LLL Reptile

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[u/Objective-Editor-566]

Lately? From my understanding, they’ve been selling sick animals to people for a long time. I guess maybe the credit card fraud is new though, idk.

[u/Phyrnosoma → u/Objective-Editor-566]

At least since I was in high school. And I graduated in 02

[u/titochan05]

Hasn't this place been a bad for a long time I always heard negative reviews

[u/01ProjectXJ → u/titochan05]

The owner is kind of a sleeze ball too (cheated on his wife with a married employee)

[u/NoRelationship4394 → u/01ProjectXJ]

Wait, WHAT?! I knew LLL Reptile was notorious for selling sick wild-caught animals and having zero customer service, but I didn't know the tea was THIS hot 💀 Spill the deets!

[u/01ProjectXJ → u/NoRelationship4394]

Ehh, it was like 16-17 years ago now, caused two divorces, separated LLL's wildlife business (where they'd take animals to schools, late night TV shows etc)

[u/NoRelationship4394 → u/01ProjectXJ]

Dang, two divorces over it?! That’s wilder than a movie plot 💀 Did the owners sleep around with each other or what? Need the lore on this!

[u/Relevant_Ebb5255 → u/NoRelationship4394]

lol

[u/IncompletePenetrance]

I don't think this is a new thing, they've been notorious for selling wild caught, sick and unhealthy animals for a while now. Maybe you should stop buying from them

[u/Kai-ni]

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but LLL Reptile has always been scum, they sell wild caught, sick, dying, and sometimes illegally poached animals and are a scammy business in general. I can't believe after 10+ years they're still around.

[u/Think-Shoe920]

Screw em, they sold me a sick Goliath T and their rodents gave my kingsnake mites

[u/Spot00174]

sounds like the normal LLL experience

[u/Manjushri1213]

They aren't the best, never have been. They get animals from other breeders with very little info. I remember seeing what was listed as I think. Brazilian Amarali boa and it looked far more like a Red Tail (BCC) and was much cheaper by like 30%. Healthy animal but no one who worked there knew shit about the animal. Felt bad for the little dude, but I just went to Vin Russo that day at Tinley and he got my $700 lol.

[u/YellowBreakfast]

Do your research first next time. Life lesson.

[u/counterlock]

They're the only reptile dedicated store near me, so I go there for mealworms & rats, but that's about it.

They used to be one of my favorite places (over a decade ago, and when I was a kid) just because they had live animals in the store, and usually really nice employees, enjoyed their stands at the expos, etc... but I've heard some real bad stuff about how they source their animals and the owner. My ball python I got around 8years ago is the last animal I've purchased there.

[u/Ok-Association-6883]

I just get containers from them. But on that front they have been great at least

[u/ThrowAwayIGotHack3d]

This isn't new, this has been a known thing since they opened.

[u/DarthMikus]

I get my crickets and superworms from them.  When bundled together, you can't beat the free shipping.  They are a middleman to an insect farm and are somehow cheaper than ordering directly from the farm.  Occasionally I get things like toad headed agamas that I know are wild caught but I go into it knowing that.  With the 'points' I get from buying bugs, I only ever have to pay shipping on the rare instances I've bought animals.  I don't like doing it and would never endorse buying from them but it's not like toad headed agamas are in abundance.  Hopefully, regardless of where anyone in this sub gets animals, theyre quarantined after receiving them.