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08-06-14, 05:10 PM
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Brian Barczyk
I feel so lost without posting at least one thread a week to you guys lol so I thought I'd ask... What do you guys think of Brian Barczyk? If you don't know who he is he's the owner of BHB Reptiles that breeds and sells thousands of snakes and other reptiles more recently. He also has YouTube channel called "Snake Bytes TV" (which is how I found out about him) where he created weekly shows about snakes but now it's more popular he has daily shows under "Animal Bytes TV" which are about all strains of wildlife. But yeah enough waffling what do you guys who do know of him think?
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08-06-14, 05:29 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
I've watched just about all of the snakebytes and animalbytes episodes. I don't know how he is business-wise, but the seems like a pretty cool dude that really cares about the animals.
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08-06-14, 06:00 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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Originally Posted by eminart
I've watched just about all of the snakebytes and animalbytes episodes. I don't know how he is business-wise, but the seems like a pretty cool dude that really cares about the animals.
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Same here! I think he's amazing and TOTALLY cool dude but I thought I'd ask the hobbiests over here because they might know something I don't or have reasons why they don't necessarily like him or the way he conducts his business. For the future people who read this has anyone ever bought a reptile from his website?
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08-06-14, 06:15 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
Met him, had dinner with him, drank with him, and sumo wrestled with one of his employees (Josh). He's a brilliant business man and loves his animals and what he does. I don't agree with all of his methods but I think he's got the best interests of this hobby at heart. His shows might be a little over the top, but he's trying to bring new life into this hobby and his antics do get people interested.
(I was a bit drunk...)
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08-06-14, 07:59 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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Originally Posted by millertime89
Met him, had dinner with him, drank with him, and sumo wrestled with one of his employees (Josh). He's a brilliant business man and loves his animals and what he does. I don't agree with all of his methods but I think he's got the best interests of this hobby at heart. His shows might be a little over the top, but he's trying to bring new life into this hobby and his antics do get people interested.
(I was a bit drunk...)
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You are one lucky guy! (As weird as that may sound lol) Who won between you and josh 
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08-11-14, 11:54 AM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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You are one lucky guy! (As weird as that may sound lol) Who won between you and josh |
Josh did, three matches (up to 5 rounds per match) in a row was too much for me. He was fresher and I was exhausted. Those suits are HOT!
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08-06-14, 07:33 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
I enjoy watching snakebytes and I've talked to him and his wife at shows. Very knowledgeable and overall seems like a really cool guy. And he has some awesome animals, his table at shows always has great animals.
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08-06-14, 07:56 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
I know that I enjoy snakebytes, but that's about it. I would find it easy to believe that he's cool in person and produces quality animals though.
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08-06-14, 08:02 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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I know that I enjoy snakebytes, but that's about it. I would find it easy to believe that he's cool in person and produces quality animals though.
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Yeah he just seems so laid back and a great guy to work for. I also love it when he's talking while holding a snake and it goes for him and he doesn't even bat an eye lid
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08-06-14, 08:05 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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I also love it when he's talking while holding a snake and it goes for him and he doesn't even bat an eye lid
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So do I. 
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08-06-14, 08:27 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
I too have met him and he is a great dude I have even sold him a plant at an expo. He is a reptile lover that happened to hit it at the right time to make a lot of money doing so but has not lost the love for the animals.
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08-06-14, 08:01 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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Originally Posted by UwabamiReptiles
I enjoy watching snakebytes and I've talked to him and his wife at shows. Very knowledgeable and overall seems like a really cool guy. And he has some awesome animals, his table at shows always has great animals.
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One day I hope to go to one of his shows. Be does produce some amazing animals indeed! Some of the best I've ever seen, especially the scaleless snakes he gets!
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08-09-14, 09:34 AM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
Don't know him in person but grew tired of him on his youtube channel... Keeping large snakes in those tubs is just not done. I know it's a business, but i hate those large buildings, full of rows and rows with snakes in tubs... you can't make me believe that is all for the love of the animal. More like the love of the money imho. I'm not an American so i guess i have a different view on it and also on the (too) stupid stuff they need to do in their episodes to be popular. I do not, however, deny that he knows something about snakes/reptiles.
Greetz.
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08-09-14, 01:19 PM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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Originally Posted by David VB
Don't know him in person but grew tired of him on his youtube channel... Keeping large snakes in those tubs is just not done. I know it's a business, but i hate those large buildings, full of rows and rows with snakes in tubs... you can't make me believe that is all for the love of the animal. More like the love of the money imho. I'm not an American so i guess i have a different view on it and also on the (too) stupid stuff they need to do in their episodes to be popular. I do not, however, deny that he knows something about snakes/reptiles.
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The point of the stupid skits and silly behavior is to get a message across. I'm not going to argue about the ethics of breeders housing animals in small tubs, but it's clear from the SBTV videos that Brian wants the general population to accept reptiles. He's trying to show people that they aren't horrible scary monsters.
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08-10-14, 04:39 AM
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Re: Brian Barczyk
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The point of the stupid skits and silly behavior is to get a message across. I'm not going to argue about the ethics of breeders housing animals in small tubs, but it's clear from the SBTV videos that Brian wants the general population to accept reptiles. He's trying to show people that they aren't horrible scary monsters.
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By trying to get bitten or get others bitten? Coz that's mostly what they're trying to do and laughing about... I'm not saying all is bad about him, but with the above and the housing, it's a big no for me  But so are all those big breeders... Try watch ReptilTV (german), which i think is better.
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