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Exotics-r-us/ Ray Hunter/ Ricky D

I AM NOT

First off kevey, I just want to let you know. I live in Colorado. The ONLY venomous snakes i can keep,are venomoids. I have two. And am about to aquire a third. So don't include me in your little "anti-venomoider" speach.SECOND, YOU KEEP POSTING BUT STILL NO PICS. I think you are the liar. Prove me wrong. Come on, I have been waiting for 36 hours to see these pics. Make like Nike, and JUST DO IT. I have asked nicely a few times. Now come on. Either all this #$%# never happened and you are sitting on a bunch of very alive snakes, or they were "b" grade animals, and came in emanciated ,and died. If i was in your shoes I would be in a hurry to post them. PUT AN END TO ALL THIS. POST THE
!@#$%^& pics already.

Waiting to see pics,
Jesse Smith

"I reap intelligence to make up for my bad looks"
Nonphixion
 
I will have them up within the hour...

That is fine, I understand where you are coming from. I have to go take pictures of them all and I will gladly post them here. Also the offer is up to anyone that wants to test these snake to see exactly what killed them. I would be curious and I think everyone that has gotten snakes from Ray would like to know what kind of virus(s) are floating around Ray's facility. I have been doing alot of reading on OPMV and I am leaning towards that at one of of killers of some of the snakes we have gotten from Ray, since they have all the symptoms of a severe respiratory in some cases and they don't respond to any treatment, just simply die, in other cases as several other people have experienced with animals from Ray, the animals just simply drop dead no matter how good condition they appear to be in. The smallest gabby was fat and appeared to be in very good condtion, yet it was holding its mouth open, weezing and died the next day?
Kevin smith
 
"I know this is awhile ago"

Kevin, You made my point. I NEVER said we did not EVER sell venomoids, I said we stopped, and we don't and we NEVER WILL. Got it yet. You seem to be real good at trying to shift the subject off yourself, and try to put it back on me. Now why don't you answer the questions everyone has been asking you. Yes Ricky was selling venomoids at the point that I came onboard, and we sold the last of them, and it is posted clearly on our website (go look for yourself) that we NO LONGER DEAL IN VENOMOIDS. Your little trick won't work, Kevin. We have learned a lot since then are men enough to correct something we felt was wrong. You on the other hand are not such a man, because you still are hacking up snakes. We stopped dealing in venomoids over a year ago (after selling maybe 10-15), but on you go. You, yourself even said that it was a while ago. Now why don't you grow up and leave such practices to qualified vets. You have already shown us that you are not qualified by not using antibiotics because you are too cheap to buy a scale. You learned how to do this from the same person that did the surgeries on the few we had, are you now saying that he is not qualified??? That is what you are implying in your above posts, so if you say he is not qualified, and you learned from him, what does that make you???

Everyone who knows me and ERJ knows that we no longer deal in venomoids. If you could read, you would have read that our web site says "We no longer deal in venomoids". So that in itself tells you that we used to at some point. That is no secret. We are not ashamed of that, so your little game won't work. Sorry.

Now then, when was it that you were going to stop replying??? You are proving over and over that you are a liar.

Can't wait for your next load (oh, yeah, that's right, you stopped posting some time ago)

Yep, God Bless you!! (sorry that offends you so much, but just because I know how you are, does not mean that I can't wish you well)
Ray Hunter
 
" I have to go take pictures of them all "

Kevin, send us the pics you e-mailed Ken last week.
 
Ray...

You are a pretty funny guy. I like how now the issue isn't that you sold venomoids, or even that it is a VET that does the surgeries. Does anyone else see the pattern that Ray is displaying? First it was the hacker thing, which Ray himself sent animals to be fixed, so he obviously doesn't have that much of a problem if it makes them money. But they didn't make that much money like they planned because of their own business ethics, so therefore they couldn't do it. Then it was the VET thing, but yet he has no reciepts from a vet for the surgeries. He won't address his claims of ethics on that point, he will simply take something else that was said out of context and rant about that. Now, he is ranting about pictures, but everyone that has been paying attention to Ray can see that he will only make up more lies and excuses after I post them. As far as the dosage thing, different animals take different dosages. Or in more easier to understand terms, different species take different dosages. There is no single dosage for every animal of the same size, different species have different reactions. There is alot more to the whole thing than a straight scale of dosages per weight. Come on Ray, keep it going, take more things out of context. I simply went by what you said. OKAY, technically(very similar to the TOS of their company), you didn't say those exact words, but what exactly did you say? "You didn't say the car didn't run, you simply said that maybe, hypothetically, that because I "might" have thought about changing the sparkplugs, that it "might" have not sold a bad car. "*

*Please keep in mind that this is a sample of Ray's approach to business, he doesn't admit anything was done wrong by him, he constantly makes up other scenarios in which to try and take the blame away from himself and place it on other people.

The fact is that alot of snakes that come from Ray do die and are not fit to be sold in the first place. Although Ray will not admit this, there are alot of people that have dealt with him and won't ever make that mistake again. You can not blaim them for not wanting to come on here and be crucified by a bunch of people that don't care about the truth and are simply here to start crap.
Kevin Smith
 
Ok.....

I had several specimens that had venomoid surgery done by Dr. Funk many years ago. It was made very clear that the specimens had to be clean, treated, healthy and feeding. These snakes do not feed for some time post surgery. That is why it is important that these specimens are healthy BEFORE they go under the knife.(Laser if qualified) That is why the question is brought up about the two going under the knife right away.(Cobras) If the shipment was a bunch of "B" grade dehydrated ,sick snakes that may of had a virus???, Why would you do this? At least some of them must have been good? Still haven't answered any of the qualified vet questions. Whether we agree with the venomoid issue or not are you doing anything to treat these animals and ensure survival. I guess not without a scale? Also, it is clear in regards to the TOS. Yes me and Ray H are friends but, I would be the first to tell him he's wrong. So don't go there either. How about this... I will go to Ray's shop tomorrow and take a pic of the specimens there. I will post them and see if anyone thinks there is a problem. Also, pics of the cages etc. Maybe a pic of Ray H. Uh...maybe not! LOL! Anyway, I can vouch that they have at least 100 specimens in stock. Many of these have been there for months. Some for over 8 months that I know of. Not all imports come in well but I know of only a couple that are doing badly. Many of us who sell "hots" know that it's hard to move large quantities of venomous reptiles. We're not talking iguanas here. You're going to sit on them. If there were a viral problem it would have shown up. I can vouch that there is not such a problem in that collection. Anyone up for the pics of ERJ's emaciated, virus infested, dehydrated hots? Another issue... if someone spent 15,000.00 with me I damn sure wouldn't cut my own throat by sending "junk" to them. Do you think Ray H. would? Wouldn't be good business stimpy! On the "venomoid issue".... They did have a few venomoids that Ricky D. purchased over a year ago. Ray H. was against it. One thing I know for sure is... If I had gotten a "bad" shipment I would have taken a pic immediately upon receipt of said shipment. I would have e-mailed the pics right then and there. I would have placed a claim. I would have advised on anything that was alive but, did not look good.
That's that!!!! Ray G. HBR
 
okay,now I will reply...

When I said that all of the animals were sick and died, I didn't mean it literally, if you read my first post I stated what died and what was still alive. Yes, there were some good animals in the bunch, but there were also alot of animals that were unfit to be sold. There was a mozambique that had its body half full of mucus from an extreme respiratory, now in 12 WEEKS, this could not have been noticed?? The largest Gabby was extremely thin and emaciated, what IN 12 WEEKS THAT WASN'T NOTICED??? How about the smallest gabby holding it's mouth open an weezing??? THAT WASN'T NOTICED? Maybe they all magically got this way in a box on the airplane???? As far as you being friends with Ray, that is great, but that also shows by your post that you are quite biased about you defending him. The reason the animals that died were not altered was because they were not in satisfactory conditions. If Ray was so against selling venomoids, then why did he sell them? surely a man of his faith would not let his morals down for any amount of money, right? Hmmm, very interesting. Oh yeah, and I like how Ricky is turned into the culprit once again, since he is the one that bought them and sold them, your right, let me change my blaim, OKAY, RICKY is the one that sold us crappy animals that weren't fit to be sold, RICKY is the one that put the animals in the bags and shipped them out in the condition that they were in, AND it is RICKY's fault if anyone has any problems with the company BECAUSE RAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, right? My only question is, WHY DOES RAY MAKE THE PHONECALLS AND WORK THERE IF HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY HIM?? Answer that last part please, I would love to hear that one. Ray is the innocent one and would never do anything bad, right? So that should be really easy to answer right? Did Ricky hand pick the animals that were in bad condition and send them out, OR did Ray???? OR maybe it was another "employee" that did? Where does the blame fall? I know it is our fault for giving Ray the benefit of the doubt and to keep dealing with him and his excuses, but who else should the rest of the blaim fall on????
Kevin Smith
 
Our friendship doesn't matter in this case. I'm simply stating facts. I will and have told Ray H. if I think he's wrong. I would vouch for the same with any other dealers...Striclty, Extreme, Underground, Ben Seigel, Burgundy, etc. etc. These are people I see on a weekly basis. I have first hand knowledge. I even have other dealers and customers ask me to look at certain animals at other business's before they buy them. They trust me and know that I know what i'm looking at. I cannot say I saw the specific specimens that were shipped to you. However, I can say that i'm in Ray H's hot room on a regular basis. Sometimes to help, sometimes to purchase... sometimes to sell. I would be simply amazed that Ray H. would blow a good account by shipping garbage. I know I haven't seen any sick or thin Gabby's there recently. Unless he has a secret hiding place?? The main concern so far is ..1) Did you notify within 24 hours? 2)Did you take pics 3)Did you advise that any of the specimens were alive but obviously sick, thin or not acceptable? 4)Were you aware of these terms? I wasn't saying that the venomoid issue was Ricky's fault. It was a decision made by Ricky and both Ricky and Ray H. decided that they would not continue to offer them in the future.
Again, I wasn't there for your shipment to go out or when it got to you. Only you and Ray H. know the truth? Who do we believe?
I think at least you can directly answer these questions as well as the others addressed to you. It will certainly help. Friend or no friend, if I think someone is wrong I will tell them. Everyone knows where they stand with me. Thanks Ray G. HBR
 
I understand

I understand your point of view and I understand where you are coming from. I posted exactly what has happened on the first post. I have no problem with you, you are stating your point of view. I will post more in a little bit to address the other questions you raised. I simply don't have the time right this second.
Kevin Smith
 
Actually my impression from Ray is that he never cared for venomoids, but never really felt too strongly one way or the other. After a verky heated debate on venomoids on another site in which Ray was the target as a seller who was in the limelite at the moment, we contacted each other by phone to discuss it. I am VERY vocally anti-venomoid (and proud of it). We talked for over an hour. Well, I mainly talked. Good thing I keep a soapbox at the house :) We discussed the physiological and ethical aspects of them and the mentallity and motivations of the average void buyer. He was completely honest about snakes that had been sent out, mortallity rate, etc. By the end of the conversation, he had adopted a new outlook. He also said that they still had a few venomoids in stock, and that they had to be sold. But once those were sold, he would no onger deal in them. That was over a year ago. I followed his site to see them disapear, saw him at Columbia (he had them behing the table if memory serves). And since those last were sold, he has not sold them since. He kept his word. That speaks a book to me on his integrity.

Kevin, you made one statement that as far as I am concerned negates you as a responsible dealer (particularly if you are getting imports). You don't own a freaking scale? For one, you can't even give a shot of Baytril without a scale. So how do you treat RI's? Estimate the weight, crank up the heat and hope for the best, or are they magic beans? I am also curious how you weighed the Gaboon without a scale.

I will be the first to cenceide that you take a risk anytime you deal with imports. Many times they are underweight and carry parasites. It comes with imports. But you don't even have a scale, so I guess you cannot Panacur or Flagyl them either. Venomoid prices are so overinflated anyway, spend the bucks and get CB. Luckily the void market is on a steep decline, so hopefully you will be back to doing whatever it is that you did before. Who knows, the animals that were sent may have been crap. At this point, whether you "prove it" or not, I think that you have lost all credibility.
 
Just an observation.....

If Rick and or Ray at ERJ sell sick / near dead or dying animals... how come it is that there haven't been a host of other complaints on this thread about their "bad" dealing(s).

So far there's one guy slinging a lot of mud in the direction of ERJ (who has been promising pictures of the dead animals for two days, and has failed to deliver), with no one else chiming in to support this "pattern" of behavior.

I would suggest that it is because there are no great numbers of dissatisfied customers. I'm also beginning to suspect that "B" grade animals were ordered in an effort to make even more profit from the sale of "altered" snakes.

I've tried to get Kevin to answer direct questions regarding who it is that performs this procedure on the animals he sells in the past, and to date he has refrained from answering those questions. I'm not even opposed to him selling the animals, really. I tried to get him to admit that he just does it to turn a 50$ snake into a 300-400$ sale, but all I ever get is this line about selling venomoids to people who do "educational" presentations... there must be a heck of a lot more folks out there doing venomous(oid) educational presentations than I ever thought possible....

Anyway.... as I said in a previous post, my only deal with ERJ was completely satisfactory to me.
 
I've been reading through all these posts and I have been trying to be fair about it all.I just want to see proof, if not, its just a battle of words and wits.
 
Kevin, your game is obviously not working. It should be clear to you that the rest of the readers are far more intelligent than you, because they understand what they read. You are so busy trying to make me look bad because we used to sell venomoids (like I said a total of 10-15 were sold before we stopped) that you are rufusing to answer questions about what you are doing. Let me see if I can simplify it for a simple minded person like you. Each of the points below end with a question to you. I DARE YOU TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION instead of your useral rambling on in an attempt to adoid answering questions. I BET YOU CAN't DO IT!!! Go ahead, prove me wrong...

1) Yes, ERJ sold about 10-15 venomoids than stopped over a year ago because we saw that it was wrong. If you would have read my post, you would have seen what everyone else saw, and that is that we DID feel venomoids were wrong. We stopped over a year ago, why are you still doing it???

2)I NEVER said a VET did the few that we had, it was Ritchie Rich, the same man that trained you. I am not saying he is not qualified, we did not do enough to form an opinion about his qualifications, nor do I know what qualifications he has. For all I know he very well may be a vet, I never asked him. The venomoids were here when I took the job, so how can I be responcible for that. I do know that you are NOT qualified to do the surgery right, and you prove it by your remarks about antibiotics. So tell us, How DO you figure the dose for your snakes, since you admit that you do not have a scale??

3) You Wrote: "which Ray himself sent animals to be fixed". That is another lie, but you already know that. At least we stopped dealing in them a long time ago. Why is it that you do not want to admit that it is you doing the hacking?

4)You wrote "But they didn't make that much money like they planned because of their own business ethics, so therefore they couldn't do it." You have no clue how much we make, and if our business ethics are so bad, why are we still in business after 13 years? What is it that you do for a living? Flip burgers, and hack snakes?

5) you wrote: "Then it was the VET thing, but yet he has no reciepts from a vet for the surgeries. He won't address his claims of ethics on that point" This is now the third or forth time that I have stated that it was the same person who trained you (Ritchy Ritch) You really can not read, can you? Now if you are saying that it was unethical for Ritchy to do the surgeries on the snakes we had (over a year ago), why did you train under him? and why is it ethical for you to hack without propper meds?

6) you wrote: "Now, he is ranting about pictures," Well, where are they??? you have been lying about sending pictures for days now. You must have some, because you sent some to Ken, or were those just olf file photos you save to rip people off? I am not the only one asking for pics. How long are you going to lie about that???

7) You wrote: "As far as the dosage thing, different animals take different dosages. Or in more easier to understand terms, different species take different dosages. There is no single dosage for every animal of the same size, different species have different reactions." You are really showing your ignorance here. Tell us the dose of Baytril for a monocle cobra, since you just hacked two last week. Tell us all the dose and how you came up with it (without a scale)

8) You wrote: "Please keep in mind that this is a sample of Ray's approach to business, he doesn't admit anything was done wrong by him," WRONG AGAIN, I admitted a long time ago that it was wrong to ever do business with a lying crook (that lies and steals from his own "friends") like you. Ther, happy? I admitted to doing something wrong.

0) you wrote: "Although Ray will not admit this, there are alot of people that have dealt with him and won't ever make that mistake again. " You are wrong again. I will admit this. There is NO BUSINESS of anytype that has ever pleased every customer every time. I freely admit that we have not always been able to please everyone, and have no doubt lost customers (in your case it is a blessing). Like someone else asked you on this thread, If we are so bad, why have you guys continued to do business with us for well over a year???

10) you wrote: "If Ray was so against selling venomoids, then why did he sell them? surely a man of his faith would not let his morals down for any amount of money, right? Hmmm, very interesting" Because I do what I am told, just like you do at the Burger Bin you work at. Ricky and I agreed that we would sell off what was there, and NOT get any more venomoids, and that is exactly what we did. Kevin you are not going to make me look bad for correcting a problem over a year ago, but feel free to keep trying. Why is it again that you still do it?

11) you wrote: "When I said that all of the animals were sick and died, I didn't mean it literally, if you read my first post I stated what died and what was still alive. Yes, there were some good animals in the bunch" How can this be??? you wrote that I have some dealy virus floating around the shop, so how did a few escape unharmed (untill you got them)???

12) you wrote: "WHY DOES RAY MAKE THE PHONECALLS AND WORK THERE IF HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY HIM?? " Because it is my job. I get paid to do that, just as you're paid to flip burgers. Now if someone is unhappy with one of the burgers or fries, is it you that is responcible or the manager or owner??? I am not putting any blaime on Ricky, because as I see it there is nothing to blaime anyone for. You have lied so much on this thread, that I honestly do not believe ANYTHING you say. I believe that IF the snakes died, you killed them, or overdosed them or underdosed them. Say what you want, but that is what we believe.

13) Kevin you just want the blaime for your killing the snakes to fall on me because you were too irresponcible to do the right thing. You know our TOS, because you and I have gone over it on the phone, and Ken knows it. Oru TOS states that if anything arrives dead or even if you are dissatisfied with your shipment, all you have to do is notify us within 24 hours. Is that too much to ask for??? The bottom line of this whole thread (and putting all your other silliness aside) is that if you opend the box and the animals were dead or as bad as you want people to think, all you had to do is pick up the phone and call us, and it would have been handled. At very least send us an e-mail. But no, you waited 4 days to report the snake that supposively arrived dead, then continued to report deaths up to 10 days latter. You know that you were wrong here, and instead of lying so much to cover your irresponcibility, and your name calling, you should have sticked with the facts. You spent (and continue to do so) more time trying to make me, and only me, look bad so that readers would side with you. Now you are upset because you made an ass of yourself, and continue to do so. You are embarrassed, and continue to refuse to directly answer everyones questions to you. Instead you try to redirect the issues back to me somehow (like trying to make ME look bad because of something we corrected over a year ago). Again, I know that you will not directly answer the above questions or points, but I challenge you to if you are man enough to. Come on kevin, here is your big chance to finally PROVE me wrong in front of everyone. I say that you will not read this post and answer each question directly and truethfully. Please prove me wrong. SHOW us all that I am wrong instead of throwing out silly accusations that you would have no way of proving (even if you were telling the truth).

We all are waiting. I bet you can't do it!
Ray Hunter
 
Very good posts, B.W. Smith and Blackwater. Unfortunately, Kevin will just side step your questions, as he has been doing for the past 15 pages of this, and attempt to dream up something to try to make me look like the big bad wolf. He knows he is making up stuff, and even his friend Ken stated that, and had a few good laughs when I was reading him this thread. Brian, did you see his lecture on antibiotic dosing??? You got to go back and read that. I too am waiting for those all telling pics to arrive. He sent some to Ken to amke Ken thing snakes arrived dead or sick, but he can't seem to send any to us. I hope he decides to prove me wrong by answering the questions and addressing the points in my previous posts.
Blessings all
Ray Hunter
 
ARGH!!!! For the last time, Kevin, why are you complaining about the condition of animals that you didn't report within the 24 hour TOS? You accepted the TOS, you violated the terms required to get a refund/replacement, and now you're mad at the seller?

I'm not anti-venomoid, nor am I pro-venomoid. Why are you trying to slough off every request for proof as the rantings of the venomoid hating masses?

By the way, what happened to the pictures that were going to be up within the hour?
 
Re: Re: ??????????

Bearskin10 said:


And then for you, I don't know what you are laughing at, Maybe Your stupidity? They are sticking to the issue at hand, They are trying to figure out if these animals are dying because this guy is butchering them, Pretty sad someone that does not know much about this subject can figure this out and you can't.

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The issue of this post was not whether he did the surgery. It was whether these animals were sick when they were shipped.
Now does the issue of the surgery causing death matter?? I believe I ask for head shots to verify that they had not been hacked up, you probably missed that as you were skimming through here looking for something more exciting than your already reading. And I am sure that you know me to know how stupid I really am?? I figured this out a long time ago, people here tend to take things that (at the time) are irrelevant and focus on that instead of the problem at hand. It happens in most of the threads started here. This post was not started stating that so and so did hack surgery, it was started about (possibly) sick snakes that were (possibly) shipped out.

Ms T
My post was not about who was responsible, if it was then the TOS would apply. Read only what I post not between the lines. Again, I will ask for head shot pictures to verify they were not hacked up.

This question is directed to EXR. Noone else need reply: If you are so opposed to venonoids as they are wrong and you knew this guy did this, why would you send him more snakes to do this to?? Anyone twist your arm?? I am not shifting blame here, I am just asking why if venomoids are so wrong (and you know this guy is a hack) why would you send more snakes to him?? Does $$$ always outweigh morals with you?? Don't worry the Godess will forgive you for sending her children to the slaughter.


Explore life
 
SETTLED

I registered to voice some input to this situation which should have ended long ago. Ray Hunter is a honest hard working man who does not deserve the admonishment he has received from the fellow who received the sickened snakes. Regardless of all the words and arguements. if your in the herp business, you know that you have many options to purchase among all the breeders and importers. And you know the importers will permit snakes to be sold at better prices, and you should anticipate receiving a lesser quality animal. Knowing this, if a buyer does not take the time to ask specific questions about specific animals and specify the quality to which he will accept an animal, then perhaps things were taken for granted, and that is not never sellers fault. If you cannot take the time to ask the questions or if you detect that the seller is avoiding questions, then simply take your business elsewhere. It is easy to put the phone down and call another business. I have bought many snakes from Ray, most of which were directly imported, some have made it but some have not, however he has always been attentive and considerate when I asked the right questions about each animal I purchased. And Ray has also been attentive to offer consideration for when things have not turned out the best and it is not his fault for trying to make a living in this hard industry. Remember that the importers do not intend for these animals to be sicken when they arrive. And all people are the same no matter what race, creed or background, and all do try their best to provide the best housing for these animals within budget constraints. I have seen these overseas sites where animals are held, and I am astonished that they make the plane trip in the first place after being stuck at these holding facilities. If you got a load of snakes at a discout, then stand by with baytril or learn a hard lesson in life and go on without spilling your guts cussing someone you do not really know over the internet, especially after only being out a few hundred dollars. You cannot implicate someone who is busting his butt to make a living, much less if you are avoiding captive bred, then your on your own in my opinion. I think you should have thought the situation over a bit before busting a gut directed at Ray. But who can really complain at the prices your offered as compaired to captive bred stuff, which you have to still worrie about, because as you know in the herp business, once you send the money for anything it is gone and you hope for the best. If you know what your expecting to receive, and you have not done the home work , then you really cannot point the finger. And you can point to written return policies and he said and she said stuff all day long, but this is not the walmart business and if you do not already know that, then I guess you learned the hard way. It is understandable that this guy who received sickend animals rightfully deserves some credit for the condition the animals were received. I bet if he was tactful in his approach about the situation in his next purchase from Ray, Ray would take it to mind and make the situation work for both interests. However we all have a bad day and getting some sickend animals could be one of them.
 
yep

ALL i am looking for at this thread is the truth. KEVIN YOU ARE A LIAR. WHERE ARE THESE PICS. You are such a schmuck. NO ONE BELIVES YOU. You Bull*&^% constantly. I will post pics, YEAH RIGHT. You areobviously a bull(*&^@#. I am going to report you , you hacking son of a &*%!@ . WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS ILLEGAL. I WANT TO SEND YOU TO JAIL. YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT WHAT YOU DO IS ILLEGAL, AND IMMMORAL. YOUR REPUTATION IS NOTHING TO ME AND MY FRIENDS.^%$^ YOU !@@ Hole
Jesse smith
 
"This question is directed to EXR. Noone else need reply: If you are so opposed to venonoids as they are wrong and you knew this guy did this, why would you send him more snakes to do this to?? Anyone twist your arm?? I am not shifting blame here, I am just asking why if venomoids are so wrong (and you know this guy is a hack) why would you send more snakes to him?? "


James, I think I already answered this question, but if I was not clear, I will try again:

I am NOT so against venomoids that I would do anything to prevent a QUALIFIED person from producing them. We will never again deal in venomoids, but I still do not feel that I have anymore right to tell someone that they can't have them, than they have the right to tell me I can't have venomous. I will admit that I have always been a little ignorant on the venomoid issue, and it was B.W. Smith that really opened my eyes to the whole thing. I alwaysassumed that the surgeries would have to be done by qualified people. It was only after this last shipment that I figured out just how un-qualified he was, as evidenced by his obvious lack of knowledge about medications, and his own addmission that he does not even own a scale etc. The snakes that are shipped to Kevin are paid for by Ken in California, who often tells me that they WILL NOT be turned into venomoids. Most of what Ken orders, I'm told will be left unaltered and be a part of his personal collection. While I have spoken to Kevin by phone on several occasions, we did not talk much about what he was doing with the animals. I did know that he was doing venomoid surgery on SOME of them, but do I really have that right to say what he can and can not do with something that is no longer ours? To this day, I still do not know the laws about persons performing venomoid surgeries. I would be interested in looking at that. I never really gave the venomoid issue that much thought, but in the past year and a half as I have learned more about it, and heard horror stories about "FIXED" snakes, I am more and more against the whole thing.

I guess that the answer to your question is that it was bad discretion on my part to continue shipping to him at all. I certainly have learned a good lesson here, and you can be assured that if anyone tries to purchase snakes for venomoid surgery, and is not a qualified person, I will decline to sell them.

Hope this answers your questions.
Be Blessed
Ray Hunter


p.s.- no offence intended, but I am not at all concerned about any godess, only GOD :)
 
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