bad guy Francisco /MOC Reptiles

Now that he got screwed on fauna, is asking for his friends (who have no clue about reptiles) to do something about my business reputation 🤣🤣 what a desperate and sick guy!!

Originally Posted by emeryfbrecovery

I’d strongly advise against doing business with this guy. I was attracted by all the rare species he kept, and saw that he was selling some Aussie frillies! So I went ahead and paid for a male in full along with a knobtail gecko. Not even a month after receiving the frilled, he’s got full blown yellow fungus, respiratory infection as well as mouth rot. I noticed his mouth gaping when he arrived but I was also told that aussie frilleds do this more frequently than the NG. Nope it was a RI. I wasn’t experienced with dealing with sickly animals so it took about 2 weeks before I saw the problems worsening and took him to a vet. The owner Francisco had been ignoring any messages I was sending until I told him that the frilled he gave me was sickly, and at that point he just kept denying it possibly being his fault, and blamed it on me. Tell me, how does a BRAND NEW CAGE, with brand new bedding, brand new supplies lead to yellow fungus, mouth rot and RI? At first he tried saying he’s never heard of RI in frilled dragons, but the vet confirmed it. I sent him pictures of the medical bills and he offered me another male or female for a discounted price. Why on earth would I want another animal from you, when the first one was sickly? This guy doesn’t even breed the animals himself, he buys them and then flips them for a higher price. After talking to another aussie keeper, problems like this aren’t unheard of because of the fact that they commonly export them from Germany-and lots of health issues are caused by the trip from there to over here in the US. Regardless, this guy tries to deny any responsibility for this, even when I know my husbandry was on point.
And then when I brought up that my farm bred NG frilleds are in excellent health he tried saying that’s where I F’d up because the Australian wouldn’t need as high of humidity- but not once did I say I kept them the same (I don’t) and he had said right before that how RI in frilleds was unheard of. So because I proved him wrong and that the frilled did indeed have it, he tried all he could in his power to blame it on me. Even though it had a gaping mouth with some mucus the first day I got him. I was simply uneducated and in denial because I didn’t want to believe that the animal I spent close to a thousand on was sickly. Scary scary experience and of course my first aussie....
He could of at the very least split the vet bills, but it’s obvious this guy cares more about the money than the health of the animal.


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