RIP Furless Friends

[pego]

Anyone in Northern Ireland with an interest in reptiles will no doubt have heard of this shop in Derry, it's the place where i got my very first lizard, a beardie called Omar. Andy the guy who owned it is also a hobbyist and has a great knowledge of all things reptilian. Unfortunately after a horrible chain of recent events Andy has had to leave and go to Scotland as there is a serious illness in his family.

Here is a short video of the shop from Youtube YouTube - Furless Friends

[gaboonviper]

This post made me laugh so hard. Y because it is complete bull. Andy is not looking after his poor ill mother in scotland. She is fine by the way and she lives in colraine i was talking to her nieghbour. He is in jail as he got caught bring illegal substances back from germany. Now what makes this story even worse is that andy was transporting his animals that where for sale in his shop with the drugs in there boxes. now that to me is cruel. these animals where pets for families, children and hobbiests and these people trusted andy and he betrayed them. Andy made these trips to germany every 6 weeks i found out so all the animals in his shop were pretty tainted if you ask me. this story is sad because the people who bought these animals now have something that may have side effects from the substances in there systems which could kill them if there arent already dead. which i hope none are. but the fact is the more than likely didnt last long. so Rest In Peace furless friends you say i say Rot In Prison.

[DazedLewis]

still, it does look like quite a good shop

[gaboonviper]

looks like a good shop has nothing to do with it. bringing drugs with animals is dangerous an wrong then telling every body his mum was dieing now that is low. the man is a scumbag.

[MarkJD]

Im not here to dispute what your saying i mean it would come across rather messed up to come here and make something like that up but in reality what is your proof?

It seems your new here and these are first two posts (im the same but iv been registered a while now) basically what im asking whats your source for this?

[lisafay]

I have no opinion on this matter as i didn't know andy.
But i can confirm that he was caught bringing back drugs and is knocked up!
I know this, as we took over his run to haam in september and had to be warned, as it was very likely we'd be given hassle
He did run a good shop though by the looks of things, even if it wasn't exactly conventional practise!!!

[MarkJD]

Ok thanks for clearing that up,

Just was concerned as i had heard nothing of this and the fact he had quite a good repuation on the other forums.

[Steve L]

Andy is a decent guy .i have known him on the net for years .perhaps his shop was not doing so well and he fell into bad company .who knows .but i would try to hide the truth rather than tell people i was being jailed myself.maybe i would'nt give out such a dodgy reason but then again what do you do in those circumstances .
he had a good shop and lets hope he can re-open once he gets out the jail

[lisafay]

everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt at least once, and we all make mistakes now and then.
Andy's done a lot of favours for a lot of people i know, so i certainly wouldn't be judging him over something like this.
I hope he can get back on his feet after this

[Crownan]

This is pretty laughable really. If it was just some randomer petshop owner he'd be condemned to hell by 'RFUK' but as a couple of people know this bloke, he's to be given forgiveness.

I'm not suprised, but it does make me chuckle.

At the end of the day, he got caught fair and square for being naughty and therefore lives with the consequences, making up a story about a dieing relative is a bit low though...