Is BHB a quality breeder?

[redshepherd]

I live a few miles from him, my wife worked for him for a little bit, I have many friends who have worked for him. I don't have any proof of many issues and things I don't agree with, but ive either witnessed or have what I consider reliable sources, enough for me to never feel good about buying another animal from him. Many of my collection came from him, two did have mites show up after a couple days. The mite issues are annoying but have no bearing over my decision to never buy from him again.

However there are public controversies with him you can look up for yourself, his phone and social media accounts being hacked of some kind, revealing very "personal" photos of him, his wife, employees, and female hobbyist. Impling very heavily he is not monogamous and likes using his celebrity status. However personal issues don't speak to a person's ability to care for animals, sure doesn't look good for a celebrity in our hobby.

The way he keep his animals is criticize​d, Satan being the most famous target and this one particular snake I will 100% defend Brain on, as being to his facility multiple times and seeing how the snake acted, I would of done exactly what he did for the snakes safety. Keeping Satan in the enclosure he did was the right move. The rest of the criticism I would call debatable

You can follow his transparency with the scaleless project up until a certain point, then the female has never been seen again. This alarmed many people and Brian refused to answer questions even to people who invested heavily in the project.

His qualification for dealing with venomous and being a face for hots to the world has been a hot topic also.

The way they antagonize snakes on his show has been criticized as long as snakebytes has been around.

The choice is up to you. Your title asks if he is a quality breeder, which is completely an opinion, personally I would say no, not imo.

Good insight, thanks! I think from your personal experiences, and also some things I've seen regarding his care and treatment of some of the large reptiles, that is also enough for me to say that I wouldn't buy from him.

Being THAT large of a breeder, of course there is the higher likelihood of bad reviews and crap happening. Sometimes life happens, accidents happen. But once there is known undisclosed information about deceased animals, injured animals who quietly get switched out for a new animal, even one or two cases, it's enough for me to not support. And those who have had a poor experience with a seller does not immediately make them "a hater".