welp i've gotta ask - would you have dealt with the situation differently? Here's another craigslist story, when I bought a corn snake... it ended badly. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM6gotBn3LCRpn0.html

I'm in the boat of if you want to smoke or do drugs, that's on you, but as soon as you bring a kid or pet into the mix, that's when I care. It's just not right to put kids or pets through that, it effects their health just by smelling it.

GoHerping: I regret buying a Crestie from a crack house Meanwhile the Urban Rescue Ranch, turning a Waco crack house into a crack home with a new purpose: *Modern problems require modern solutions*

Bro was in the trenches for a crested gecko

i don't think it would have done anything if you'd reported it, police and government services usually don't bother with places like that. it would have been a quick 5 minute phone call where someone asks about the health of the child, animals, and the living conditions, the parents lie about it, then it never gets brought up ever again. it's sad, but it's a tale as old as time.

I used to be a coke and crack addict. Was like 15 years ago and been clean since. I'm suprised you knew that the smell of burning plastic is crack. I called it. You said "a strange smell" and I said "burning plastic" and then you said burning plastic. I'm like, wow, he called that one!

Your titles never cease to amaze me 😭

“So, I went to Richmond …” Ah, this is where you made your first mistake.

I've had a lot of experiences with sketchy people and sketchy neighborhoods in general that I could probably write a book about it. I lived in one of those neighborhoods growing up and it was normal to hear gunshots and police sirens every night. I even saw a woman get kidnapped while I was looking through my bedroom window. I called the police and reported it and gave them a description and license plate. I never saw her or heard anything about her disappearance.

honestly, reporting that a house smelled like drugs probably wouldn't have done much.

I watch way too many true crime documentaries to go to some strangers house in a bad neighborhood alone for any reason. You're honestly lucky to still be alive

As someone with drug addict parents I can understand not wanting to stick around. But for everyone else. Even if you don't know if itl do anything, report it if there's children involved. One call can save a life :) lesson for today 💜

Dude I got a cat from a crack head outside of a gas station still got her to this day 3 years later. Good cat came for the fountain pops left with a feline

I wasn't looking to take any animals, but I found a Craigslist post for 2 whites tree frogs and 6 leopard geckos.....they were all being kept together. Needless to say, I bargained and got the frogs to foster them. I wish I could have helped some of the geckos too but I just didn't have room

Diluted vinegar will get the smell out of anything in regards to the chemical smell of crack (personal experience with interesting neighbors). Just if you receive any animals that smell like crack/weed/generally nasty in the future, dawn dishsoap mixed with water and vinegar!

Oh my god! What is with the reptile people on craigslist!? In 2013, I was living in an apartment complex with some gross neighbors. One day, I discovered a 10 inch long red-eared slider, who had been placed in the garbage area, in a plastic bin. You know, like how you get rid of unwanted furniture. I was horrified. But I don't own any reptiles, And I didn't have space to put a high quality turtle enclosure for the next many decades that he could live. So I went to craigslist, looking for a reptile rehomer nearby. A couple of people were interested, but I give to the first person who responds. He says that he has an enclosure for red-eared sliders already, And that he has lots of other reptiles that he rescues. Sounds great! We go to his house. He invites us up to see the rest of his reptile collection. His slider habitat was great. It fit everything that I was reading about what they require (I was considering keeping the turt.) There were three others in the tank already, but it was huge. It looked like they were splashing and having fun. Then, I look around. A tortoise, snakes. And Nazi flags. And KKK flags. And posters about Germany. And medieval swords on the wall. I was in the house of a proud Nazi. I look Jewish at a glance. I was genuinely afraid this guy was going to hurt me if he suspected that. I felt safer because my boyfriend at the time was there with me. But I didn't know exactly how violent Nazis got with Irish looking men who are sleeping with Jewish looking women. We booked it out of there, fast. I was so confused. He seems like he actually did take good care of his pets. I didn't understand how someone that hateful could still care for animals. But I guess, he could just see his enemies as below the rank of animals. Trying to think about it too much is repulsive. I regret dealing with him at all. But I left the turtle with him, mostly out of a desire to leave his place quickly. But also because he actually had a great habitat!

It was probably best you just got out of there as fast as you could. Junkies are unpredictable. In the major city near me I've seen people take dumps in planters, start screaming unprovoked, run into traffic, throw things at people, and just be so cracked out that they openly inject on the streets not even caring who sees. Thankfully I don't live in the city ☠️

Personally I think you should take the enclosures and drop them off at the dump just so that person doesn't think that they have the supplies to hose another unfortunate reptile

based on the stuff he's shown us, alex is definitely lucky to be alive today

“Still not great at breathing“

Craigslist.... more like Crackslist I'm sorry. I could not help it

That smell you were smelling is meth it’s a weird smell almost has like a metallic stench to it I only know this because I worked as a corrections officer

I like your chatting videos a lot. Story telling. You are very good at it! Keep ‘em coming Alex.

If the baby was a newborn and that was the mother, they both probably tested positive for drugs while in the hospital after the baby was born. There's a chance some authority already knows about the situation. Don't be too hard on yourself.

If it was just the adults, i'd leave it alone, but the fact there was a newborn baby, defenseless and basically just only able to sit there, It makes the situation extremely serious.

That burning plastic smell you encountered was probably meth lmfao

Smoke from weed is so bad for animals, my sisters roommate used to blow smoke from her weed into her cats face to get it high. So my sister took it and left. The cat couldn’t see or smell, ended up getting worse and worse over a few years, unable to gain weight. It eventually died from all this, skinniest it’s able to get, unable to see or eat or smell. At first it would just sit there and stare because it was so fucked up, it got a bit better in that regard after being taken. So those other pets and baby, I can’t even imagine with what they’re smoking. Hopefully someone else has already done something.

Semi related, but 3 weeks ago I was looking for Madagascar hissing cockroaches and other types of hissers and I went to a reptile expo in the city over to see if there was any there. There wasn't but there was a breeder who gave me a card to the website and it had an option to do in person pickup for free (instead of the $50 shipping) plus I won a $20 gift card and he gave me like 30 hissers including Halloween and mahogany. Anyways, my dad and I show up and its a hoarder house/backyard breeding situation and you could smell the weed from the outside of the house. There are boxes of live animals that he "forgot to open and will be getting to them soon". There was no ac at all and genuinely it was so sad.

That plastic smell seems like they could've been smoking heroin off a foil tray... back in the day, my mom would say it smells like I'm burning plastic in my room... I'll tell her through the door that I'm doing arts and crafts

I definitely would’ve reported them, but you’re not a mandated reporter so don’t hold it against yourself forever. I am a mandated reporter so I likely would’ve been on the phone with CPS once back in my car.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, but hey, all's well that ended well for you, and don't kick yourself for not reporting them.

gotta love craigslist

i'd be too scared to report them in case they came and killed me

My man herpes never disappoints

I sometimes end up roping myself into helping animals, I have been to some shocking homes. Most recently a cat hoarder who had like 30 very sad looking cats, I only took the one cat that was skinny but otherwise fine. My heart sank walking away from the other cats that were covered in fleas and in the grossest house I've ever seen. There were kids in the house too. I did contact the RSPCA and someone did tell me social services were working with them to keep conditions better for the children but as far as I can see not a lot has changed for either kids or cats.

I appreciate your reflection, Alex

I’ve been a secret Craig’s List reptile SPECTATOR for YEARS!!! I’ve never actually purchased anything, though. But I love seeing what animals & supplies are available!!🙂

This is why I met at Home Depot to get my Crestie from Craigslist lol. Glad you got the little guy out...

You were 18 and recognized a situation where you needed to exit asap so you did. No need to look back.

You are soo soo sooo hard on your younger self. The reason you didn't 'do' anything re crack-house was 'cause at that time you were a kid! I've seen many of your posts from when you were young and if I was your Mum my cup would have runneth over with pride ... you were an awesome kid.

I got an insanely defensive Suriname boa off craigslist for $300 because they didn't have the time to work with her. She lived in an empty tub in a big rack system and they wonder why she was defensive... 2 days of handling and she's fantastic. Happy as hell I got her out of there, just sad I couldn't take all the rest as well

Please be super careful buying things on craiglist or fb. 2 close family friends of mine were murdered when pulling up to someone's house to look at a car for sale....it's not worth it I refuse to go to someone's home since this happens a few years ago. Stay safe

I know a couple people who have been robbed at gun point in Richmond, one of them watched their dad get shot, they broke down the hotel room door.

I'm so happy I get to see your videos

yay i love crack house geckos

What you’re describing actually sounds like a meth cook house to me. The fact that your lungs were overtaken just by the container and you felt something instantly, it’s likely they weren’t just using drugs, they were cooking them.

Now THAT is a title for a video.

GoHerping, you probably wont see this but my leopard gecko is staying in its humid hide a lot, no shedding, temperatures and humidity are fine, whats happening?

I’m from FL, meth capitol of the US (if not the world lmao). We had a lady at the end of my road (or, the beginning I guess. It was a dead end road, I lived at the end with the dead end, but tbh that doesn’t matter) who ran a meth lab out of her house. She was batshit crazy (and I lived with untreated bipolar for years so I know crazy lmao), constantly threatened to shoot people, even threatening my sister and I if we didn’t “keep your damn dogs out her yard” (they were not our dogs). Anyways, I’m rambling, point is we reported it multiple times because her meth lab was by ours (and a few other kids) bus stop, and the cops didn’t do anything. The only reason she finally got arrested is because she murdered her husband. She was also charged with dealing firearms and her meth lab.

personally I've never bought a reptile off craigslist, but I have bought an aquarium for my corn snake. and you're right. totally normal guy, very chill, seemed super nice, even helped me load the aquarium into the trunk of my car. hell, my grandfather has whole multiple year friendships based solely off of buying and selling the same car parts with each other. the moment live animals get involved the red flags come up, lol

I live in Virginia! Not Richmond though. But I'm really familiar with Richmond. It has really nice areas within the counties and the cities have some really rough areas. My parents actually lived in Richmond city when they were newlyweds and they said they often heard gunshots and there car was broken into twice.

interesting story..thanks for sharing..lifes experiences...apart of the journey...so happy that little cresty got moved on....

Doxxing in the thumbnail? This has gotta be good

Bro I’m laughing at the title 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I would've wanted to report it and had no idea where to start, I wouldve had to do some research on the area to find out how and where to report. The fact you went through that situation and still think about it to this day will help you be a better reporter of any future situations you run into.

i have a leopard gecko his name is squishy

i was in a similar situation once. i was selling an aquarium and the lady buying it didnt have a car so i made the drive over to her community. i told her what time I would be there. I get there, and this place is half underwater and a ton of condemned houses and people staring at me as i drove around. im texting this lady asking where she is and im there for half an hour but she didnt respond so i went home. she then texted me an hour later saying "sorry i was asleep". I went back hours later with my boyfriend. the lady and her man were nice but the place was so sketchy I will never go back.

For a second I thought you were gonna say rotting smell and it was gonna go a whole different route lol

oh gosh craigslist is crazy

Google Meth Bird. I found Lollie at a pet store near me. She liked me immediately and we formed a bond. I visited her several times often taking a pet of mine along. Each time she was gentle and welcoming. Last time we stopped in the shop owner sadly told me she had just passed away. She died early from multiple symptoms she had from being kept in a small finch cage in a meth cook house. RIP Lollie.

Alex with glasses: *alex* Alex without glasses: *goherping*

Alex, if you smelt pot you'd feel something. 😅 If it was fentynal laced crack, you'd literally be convulsing on the front door step if you smelt it.

Best thing thatd happen from that phonecard I'd feel is that baby being sent around all its life and animals put down

Definitely not crack laced with fentanyl. But yes crack smells like hairspray/burning plastic.

The burning smell was probably meth- Meth, especially during production can often smell like ammonia or cat urine

Another interesting story

please do another one of your crazy experience.

I'm sorry, but this is a little silly to me lol. Not in a mean or bad way, really more in an "aww, how cute," kind of way. Such an innocent fragile boy 😄

I understand what you mean by thinking back and wish you had done something. It's funny because I remember watching that video when it came out but I completely understand you not doing anything. You can't know what was going on there, who lived there and who didnt, or if the authorities were already on their case or not. You giving a tip to CPS or Animal Services could have done something, but knowing CPS, it most likely would have done nothing.

Love you and your videos....hope your feeling well? ❤️

The smell you describe is speed

I regret buying a Crested Gecko (from a crack house)

I’m going to name my retic fenty

You were young! You learn as you get older. ❤️

I thought he was going to say that the crested gecko 🦎 was high and had the munchies or something of that nature lol

Bro that clip of the blood python is heartbreaking

One question- why the hell would you ever I mean ever go to a Craigslist buy by yourself inside their house? As a girl and a daughter of a police officer I’ve heard some really scary things and my parents really put into my mind to be careful and be cautious of everything as there is a lot of evil in this world.

Havent watched you in like 2 years and i got to say that this being the first video ive watched in a while is silly

You have left a comment in Piew's video (111 million subscribers) and I have come to your channel to watch and subscribe to support.

We have zero crime here. People know what I am telling them is best for both the country and their own sake, and thus following my lead, they became great examples for the rest of society to follow

Now your gecko can only eat food sprinkled with crack

I mean they probably live in the same place so you could still report them?

Scary... :( Why do people get/adopte a reptile or any pet if they don't do, can't afford, or just neglect it because of laziness. :( Happy you are okay though!!!

But you rescued the Crestie!!!!! 💯

I like the story-time style videos

I regret just getting a crested gecko

Hi I have a question I got a leopard gecko and my friend gave me him and it’s been 5 days and he hasn’t been eating and I don’t know why please respond thank you.

We learn as we grow. At least you can say since then, if there is another situation similar that ever happened. You would most definitely report it. You can change what happened, not much else you can do. You said you won't let it happen again.

If it smelled like burnt popcorn it was fentanyl

wow that's really sad, that poor baby man, should have said something

House reports generally won’t do anything especially in places like that. Baby or not the police simply don’t care

I want your junimo plush.

Hoo boy that's a shady pick up

Sounds about right

Hey goherping..will I be able to get one of the reptiles you unbox next time?

Damn my boi has done himself some crack lol

If that ever happens to you again you should call 911 right away! A child or baby should never ever be in that situation. The police will come right away to remove and give parents help for drug addiction.

That plastic smell was crack 😂 I know EXCATLY what you meant and tried to describe !!

Why do people get reptiles if they are not going to take care of them? I love my 2 beardies!

how did this video go from "i found a sketchy gecko on craigslist" to "yea i think i smoked crack"