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BackWaterReptiles has 106 customer reviews and ranks 623rd in the Pets category. Common review topics include backwater reptiles, customer service.

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Utah
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Customer service sucks
April 13, 2023

I ordered a animal and paid extra for overnight for a reason. Didn't show up in time table it said tried to cancel the delivery through them they tell me to call FedEx. FedEx tells me only the shipper can cancel the delivery for security reasons I tell them that and they say that I am wrong and they cannot cancel the delivery there was a reason why I needed it overnight so that I would have it in time before nobody could sign for the package.

Date of experience: April 13, 2023
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Green iguana
April 14, 2023

I bought 2 green iguanas a female and a male when they came in the mail one was alive and the other one was tangled up in the paper and I picked it up and it was completely dead there was no way it was coming back to life I even did CPR cause I'm a vet but it was guaranteed to be alive and it was dead now I got one can y'all send me another one that is alive they are not cheap and I spent good money on 2 and got one I love all animals and it broke my heart when it was dead I made a little funeral for it I sent pictures of the dead one and email it to y'all I don't know what else to do... The green iguana that is still alive is happy and healthy

Date of experience: April 13, 2023
California
1 review
14 helpful votes
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They sell sick animals
March 16, 2023

Do not buy from them! We bought a monitor lizard. It came dehydrated, skinny, underweight, lethargic. Did not eat. Vomited. It has a likely kidney infection (from blood test results). Needs medical attention, vet assistance multiple times a week and intensive long treatment. Expectations are uncertain. They sell sick animals for hundreds of dollars and don't care at all.

Date of experience: March 16, 2023
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Go elsewhere
March 8, 2023

Purchased a salamander about 2 weeks ago. Was put in the smallest container possible so he had to completely curled up. Stressed, and I'm assuming wild caught because he hasn't eat yet and has only just starting to come out of hiding. His skin was sluffing off in the container, so either mid molt or Stressed. I will just get animals from elsewhere. They're higher priced here anyway.

Date of experience: March 8, 2023
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Baby bearded dragons
March 8, 2023

The babies arrived alive & healthy with a heat pad & cryopak to keep them warm. Very active…my dogs are a little freaked out about these things moving around in the tank. Thank you for your help with everything & sending me 2 great bearded dragons

Date of experience: March 7, 2023
District of Columbia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I recently purchased a tarantula from these people and it was much in bad shape and pretty much dead on arrival. I signed for the animal and at no time was the animal left outside.
They refuse to honor any live guarantee agreement. They will make you jump through lots of hoops, taking pictures, writing dates on pieces of paper etc. with the hopes you will just give up. They keep your money and will not any kind of refund. They actually charged my credit card twice. DO NOT. I REPEAT DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THESE PEOPLE!

Date of experience: February 23, 2023
Tennessee
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Don't waste your money
February 20, 2023

Horrible mistake buying from them. Sent to
Me sick with a rotting foot. Don't provide sex or vaccination records of animal. Died a month after having him. We had to feed him with a syringe few days after getting him shipped to us. Didn't make it.

Date of experience: February 20, 2023
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Russian Tortoise
February 16, 2023

I ordered a tortoise from them. Within two days she was dead. I was asking for a refund or a new animal but when she arrived she was covered in feces and urine and the box was soiled so I threw it away... needless to say they made an easy 180 dollars that they refused to refund.

Date of experience: February 15, 2023
Arkansas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No animals
February 8, 2023

I purchased 2 soft shell turtles, 2 uromastyx, and 1 leapard turtle paid over 500 and also paid for over night shipment and never received my order. Attempted to contact company via email and phone no answer.

Date of experience: February 8, 2023
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shipping was a nightmare, but salamander is healthy!
December 31, 2022

I ordered a tiger salamander on a Monday, and paid extra for overnight shipping, it got delayed so many times, until it's order date was now Saturday, then on Saturday, I found out they gave me the wrong shipping number, and the salamander hadn't even STARTED to be delivered yet! But the people who run the site apologized, and my salamander is fully healthy, and everything is great

Date of experience: December 31, 2022
South Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Beautiful and Healthy Boa!
December 15, 2022

Hi, to everyone who is iffy or concerned don't be, I recommend buying from them, today I received my beautiful baby girl she's a columbian red tail and she's happy and very friendly just shy at first and she's already doing really well in her new environment and a bonus she's super healthy looking and she is a female so they did sex her properly so please don't be hesitant buy from here!

Date of experience: December 13, 2022
South Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Stay far away unless you like dead animals.
November 28, 2022

We ordered a Rainbow Jackson, he came in with no hydration in his shipping container. He was very weak and dehydrated. Over the last 20 days his health only declined and was too weak to make it. He died and we are seeking a full refund because they falsely promote great reviews and great reptiles. This place sucks bad and they have really unhealthy animals.

Date of experience: November 27, 2022
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Poor customer service
November 21, 2022

Literally the worst experience with communications. Their online contact form has a message above the form saying it's malfunctioning. But the form still takes input. They were "out of the office" when I contacted them via email about an issue and didn't hear anything for 2 days until they came back and informed me they were out of the office. By then I had given up on them. They then threw their site terms at me and there was nothing else I could do. Wasted time, wasted money. Ugh.

Date of experience: November 21, 2022
Mississippi
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ok so it's supposed to be next day delivery, right?
November 22, 2022

We ordered a yellow bellied slider turtle on Thursday, remember that. Ok so fast forward its monday and its supposed to be here tomorrow but we live in Georgia so i will not be so harsh the are in California and that's pretty far away. Ive read good and bad reviews and im scared bc its mostly bad. I hope he makes it alive

Date of experience: November 21, 2022
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Dead chameleon.
November 18, 2022

My chameleon showed up and she wouldnt eat wouldnt drink. About an hour after unboxing her she threw up a parasite. Not even 6 hours of getting her she was dead. $#*! this company absolutely disgusting

Date of experience: November 17, 2022
Michigan
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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TOTAL SCAM
November 16, 2022

I spent over $300 on a snake, I paid the shipping, then when my snake didn't arrive, I was eventually told there would be a 500-dollar fee for insurance to ship the snake. I double-checked the website. This is not stated anywhere! Now they refuse to refund my money for the order!

Date of experience: November 16, 2022
Arizona
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Overall a bad experience
October 10, 2022

First off I ordered 2 water dragons. When I received the box there was only 1 water dragon in the box. The water dragon was also sick and was injured. When I contacted them they sent out 2 water dragons and well 2 ended up arriving but they were also sick as well. Well now all 3 of them have passed away within a couple weeks of me having them. I contacted them to let them know that all 3 of them have died. They will not do anything about it since I do not have a picture of all 3 of them together dead. When I have a picture of all 3 of them just not in the same picture since they did not die at the same time. As is I contacted them when the first dragon died and they never did email me back and then a couple days later the other 2 passed away. This would not be such a big deal for me if I did not spend $150 for the lizards to die. I will never use these guys again. I will go through someone else.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Steal of money
October 7, 2022

Products not delivered, no response after money has been paid, past animals delivered in poor condition.

Date of experience: October 7, 2022
Utah
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Wast of time and money
October 3, 2022

I bought a sandfish skink last week it came in horrible health. Has some gunk on its eye and will not eat! Don't waste your money or time on this site.

Date of experience: October 3, 2022
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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DO NOT ORDER
September 25, 2022

DO NOT ORDER *******@backwaterreptiles I ordered my husband a Pac-Man frog for his birthday he cam thin and shipped like trash we had him for less then a month and he died I have never had an animal come me in such $#*!ty condition and die that soon after, we rescue reptiles and this is $#*!ing unreal I am so so so beyond disgusted at there treatment to there animals I have ready many many more review of people receiving dead or sick animals that have passed soon after receiving them, I am $#*!ing pissed, these are $#*!ing life's that you idiots are playing with $#*! *******@backwaterreptiles I hope you incompetent $#*!s get shut down. I am not the first and not the last to have this happen and it's $#*!ing sad.

Date of experience: September 24, 2022