Reptile Shops In Leicester

[RoyalTommo]

Anyone from Leicester?
Has anyone noticed the awful quality and general lack of decent reptile shops in Leicester? Out of the 2 decent ones that were near to the city centre, one very rarely opens when it should and seems to stock nothing but bearded dragons, the girl there also doesnt seem much interested in her job.
And the other shop, although a lot better than first mentioned shop, seems to not want to sell anything. Don't get me wrong I'm all up for selling animals correctly but they seem to take this to an extreme. Sell, sell, sell, get as much money we can from one leopard gecko sale.
It's a shame and as a result I have taken to travelling further to better shops.
Any thoughts?
Tom

[halcyon]

tom

let me talk you through a few things
and let the public on this forum decide on what the score is

it sounds like you have mentioned my shop even though not in name
as mine is always open on time but i am as tight as hell when it comes to selling my animals unlike every one else in leicester, these are not stock but my own animals and i want the very best for every one of them
as i also run leicester exotic refuge as well i see a huge amount of reptiles that have been sold in uncontrolled crappy little wrong fish tank or plastic set ups which have ended up impacting on the well being of the little animal in question due to its home being wrong in many ways, ( at least 10 ive seen in the last two weeks which is a joke in my oppinion)
so as a owner of a pet business the whole point is to sell the best in the best manner possible, prevention is far better than the cure and i know from alot of keeping that the environment is what runs your reptile so basically give it a crappy set up and all the best to you as you will probably cause your reptile harm
look on how many problems happen through burns on reptiles
metabolic bone problems and so on all can be prevented as long as you give everything the reptile needs in its environment almost like setting up your own home

so we will let the public decide on whats wrong with my leopard gecko set ups
as i do not have any problem with it at all

36 x 18 x 21 viv exotic enclosure
heat mat covering approx third of the floor
thermostat to controll heat
digital thermometer with probe
2% day tube for replication of photoperiod
all fittings
moss box
moss
vits
hot hide
intermidiate hide
cool hide
plants
and me as your back up, so what more do you want
all equipment is sold and set up a day or two prior to picking up the reptile

we are the only award winning reptile shop in the uk
we are vet recamended
we are rspca aproved
we have been keeping exotics for 3 generations spanning 140 years

but as the saying goes you cant please every one

thanks for reading
dave

[cooljules]

just curious, what does rspca approved mean? i would trust them to wipe my backside and if they say something, i usually think the opposite...

[Alex27]

Originally Posted by RoyalTommo

Anyone from Leicester?
Has anyone noticed the awful quality and general lack of decent reptile shops in Leicester? Out of the 2 decent ones that were near to the city centre, one very rarely opens when it should and seems to stock nothing but bearded dragons, the girl there also doesnt seem much interested in her job.
And the other shop, although a lot better than first mentioned shop, seems to not want to sell anything. Don't get me wrong I'm all up for selling animals correctly but they seem to take this to an extreme. Sell, sell, sell, get as much money we can from one leopard gecko sale.
It's a shame and as a result I have taken to travelling further to better shops.
Any thoughts?
Tom

Originally Posted by halcyon

tom

let me talk you through a few things
and let the public on this forum decide on what the score is

it sounds like you have mentioned my shop even though not in name
as mine is always open on time but i am as tight as hell when it comes to selling my animals unlike every one else in leicester, these are not stock but my own animals and i want the very best for every one of them
as i also run leicester exotic refuge as well i see a huge amount of reptiles that have been sold in uncontrolled crappy little wrong fish tank or plastic set ups which have ended up impacting on the well being of the little animal in question due to its home being wrong in many ways, ( at least 10 ive seen in the last two weeks which is a joke in my oppinion)
so as a owner of a pet business the whole point is to sell the best in the best manner possible, prevention is far better than the cure and i know from alot of keeping that the environment is what runs your reptile so basically give it a crappy set up and all the best to you as you will probably cause your reptile harm
look on how many problems happen through burns on reptiles
metabolic bone problems and so on all can be prevented as long as you give everything the reptile needs in its environment almost like setting up your own home

so we will let the public decide on whats wrong with my leopard gecko set ups
as i do not have any problem with it at all

36 x 18 x 21 viv exotic enclosure
heat mat covering approx third of the floor
thermostat to controll heat
digital thermometer with probe
2% day tube for replication of photoperiod
all fittings
moss box
moss
vits
hot hide
intermidiate hide
cool hide
plants
and me as your back up, so what more do you want
all equipment is sold and set up a day or two prior to picking up the reptile

we are the only award winning reptile shop in the uk
we are vet recamended
we are rspca aproved
we have been keeping exotics for 3 generations spanning 140 years

but as the saying goes you cant please every one

thanks for reading
dave

basically tom, you just got pwned

[halcyon]

basically it means i take in rehomes and abanderments for them
as leicester rspca have no knowledge on reptiles or facilities to cater for them
its all about animal welfare which i care about greatly and they have reconised this aspect with me
so if i did not take them of them then who will??? or will they all be put down like so many have been done in the passed
not if i can help it they wont
i work very well with the rspaca but i do understand their hidden agenders
but again if we all do the right thing for these animals and keep them properly the rspca will not be able to say a bean to any of us



hope this helps
dave

[gex23]

If this is scales and tails in leicester we are talking about - I have visited several times, and have also bought livestock a few times from there - all of which is flourishing and dave the shopowner as well as his staff are very knowledagable and always willing to help out

Also I can honestly say it is one of the most impressive and cleanest rep shops ive visited - keep up the good work

I wouldnt hesitate to reccomend them

Many thanks

Anthony

[halcyon]

see you are a star customer
you can visit again anytime

thanks for your kind words
dave

[Shellhead]

After the initial slating of the shop, then the resulting slaughtering the owner gave i really want to visit this shop. I dont see what the problem is. Also that was really funny

[Moshpitviper]

I would like to mention that Dave was very helpful in setting up Luton reptile rescue many years ago with donations of equipment etc. i only visited his shop the once and thought it was fantastic. i will forver be grateful to Dave for all his help and will ALWAYS recommend scales and tails highly to anyone who asks.

[cornmorphs]

This is a joke? isnt it?
I simply dont know what to say to that other than this shop and family have been going longer than any shop i know in the uk, and what Dave and his staff dont know isnt worth knowing.
He isnt in it for the money, I know that for sure..
i just reserved something from his at a ridiculous price (i didnt wanna put that as its a present)..
but hey, you back up what you think is right..
You are certainly in the minority if you dont like the shop, thats for sure.