Both, considering I’m lost in the woods here... You’ve helped me realize the evil elsewhere, I’m ready for more truths. 👍
6 years ago | 7
I thought afroherpkeeper was alright when I saw his videos. He’s not perfect but takes good care of his animals (as at as I can see).
6 years ago | 10
I actually like afroherpkeeper. I'm not a reptile owner or super duper knowledgeable on reptiles, but I personally feel he does not do wrong and if he does it is *MOST DEF* not intentional or from being neglectful!!
6 years ago | 1
Afroherpkepper for sure everyone knows why Brian is a problem never heard anything bad about afroherpkepper though
6 years ago | 28
Dude I’m so glad someone is actually covering how bad people can be with there pets- I actually own a pet from Someone who would horde and barely cared for the many animals I have and even lied about a lot of things with her ;v;
6 years ago | 0
Which ever you choose to cover, thank you for bringing attention to serious issues within the pet tube community
6 years ago | 3
Oh shit man, already seeing some stanning assholes leaking into the comments oof. I wasn't even aware that Afro was like bad but I read that linked thread and I'm now understanding. I only subscribed to him recently after seeing his rescue of this neglected Ball Python, and since I thought (with my limited knowledge of snake care as of right now) that he was fine since the very few other videos I watched seem fine too. But that user brought up very solid points. Gonna unsub right now, yikes. As for Brian, oof, I've actually been on and off his channel because, one one hand, he has a lot of questionable views and practices that I've seen, on the other his Reptarium or w/e looked good and provided really good enclosures. And since another pettuber or two promoted him and his work, I figured that - hey, maybe I was looking too far into it. However, I completely fucking bailed the ship after his little rant on Spider Ball Python being banned because fuck man. He just...he didn't know SHIT, it seemed. He make wrong assumptions, called a whole approved organization based on a family of animals WRONG, and just said, in the most manipulative way, that "I wouldn't kill my two headed turtle because he has a defect, why would I kill spider morphs?" Only that's not what's being asked. It's being asked that you don't deliberately breed and sell Spider Ball Python because of their known issue, the wobble, simply being a risk that shouldn't be taken. Fucking hell. I watched other expose sort of videos on him after that and I'm sticking to my guns. Please enlighten everyone, and even me, on his shitty work. But man...good luck shouldering the hate from his rabid fanbase. Even constructive criticism from one of his fans is viable to slaughter from other said fans and those assholes are VICIOUS.
6 years ago | 5
Damn, really gotta diss afroherpkeeper like that. He’s a good guy, doesn’t get caught up in controversy every week and takes better care of his animals more than mostly every other asswipe on this platform. My vote is on Barczyk, he’s the real issue here, not Dan.
6 years ago | 15
While I think that both have problematic care, in the case of Afroherpkeeper, he's improving/ has improved whereas Brian hasn't and continues not to. Dan's care wasn't exactly perfect, although if you really do check your sources/etc. you would see that at this point that many things are in much better care. BP's in locked cages, turtles/tortoises kept properly, a full on enclosure for the Tegu, etc. Plenty of things weren't good, and definitely deserve criticism though. The tiger salamanders being kept in such a small enclosure, although this was fixed, ball python escape, which is now in a locked cage, free roam tegu, now kept in a tent, and the hognose which was killed, which well doesn't have any positive. Here's the thing, while there is nothing wrong with trying to give criticism where criticism is due, you have to look at intention. Whereas Brian is a salesman, and Taylor is some sort of like "lifestyle" promoter, Afroherpkeeper actively encourages the more positive end of the reptile keeping. Sure there are bad examples of his care, but at the same time you have to look at the countless examples of good, proper care he has given, including promoting bioactive enclosures, discouraging excessive handling, promoting proper bin care, etc. Nobody is perfect in pet keeping, but I believe a video on Afroherpkeeper is just tearing a hole into a smaller youtuber who has actively attempted/ is attempting to fix the problems that he is facing, and is promoting many good aspects as well. A good portion of these viewers aren't going to see the good things he's done , which I think is especially important in Afroherpkeepers case. They are going to see a hobbyist who is known amongst even private breeders for having pretty excellent care, along side videos of Brian Barcyk who cares more about Money, and taylor nicole dean who literally does hoarde animals. I hope you aren't receiving any blatant hate on the matter of this from fans of any of these youtubers you have covered. Feel free to message me if you want to discuss/ if my reasonings do not seem sound to you.
6 years ago | 3
Afroherpkeeper isn't even that bad lmao. Yes he has made mistakes but none of them are worthy of being placed on the same tier as Brian Ballsack and Taylor Nicole Dean.
6 years ago | 6
Wait is afroherpkeeper bad? Hmm I dont to much about reptiles so i dont know🤔
6 years ago | 13
ik brian ballsack is bad n most ppl don’t know so do a video on him first, but I don’t really watch afroherpkeeper but i’ve never heard bad things n thought he was good, can someone comment what he did??
6 years ago | 8
I don't really see a need to come at AHK when there are much worse keepers on Youtube. He definitely has his issues but to compare him to Barzcyk is a stretch.
6 years ago | 4
After reading that Twitter thread, I really want to see a video on afroherpkeeper. He seems like a really good animal keeper, especially if you only watch his videos, so it's important that people know that he has a lot of problems and does some pretty awful stuff to his animals. I honestly lose respect for people who live feed when it's not necessary, and it's upsetting that he killed so many animals so quickly due to his own negligence.
6 years ago | 2
what ever
Which video would you guys like to see first?
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