reptile shops in kent???

[reptile king]

why do you dislike petaholics so much i find them very helpful

[reptile king]

why do you hav such a problem wiv petaholics i think its a very good shop

[garysumpter]

Do you work there or something?

1. Rude staff

2. Cappy equipment selection

3. Animals kept VERY badly - Why do you think they rope of the stairs and keep the reptile room closed? If you look in the reptile room he has faunarium tanks stacked in a big viv with chameleons, snakes, allsorts in, the chams cant get the heat or UV they need, the snakes cant be warm enough etc etc.

Those POOR burms in there too!

The tanks are always a mess. Just a real shame.

I am very local to the shop and would love it to be better!!

[reptile king]

and this is mine no i dont work down there but i do shop in there and wiv well over 15 years of experiance in reptiles over 45 exotics myself i can say i know what im on about i live about 5 mins away and go up stairs into the reptile room and like all animals they do make mess ive never seen no burns and i even know some people who work for the rspca who have checked out the place and say all is fine so how many years hav you been dealing wiv reptiles for long or are u still a novice

[garysumpter]

Not a novice at all.

The way you are typing makes you sound very young.

I'm not going into an arguement, but anyone who knows what they are doing would not recommend Petaholics. It has been brought up countless times over the years.

Even the local vets dont recommend the place!

Gary

[garysumpter]

Where are you based Reptile King? Would be good to know some more local keepers!

[reptile king]

im 30 and hav been looking for someone to do a website i breed dart frogs red eye tree frogs beardies royals western hognose pinesnakes corns and now going into spiders ive been doing this a long time and know what im looking at as ive said before ive got loads of animals and found petoholics to be very helpful and i beleave the guy that owns it even does colleage lectures on his animals and is quite well conected wiv zoo so do you have much knowleage on how to keep reptiles and where do you get your information from on the animals you keep

[reptile king]

i know him well and he goes into the same shops i do so what vets you on about cause thats the only one i know round here

[garysumpter]

Reptie King.

Right, first of all I am not going to argue with you as I dont know you and dont judge you in any way. Lets keep to the subject.

My current collection is 4 normal royal pythons, 2 het piedbald royal pythons, 2 het albino boas, 1 normal boa, 2 iran jaya carpet pythons, 14 corn snakes, 1 garter snake, 1 gopher snake, 2 beardies, 2 waterdragons and an iguana.

However I have kept many other species over the years.

Now as for Petaholics, I have seen so many times, beardies in vivs with no basking lights. I have seen mites on the snakes. A friend took photos of a large iggy in there in a TINY viv with all mesh covering him.

Another guy I know bought a young albino burm from there that was covered in mites. He wanted to help the burm more than anything.

I went in there about a month ago and there were 3 adult corns in a viv and eggs EVERYWHERE. I told the kid in there who slugged off and got the other kid in there. When i left, the eggs were still there.

Why do you think he ropes off the upstairs bit?

The birds are kept in as bad condition as the reptiles!

I have been in there several times (not out of choice) and heard advice being given that was wrong.

Search the forums, many others have complaints about the place.

I travel to essex and london for my reptile needs and have a lot of reptile keeping friends and contacts.

Pet shop owners don't count as reptile esperts in my book.

Gary

[reptile king]

thats a nice collection do you breed them or do you just keep them but to answer some of your question the rope on the stairs if you ask him he will let you up there the local reptile vet mark roland was the one who told me about petaholics and how good the owners knowleagde was espeacially birds as he does talks for colleages and givs knowleagde to zoos and is meant to be known as one of the best hand reared birds expert and mark even told me he goes there to do his shopping and thats the only reptile vet in this area apart from the young girl training with him so what vets do you go to and what shops would you recommend plus i wondered if you know a good shop to sell in