stupid idiot shop

[DeanThorpe]

basically...they will know it is us...cos nooone else who goes there knows anything about reps or what they do wrong..atleast not that we are aware...however is possible.

also... we ned to buy our mice etc from there.

I WILL ONLY give details of this shop if something can really be done...

[Art_Gecko101]

You know i hate that shop....

[Spikebrit]

Im from ips and am there when im not at uni. Im pritty sure i know where you mean, and i havnt brought anything from them in about 2 yrs now; buy everything online. Have gone in a few times to look at reps but have straight out refused to buy from them after seeing a few incidents.

If its the same shop the way they treat there mammels is even worse, was in there once a few years back where a mother was simply buying mice for her son and me being me got chatting. The women (worker) was trying to milk them for everything, pointing out only the most expensive stuff saying it has to have this, this and this. So of course i intervined and after a little discussion with the parent managed to save her a few pounds and tell her how to actually look after (not that its really that hard lol tho she hadnt got a clue). The woman who ran it looked like she was fuming lol was priceless.

Let me know where and when you get you're shop running as i would love to come be nosey hehe.

hugs
Jay

P.S. if you get the shop up anytime soon and want a hand im after a part time job to get some funds. However would only be available over summer, xmas, easter due to uni. It's always worth trying to get a job especially with reps hehe.

[baldygit]

Just do what i do,dont go in there,dont buy livefoods from them or any rep equipment,once there is no market they wont continue selling reps.
Ipswich is a very small town with a limited market,i actually used to supply this shop with reptiles about 8 years ago when i was a wholesaler /importer,he used to phone me up with the order then send a taxi over with the cash to collect the animals,he never asked for advice on keeping etc ,but used to order once a month so he was selling or killing them
I have been in there twice since ,cages are to small and not heated correctly,last time was a year ago and saw a yemen in a tiny cube viv,
that was it, i dont go in any more ,if we all do this i am sure he will get the message.
Do we also still have that pratt still at Stonham Barns as well aint been there for a couple of years ?

[trese]

hey yep stonham are no better but the reps are in a slightly better condition we don't really buy from the other rep shop much unless we really really have to i tend to go in to have alook at the reps might pop in tomoz as i have day off to see if he has done anything with the cali if not i might go crazy it really got to me yesterday so i can't wait to get our shop up an running an put them out of business

[DeanThorpe]

Hi all.
I would just like to add that i actually think stonham barnes [abbey reptiles] are a lot better than viking aquatics as far as the condition they keep thier reptiles in, and they know quite a bit about them to which is handy.
Having said that the owner is very much a know it all, and a spitefull one at that.
When i first got back in touch with them when we had bought our beardie viv and viking sold the beardie we had reserved I rang up after re-finding his number after ten years to ask if he had any beardies in.. transcript roughly as follows.

Me: Hiya [long intro..] do u have any baby beardies in at the mo?
Him: Well not babys NO [blunt, then couple second pause] Got some about 3 months old though...I wont EVER sell them after that cos its wrong.
Me: Right ok great, and roughly what kind of size are they?
Him: about 8 inches have you got your viv set up yet?
Me: yes got it couple days ago.
hIM: have you got uv?
ME er yeh repti glo 8
HIM : and wheres that?
Me: Hangin down from the top..
HIM: WELL THATS NO GOOD IS IT...SEE PPL LIKE YOU WHO BUY THESE THINGS AND WANDER WEHY THEY GO DOWN HILL
[RANT FOLLOWS]
Me: so i could just lower it by simply pulling the wires through a bit more couldnt i?
Him: yes but...

Anyway you get the idea, he was a **** on the fone... so i went down there and let him know it was me [with a mate... who is kinda heavy]
and anyway he was nice and all.. but a bit scary redneck odd... but seemed to know his stuff... untill a second and third vivsit when u realise that he too is just blagging, he doesnt practice what he preaches, for instance he has 3 adult water dragons in a 3 foot viv yet when my mate wanted to buy a baby he told him " min 6x6x4 etc etc and the glass alone will cost you a grand i can get it for you"... lol think it was could my mate had just mentiuoned he was soon getting 1700 pound back and was asking for then when he has the cash.

But anyway, viking woulda said, yeh u prolly want a 4 footer, heatmat,and a 250w ceramic with clamp lamp thingy, cheers, bye done deal.

I would like to think that a lot of ppl from this area go to stonham instead of viking, those who know a bit i mean... we want to do our shop but it kind of relies on the assumption that we can get more trade than what viking aqautics currently have.

Anyway im finished now, trese wants to now go in town including in there and i really cant be arsed to go in there, still see them selling those dodogy mvb's they know nothing about and not say anything.

guys... can anywone help me with info on that bulb? [see my 2 posts above, first one in this thread]

[Blazey]

only read the initial post. its the government who u are best off complaining to, they are the ones that give them their pet trade licence and u will more likely persuade them of the problems than the RSPCA. As for the filth, ring environmental health, that used to get the shop that i worked at worrying and made them clean up their rabbits that were really disgusting.

[Art_Gecko101]

Got time now to write a more lengthy reply!!
As ive said a million times Trese, i hate that shop. Talk about Abbey reptiles being rude, i asked the owner of vikings if they had any cresteds in (as i remember you telling me about out back) and he just was really blunt and said no. i asked if he could ever get subadults/adults in and same answer. no. i the simply asked where abouts his supplier was based and he got really rude saying he wouldnt tell me.

I actually had to say something the other day as they had a tiny leo in there that was in the same spot i'd seen it in 2 days before, and its leg was all funny and bent. he just said, ill have a look.

Stonham is 'ok'. The last time i went they had everything on what looked like woodshavings. but at least they have bigger cages and seem alot healthier. However, the owner is a knowitall as you said, kept telling me it was fine to mix all kinds of amphibians and when i told him about the problems .i.e toxins etc he just went off to get something from the backroom. He was actually advocating me to set up a tank with a load of different treefrogs, a horned frog (what is this guy on??) FBTs and salamanders! Idiot.

As ive said to you before Trese, ill be more than happy to lend a hand in the summer, you know to pm me. Had another idea, it'd be great to have somewhere i trust with holiday stay for my animals. Have you been to the one in felixstowe? theres one next to happi pets only tiny though. but ok conditions and a helpful guy if you need someones advice they only started up a little while ago so im sure they could help.

[DeanThorpe]

Hi all.
We went in town and popped in.
The cali with the scale rot was still in the dirty viv, on display for sale, having received no treatment or cleaning atall and looking worse.

Also the one baby beardie they have in thier right now is pretty much dead, head on the ground not moving.
I was sugesting things they could do about 5 days ago and everything i sugested from aDDING UV, CALCIUM, Better temps, generally having a good look at him etc got shot down, today he is looking really really bad.
Again the response was "we will put him in a hospital viv out back and keep an eye on him, hes been lethargic for a week"
They dont have hospital vivs and they dont look at him atall.

Another [decent, older] bloke that works there said he had been tellin them hes not right but he gets told to stay in the fish section... he's not too happy you can tell.

Think its time to do something now....

[Art_Gecko101]

thats the problem, people like them dont just not know things... they wont listen! wither that or they just dont care. Is there no1 you can report them to?