Exotics-r-us/ Ray Hunter/ Ricky D

Okay, here is the deal, here is what we have purchased from these guys(This time):

1 cb gaboon baby
1.1 subadult/adult gaboons
1.1 egyptian adults
1.1 monocles(adults)
1.1 egyptians(babies)
1.1 Redneck spitters
1.0 mozambique spitter(adult)
1.1 sawscale vipers

Here are the events leading up to and following this purchase:

We have done ALOT of business with Ray Hunter several times in the past, about $15,000 or more. We have had some troubles, but have always worked it out even when we were not fully compensated for losses, but things happen and we have been really understanding with Ray. Well, with this order, we were told several times before and after that these animals were long term and feeding great(at least 2-8months). When the animals arrived, they were picked up, unpacked and set up properly. The nicest and smallest gabby was noticed weezing and holding his mouth open, which was strange, but he was nice looking and I figured he would pull through. here are the events that followed after unpacking the animals:
DAY 1
in the morning, the small gabby,1 baby egyptian and 1 baby redneck ALL DEAD.
DAY 3
egyptian adult and largest gabby DEAD
Ray was called and notified but was "ON VACATION and WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT WHEN HE GOT BACK"
DAY 4
Last remaining gabby going into SEIZURES OF SOME SORT, DEAD WITHIN 24hours!
Day 7
mozambique and adult egyptian dead!
TWO DAYS AGO:
After being called and spoken to several times, Ray tells us Ricky has offered $100(no zeros missing!!!) credit of for the animals that died!!!!
TODAY(11/5)
Ray tells us that he is not paying anything back and hangs up on us! AFTER Blaiming all the deaths on us and say that "OUR FACILITY IS INFECTED"!!!!

Here is a little more info on the condition of the snakes, the gabbies were extremely emaciated, except for the smaller which was suffering from extreme respiratory from day one. The larger one was around 4-5ft and weighed under 5lbs!!!!(still have it in the freezer and plan on posting all pics of the snakes and pictures of them on a scale to prove how emaciated these "LONG TERM CAPTIVES THAT WERE EATING LIKE PIGS" were). The larger gabbies were still in the bags they were imported in(evident by the age of the crap stains on the bags)! The Mozambique was so infected with respiratory that his body was FULL of mucus. These guys are the WORST IMPORTERS EVER and ARE THE EXACT REASON THAT IMPORTERS GET BAD NAMES. THESE GUYS ARE THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY SAY "SCUMBAG,MONEY HUNGRY, IMPORTERS". I just am finding it really hard to believe that we have spent this much money with these thieves and then get treated like this over a situation that was obviously a case of sending out bad animals on their part. These guys act like they are all religious and upstanding people when they are simply the worst of the worst. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU WANT QUALITY ANIMALS GO TO GLADES HERP, Jay at Exotic jungle, or Strictly Reptiles, STAY FAR AWAY FROM RAY HUNTER and Ricky D. Exotics-r-us are simply the worst importers on the planet and should be held accountable for their actions. I WILL POST PICTURES, SIZES, AND WEIGHTS of the animal in question, just so RAY OR RICKY Can't get on here an lie about the whole situation. For the record, if there is any doubt about our husbandry, we also keep russels viper,coral cobras,double het monocles from Diamond,west african banded spitters and several other high end species, AND WE HAVE YET TO LOSE ANY ANIMALS BESIDES THE ONES THAT CAME FROM RAY HUNTER AND RICKY D. Also for the record, the comments implicating Ricky D are based on the facts stated by his partner Ray, he seems to blaim alot of Ricky and we have not spoken with Ricky, we always get it second hand from Ray.
2cents w/ a few more cents to come....
Kevin Smith