Fred kick

[RichsBallPythons]

I REALLY wish I would have checked here first.
I bought a "100% het Genetic Stripe male and female" for $100. They arrived today covered in mites, covered in stuck shed, and the male has retained eye caps on both eyes!!!
I guess I'll nurse them back to health, and look at it as a lesson learned. (Now I just hope that they ARE 100% hets)

Post this on his Bad GUy Thread on Fauna BOI.

[King's Royal Pythons]

Post this on his Bad GUy Thread on Fauna BOI.

I have emailed him and I'm giving him 24 hours to respond before I add to the Bad Guy Thread on the BOI, but if I need to, I will.

[PiedPeddler]

I do not know Fred Kick. I have never spoken to him or e-mailed him. By paying attention to his ad's for many years, I know he has been working with Hypos (Orange Ghost) and G-stripes for a very long time. Awhile ago I purchased a sub-adult female Black Pastel Het Hypo from a hobbyist who had purchased her from Fred Kick before he saw all that stuff on Fauna about him. After reading all that he decided to sell her for a great price (he had had her for several months and she was in good health). I have seen the reports about the condition of his animals but have never seen issues with his hets proving out and he sells lots of them. Knowing this, I bought her. She is a 2008 and this is the clutch she produced this year from breeding her to our Hypo Black Pewter: 2 Hypo Black Pastels, a Hypo Black Pewter, a Hypo, and a Pastel Het Hypo.

There is a big difference between somebody who has poor maintenance/husbandry practices and somebody who is an outright scammer and thief. If he sold them as hets, they probably are.
- Paul