Shops and suppliers

[retri]

Shop: Duston Aquatics

Location: Northampton

Variation of animals: mostly fish, only reps are tort,turts, beardies and leo's

Pricing of animals: poor, normal leo's £65 but he has now dropped it to £55 as he cant sell them

pricing of equipment:not TOO bad.

Knowledge of staff: Awful, heard someone being told that they had only male leo's as breeders keep back the females to stop others breeding......

Customer service: Usualy friendly, sometimes the manager can be a bit grumpy

condition of animals: Again Awful, 3 x year old male leos in a small viv with 1 hide under a heat bulb, one has an eye injury and the culprit is still in the same viv, amoung other issues like one leo having such a bad shed it couldnt open its eyes and was wandering round rubbing its face on the side of the viv.

Would you return: I used to go all the time, may only return to lecture him about the state of the leo's

Would you reccomend: not if you want a healthy rep

Rating out of 10: 2/10 the worst example of keeping reps that I have seen. Just s shame that the RSPCA dont give a about reps.

[RachelGC]

Shop:Paws For Thought Pet Centre,

Location: Leeds (York Road)

Variation of animals: Hamsters, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Kittens, All kinds of fish, Bearded Dragons, Gecko's of varying species, Tortoises, Snakes, Frogs, Spiders, Scorpions, Chinese Water Dragons and MANY MORE

Variation of equipment: Anything and everything you could possibley want - well except reptile carpet, they never seem to have any.

Pricing of animals: Fairly priced for great quality animals. E.G Normal Leo 3 months old £39.99, Baby BD's £45...

Pricing of equipment: Could be better but again fairly priced for the quality of the equipment.

Knowledge of staff: Staff are very knowledgeable about all annimals. They ahve specialist aquatics staff, specialist Reptile staff. Most of the staff actually keep the animals that they ahve in the shop, but if they don't they're clued up about them.

Customer service: Extremely friendly, approachable, always willing to help (when i bought my leo one of the reptile chaps spend a good 20 to 30 minutes with me talking over everything and actually looking at the animmals)

Condition of animals: All animals look extremely healthy, habitat always sufficient - only thing I don't like is seeing crickets etc running around and not taken out of the Viv's after feeding.

Would you return: Yes, i use them all the time.

Would you reccomend: Definately, neighbouring Towns / places to Leeds is well worth the travel.

Rating out of 10: 9

[turkish_666]

shop: jap koi

location: henlow

variation of animals: loads of awesome stuff that you never see anywhere else and a few things ive never even heard of so generally speaking its always well stocked with a good mix off reps amphibians and inverts!

variation of equipment: once again theirs loads to choose from lots of different variations and makes, and the wall of lightbulbs of course!

price of animals:not the cheapest but you certainly get what you pay for ive never seen a rep or any other animal that didnt look happy and looked after top quality animals.

price of equipment:once again not the best but ive seen worse and on the rare occasion theirs a problem they sort it out straight away

knowledge of staff: their all pretty clued up on just about everything and if their not sure they dont make up a load of rubbish to get a sale

customer service: 100% their a busy shop but they'll always help you in anyway they can and dont mind the barrage of stupid questions from the paying public, adam, ben, roger, and vicky are all legends in their own right they've always been super helpful and friendly!

condition of animals: as stated above all animals are in top condition and they wont sell anything unless its perfect.

would you return: er yes about 3 times a week even when i dont need to its nice to see whats new.

would you recommend : absolutely, really good well stocked place for all your random needs that occur in this hobby/ obsession.

rating out of 10: easyly 9.5/10
(and they only loose the half because they wont donate me the gorgeous red tail boa!)

[Barney_M]

Shop: Repti-Grow

Location: Diddington, St.Neot

Variation of animals: fair amount of animals in the shop however could do with more lizards and amphibains.<---lots of boas!

variation of equipment: all you need to own anything in stock

pricing of animals: some animals seem over prices, others seem under priced only a few are evenly priced.

pricing of equipment:havent found equiptment to be too badly priced.

Knowledge of staff:very good they know exactly what they are on about and can tell you everything you need to know about every animal in stock and some animals that they dont even carry.

Customer service: good service however with only 2 or 3 members of staff when the shop gets busy service slows down!

condition of animals: animals are all in good health apart from a few leos with dropped tails and 2 out of 3 cuban anoles. Some animals such as the white lip could do with a slightly larger viv.

Would you return: i go every fortnight

Would you reccomend: yes

Rating out of 10: 8.5 out of 10

[retri]

Shop:Elite Reptiles

Location: Rugby

Variation of animals:Excellent range of animals, some that i have not seen before in any shop, be nice to see some more aboreal frogs tho

variation of equipment:not the biggest variety I have seen, but has everything you need!

pricing of animals:Very reasonable, some cheaper than breeder prices!

pricing of equipment: again very reasonable

Knowledge of staff: Excellent, very realiable information, very indepth knowledge backed up by strong personal experince!

Customer service: Very friendly! alwasy end up spending an hour or 2 in there chatting with Matt, Gary and Cat.

condition of animals: All vivs, are very clean, all animals in top condition!

Would you return: All the time!

Would you reccomend: Yes definately! well worth a visit!!!

Rating out of 10: 10/10

[pg1]

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

Shop: Jap koi

Location: Henlow

Variation of animals: Lots! from leos, to boas, to frills, to cat geckos and so on...

variation of equipment: basically everything you need.

pricing of animals: I have found that they are a little pricey but they are good quality, i personally would liek to pay more for a ''better'' looked after rep.

pricing of equipment:as all shops, equipment is expensive

Knowledge of staff: i have to admit, half of the week i love the staff the other half i dont... the guy scares me, and so does the girl. on the oher hand ben and maritin are brilliant!

Customer service: as above on the day that ben and martin are there, brilliant. the otther days.. not so good.

condition of animals: how well or badly kept the livestock are, ie the right requirements, how healthy they look etc.

Would you return: i go every week.

Would you reccomend: yes

Rating out of 10: 8 out of 10

i think henlow are apsaluty terriblethere overpriced the straff are scared of geckos the only good people that are there are ben and martin you should looik around at more shops in tat erea

[SNAKEWISPERA]

Shop: Wildside-reptiles

Location: South wales - Newport

Variation of animals: Very good - normal corns to retics, Nice morph selection aswell!

variation of equipment: Good

pricing of animals: Very reasonable - Most bred in store, or local breeders

pricing of equipment:Nice price, most things quite cheap

Knowledge of staff: Knowledge very good, the staff are very good, and the owner has a wealth of knowledge.

Customer service: Very friendly, always willing to have a nice chat.

condition of animals: All animals are cleaned up ASAP.

Would you return: Yes..and will go again

Would you reccomend: Yes I would....Just to see the selection of animals...care and a nice chat.
Rating out of 10: Shame this thing only goes to ten


Brilliant shop, animals are all CB - no WC rubbish... in the shop

[Savvy88]

Okay in my area i know of two, i'm in middlesex and know of vermulans and water life which are in stanwell and heathrow. does anyone know or any other good shops around london?

[potter556]

Shop: reptile-crazy

Location: norwich - Norfolk

Variation of animals: excellent - anything you could want really

variation of equipment: excellent

pricing of animals: Very reasonable - Most bred in store, or local breeders

pricing of equipment:Nice price, most things quite cheap

Knowledge of staff: Knowledge very good, the staff are very good, and the owner has a wealth of knowledge.

Customer service: Very friendly, always willing to have a nice chat.

condition of animals: All animals are cleaned up ASAP.

Would you return: Yes..and will go again

Would you reccomend: Yes I would....Just to see the selection of animals...care and a nice chat.
Rating out of 10: Shame this thing only goes to ten


Brilliant shop, animals are all CB - no WC rubbish... in the shop

[potter556]

Shop: Lynn Koi

Location: kings lynn - Norfolk

Variation of animals: Not bad - Not a very big selection but they are getting more in

variation of equipment: Not bad

pricing of animals: Quite highly priced - local breeders

pricing of equipment: Vivariums are really well priced, very cheap compared to other places in the county

Knowledge of staff: Knowledge fairly good, the staff are very good

Customer service: Very friendly, always willing to have a nice chat.

condition of animals: All animals are cleaned up ASAP.

Would you return: Maybe, for equipment and livefood

Would you reccomend: Yes I would for equipment

Rating out of 10: 6

There is a senegal cham in there at the minute in a 45x45x60 exo terra viv, very friendly cham and she is priced at £79.99 or £240 with the viv and all equipment, just wish i had the space and money and wasnt going away with work next saturday or i'd have her.
Thats the only bad thing I have seen really