We have lost a valuable member of this community.

[JKUROSKI]

Rick (aka MudBoy) passed away last night from a long struggle with bone cancer. I was contacted by his son and asked to pass this on to all his friends here on this forum. At Rick's request, please do not send email to his old email address. You are more than welcome to post your condolences here.

Rick, you will be missed, and we will never forget what you had offered to us in your knowledge and friendship.

God bless!!

[Trace]

Wow, I'm in shock here and I'm not quite sure what to say. I did not converse personally with Rick, but I did read all of his posts that he made and I learned so much from him in the short amount of time that he was a member here. He will be missed.

Please send my deepest condolences to his family.

Trace

[Tim_Cranwill]

That is so sad. Give my best to his family and loved ones. :(

[vanderkm]

I am shocked and deeply saddened by this news - I read all his posts, delighted in the photos that he shared and feel very blessed to have benefited from his knowledge.

This is such a loss to those of us here, and we can only imagine the impact on his family and friends - my sympathies to them all,

mary v.

[NewLineReptile]

We will miss rick very much he was a good person on here and
my wife and i send out our condolences to his family and loved one

Brandon & Sherri

[Matt]

rick was an amazing contribution to this site, his knowledge of hots and aussie snakes was well respected here!

Id like to offer my condolences to his family and friends also, let them know that he will indeed be missed very much here.

[Invictus]

Rick was most definitely an amazing and knowledgeable man. My condolances to his loved ones. He will be missed.

[drewlowe]

I didn't know rick but like many others i did enjoy reading the posts he made.

Please send my condolences to his family and friends.

[The_Omen]

:(

speechless...

[BWSmith]

I don't have the words. Great loss to the reptile (and particularly venomous) community. Send our best to the family. His dedication to herps is inspiring, he was still posting 2 days ago. A strong person that will be greatly missed.

[ThEmAdHaTtEr]

I, like many others, didnt know him personally but was 'wowed' by his knowledge here. I really don't know what to say... He will deffinetley be greatly missed. God bless. :(

[Greg West]

my condolences to his family. He will be missed on here.

Greg

[reptiledude21]

ya, was he the one who said he couldnt handle hots anymore because of that? sorry to hear.

[red bootz]

We have lost of ton of knowledge. I also offer my condolences.

[asphyxia]

My please give my condolences to his family. I will be miss his posts and knowledge.


Brian

[LadyHawke]

I didn't know him either, but like many others i have read his posts
I send out my condolences to his friends and family in this difficult time
"mourn not the cocoon.....the butterfly has flown"

[unBOAlievable]

Rick will be missed by all, his passion and love could be fealt through his words, hearing this brings a lot of sorrow into my little world.

From my family to Rick's the most sincere Condolences.

[Andy_G]

As some of you, I never personally talked with Rick, but I enjoyed every post and picture he put up on his site and I am very saddened by this news. My condolences to his family and friends.

[JD@reptiles]

umm... that was unexpected. See you one day man!

[Bryce Masuk]

I talked to rick a few times Wow I honestly Cant Belive he is dead
He will not be forgotten

[HetForHuman]

what a sad day.
my condolences to the family.

[marisa]

What terrible news. I will definitly miss reading his posts! :(

Marisa

[CDN-Cresties]

My condolences to his family and loved ones.

-Steve-

[Vanan]

A shame. :(. And to think all that knowledge we could have benefited from. Wish I had talked more about Liasis to him. Condolences to his family in these hard time. Take care man!

[burmer]

Very sad news. My condolences to his family and friends.

[Lisa]

My condolences to his family and friends, he will be missed.

[Ed_r]

I didn't know how sever it was for him and this is the first I've heard of this. Didnt know him well but seemed to be a really down to earth GOOD person. My Condolences. :(

[snakemann87]

wow that is sad........i know he has helped me out many times.....:(

[BoidKeeper]

I'm so sorry to hear about this.
Best wishes to the family,
Trevor

[Mustangrde1]

Please pass on my condulances .His post and his knowledge will be missed.

Scott

[Shane Tesser]

My heart goes out to his loved one, Rick will sadly be missed. A tradgic day to the herp community :(

[snakelover111]

that sucks realy bad :( im sorry for the loss

[snakehunter]

that is sad, but his soul and wisdom will forever remain in our hearts, and the community.

[sSNAKESs.com]

I dont know how I missed this thread!! My condolenses to his family and friends... Im sure he will be remembered and cherished by his family with memories, and he will always be remembered here everytime someone reads a thread in which he posted...

[Mike177]

i am very sad to hear that we have lost a member of our herp comunity. my condolenses and heart goes out to him and the members of his family.

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[Jeff_Favelle]

A sad day indeed. I remember when Rick (Mudboy) first got here a couple of months back. Him and I quickly got into a heated arguement over WC Jungle Carpets vs line-bred CB ones. After 10 emails, a dozen PM's and some choice words, we became the best of friends! No joke. I would seriously talk to that guy 5-10 times a day about snakes, life, alcohol, the beach, and everything else that matters! It felt like I knew Richard for years, and not months.

I never met anyone that I saw eye-to-eye on with everything, except Rick (well, save for the Jungle arguement we had, ha ha). He would PM me and tell me that he just read a post of mine that he really liked, or I would email him and tell him to reply to a post because I knew the answer, but I just couldn't word it properly in my head. That's the kind of stuff we did every day for like 2 months straight. He forgot more about herps that I know. I miss that guy already. He was goign to be the first person I met when I finally take my trip Down Under.

My heart goes out to Lisa and his son Richard, both wonderful people as well.

Rest in Peace Rick. We're all thinking about you, and will continue to for a long long time. You had a profound effect on this herp community, and we're much better for it.

Jeff Favelle

[Ryan and Katie]

Very sad news.....We always looked forward to reading his posts. He had so much enthusiasm right to the end.
Our condolences, rest in peace.

[Clownfishie]

Oh no! :( That's terrible -- I never talked to Rick personally, but his contribution to our community will be greatly missed -- if you ever wanted to know something about carpet pythons, he was your man, and his posts always made me smile.
My condolences to his family, and all of his close friends... I honestly can't believe he's gone, I was just reading his latest posts the other day...

[Oliverian]

I'm so sorry. I never knew him, but I hope he's gone to a better place. Rest in peace. Best of luck in getting through this hard time. :( ~TR~

[Mardy]

I'm sitting here lost for words.

Such a big loss to all, I can't even read this
anymore.

Mardy

[Steve]

My condolences to his family and friends.

[dlucka]

I got no words, this is a real bad news.We did exchange a few pm he was a great person to talk to. Cancer is a pa@#@ in the A$$ i lost my mother from this. All my condolences to his family and friends.

Repose en paix Rick.

[BurmBaroness]

My deepest sympathies to his family and friends.

[Colonel SB]

:( I don't know what to say.

I will miss his vast knowladge of Carpets
I will miss his incredible knowladge of Hots
But most of all I'll miss his warm personality

We talked on a number of occasion off this forum and he was a truly great person. I did not even know he had caner :(

[Dozer]

:( My condolences go out to his friends and family.

[Kara]

:( Very sad news. All my best to his family and all of those who knew him well. My deepest condolences

[Ladyhawk]

I'm too new to the forum to have known this person, but I too pass on my condolensces to his friends and family and those of you here who knew him well.

Peace.

[Gary D.]

As well my sincere condolences to the family he left behind.

[Linds]

I'm at a loss for words. I recall a while ago in a thread he mentioned he had been in the hospital for a few days, however I had no idea it was like this. My condolences go out to his loved ones.........:(

[snake_goth]

ahh man :( thats soo sad, pass my condolences on to his friends and famely :(

[lordkovacs]

I read a few posts by him however, didn't know him that well. no matter, when someone passes on it changes everyone's life. Mike

[Edwin]

My deepest condolences to his family and friends...

[Darlene]

What sad news. So sorry to hear. He will be greatly missed.
Condolences to everyone he touched with his life.

[Scott Wahlberg]

I'm sorry to hear that he has passed away!! It sucks when anyone dies but is worse when someone of the reptile community dies. My sympathies go out to his freinds and family........................Scott Wahlberg

[daver676]

Our deepest condolences.

Barb & Dave

[honduranfreekk]

My deepest condolences go out to His friend,s and fammily such a sad loss :( God Bless!!!

[MartinW]

My condolences to everyone who knew him. He is in a better place now, but a loss is still always hard on friends and family.

Martin

[Tim and Julie B]

Wow I am absolutly shocked. I have been away for awhile.......I can't not believe it. It is truely amazing how someone you have never met and have only been in contact with through the internet can make you so sad to learn of their passing. I have only talked to him through his posts and comments. I will never forget the big headed carpet python that he share the pics of. He always had great pics to share with us. We were all so jealous of what he considered just local animals. He said that we are truely the lucky ones because we can keep what we like such as ball pythons etc. Imagine someone with carpets Irian Jayas, Jaguars etc talking about ball pythons....truely funny! But it shows his undeniable interest in this hobby. I will miss his posts and his knowledge. Like I said it is amazing how the passing of a human being can affect so many people he has never met. It is true that the true measure of a person is found by how many friends he had. Look at all the friends he had just on ssnakes.......

[Nicky]

sorry to hear:( best wishes to his family

[Delighted2b]

Rest in Peace......

Danielle

[damzookeeper]

Wow, I am at a loss for words. I have been away from the board for a few days and I'm only catching up on threads now. I can't believe I missed this thread. My heart is very heavy. I did not know Rick eithor but I loved reading his posts and I remember him saying he couldn't keep hots because of his health. He will truely be missed by many. Rest in Peace Rick and our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.

[RachelS.]

Man, I feel terrible. I haven't posted anything on this thread, yet because to tell you the truth I have no clue what to say. I am shocked! He was such a nice guy to me, and I really enjoyed his posts here in the community. Rest in peace Rick... you will be remembered and forever loved.

[Locolobo]

I'm new here and never had the chance to meet Rick. I am sorry for the loss.