Posted by Dwish

Sweeping generalizations for the win?

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pretty much

I like all the "I don't understand, therefor it is impossible"

by that logic, male bananas and coral glows throw normal sex ratios, no one understands it, so it must not be happening.....

Old thread boost! I wish I had seen it earlier. I ordered a 2013 male Lemonblast on Tuesday (as part of Make An Offer Day), received him on Wednesday... with mites. I am impressed with the snake itself (he's a stunner), but not with BHB. I sent a very nice email to them and pretty much was blown off with a canned "oh, sorry" response. Not that I'd expect a full refund or anything, but when a company effs up, some responsibility should be taken -- especially when I was respectful enough to email them instead of blasting them publicly on Facebook. I will not be ordering from them again.

As for Mr. Lemonblast, he is living in solitude and in treatment. I haven't seen a sign of live mites since I started treatment (thank goodness), but he's still being treated for dormant ones and eggs, etc. I got lucky, but that's not a chance I want to take again. :snake:

Isn't this the same company BSO (or BOS....whatever) was blasting earlier??
I looked at their website and it looked so good too....is it true they aren't good sellers??

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Originally Posted by Andybill

This thread was started about a year ago.... :)

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And as long as they continue to send out mites on their snakes, it will be here a year from now too :(

I've talked to people who have very clean collections get mite infested snakes from BHB. It's always been an issue with them.

Regardless, always treat new additions for mites in QT no matter where they come from.

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Originally Posted by Mephibosheth1

Isn't this the same company BSO (or BOS....whatever) was blasting earlier??
I looked at their website and it looked so good too....is it true they aren't good sellers??

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They're fine sellers and have done some amazing projects, but as it appears, mites are a major issue in their facility and not a priority to fix. Disclaimer: I haven't worked with them and don't plan to.


Sent from my cool hide

I had never heard of this issue at all before now...

I'm kinda surprised, as BHB is such a big name in the community, and it seems they would have their stuff spot on. Why wouldn't they make any sort of attempt to fix this mite issue?

I have never bought from them. Honestly never even looked at their snakes, as I have read plenty where their snakes came in with mites. No thank you.

I got my normal ball python from BHB a month ago. He has no problems at all. Eats every feeding and is healthy.

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Originally Posted by kat_black181

Why wouldn't they make any sort of attempt to fix this mite issue?

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I've wondered myself...

They constantly get so many animals going in and out of their facility, including imports. So even if they did treat an animal, another will probably bring more in.
And I seriously doubt they treat animals in QT or if they even have a QT....