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yes would if housing and the condition of the rep was good 84 33.87%
No deffo not 125 50.40%
not sure 39 15.73%
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Old 10-06-2008, 06:35 PM
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Hi all just seeing general opinoins as ive heard that pets@home might start selling reptiles no snakes i think leos and berdies mainly.

1.would buy if the housing and condition was good?

2.Deffo not?

3.Not sure?
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Old 10-06-2008, 06:39 PM
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i've never got any of my reps from a shop got them all from breeders.
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Old 10-06-2008, 06:44 PM
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I chose definately not, because I'd only ever really get any of my pets from specialists who actually know what they're doing, not a random general pet shop. You can never trust non-specialists. Well, at least I can't.
Anyway, even though they did look alright (certainly not in the any time soon), there would probably be some hidden illness or something, knowing pets at home.
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Depends if they had any juicy stock
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The pets at home here is great, so I'd happily buy some reptiles if they looked in good condition
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No, solely because big retailers and general pet stores seem to be more pricey in reptiles than any specialist stockists or breeders and often are of no better quality anyway so would have no benefits me buying from them, would just stick with my local shop and breeders myself.

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Nope.

Every rat/rabbit/fish i have bought from there has died within a couple of weeks.

The info i have been given from there is awful too.

Noooo way.
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yeah i would, always shop at pets@home, nothing has died on me within 8 years of me buying it (apart from hamsters and i don have fish lol)
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Old 10-06-2008, 08:39 PM
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Doubt it, cant imagine them stocking anything other than beardies/geckos etc.
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Probably not as what i like to keep are not to common. Next on my list are couple more ackies, royal morphs.
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