it is indeed. think you covered most things there andy.

over here would definately be variety needed.

free caresheets with all animal purchases

how about a reptile minding service? for the holiday goer who has no1 to look after dave the 9ft boa? could help bit of extra cash in.

variety of live food not just crickets. and decently priced frozen not 50-65p per pinky like everywhere charges


ho about a wall of pictures of people and their animals theyve got from you thats a nice personal touch

I think you should also make sure people know what their getting into.
So theres no 9 year olds buying cute little boas that in a few years time will be capable of crushing them.

be honest to the customers ( im sure you will )
Dont try and trick them into thinking sand is good for reptiles.

i think.

1.Well organised not too cramped, All vivs on one side etc.
2. clean vivs, healthy alert animals.
3. All animals labeled with name, price and age.
4. friendly, knowledged staff, Don't just sit by the till, walk round and ask people if they need help.
5. well organised stock and supplies, live food( in good condition) and books.

what also would be awesome aswell, but really hard.

If you had a vet there aswell

Would be good but there are only 2 vets in this country that know reptiles and neither is anywhere close to me!

As for the selling to kids. I sell some stuff from home at the mo.... beardies etc and I ALWAYS make sure people handle the parents before they even get to pick up the babies.

And then if the equiptment is bought off me I want some evidence that the animals will be correctly house one they leave my care

Thanks for the input. Please keep if coming.

I want input from potentil customers so it would be a shop that makes the reptile community proud....we all know they are few and far between

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a 50percent of sticker in the window
Clean, organised viv
healthy reptiles homed appropriately
Helpful, happy, working staff
good range of accessories and books.
Small descriptions of the reps under the vivs
dan

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Good discount for mates.........lol
And maybe a job aswell ?......lol

I suppose you need a job first though......... I can wait....lol

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im looking to open my own little shop in a few years time also, what id want to see -

- a good solid range of animals that are all in good condition - not just hatchling corns and leos.
- clean, appropriate sized vivs, preferably all with equipment inside that you can buy in the shop, its so annoying if you see something you like/need but can't find anywhere that sells it.
- an honest and knowledgable owner/staff members, who genuinely care for the animals.
- a good, simple decor and layout to the shop that isn't too in your face, but enough to make it not feel bare.
- clean price tickets, with info regarding the species and specific animals inside - age, weight, sex.

also, a few other things that would help, some of these have been previously mentioned -

- a holiday/minding service.
- free caresheets with animals sold.
- pictures of previous animals sold from your shop with new owners.
- a stock price list for people to take away.
- a breeding programme on display (if you are planning to breed some stock from home)

hope this has helped a little

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1.0 Royal Python
1.1 Irian Jaya Carpet Python
1.1 Colombian Red Tail Boa
1.1 Albino Boa
1.0 Snow Corn
0.0.1 Hermanns Tortoise

Philip you took the words right out of my mouth!

Basically same as everyone else - knowledgeable staff, clean vivs, organised shop etc if theres one thing I hate seeing in any petshop its random tanks or vivs darted round the place! Nice vivs like the ones in your room Andy would look better! Good customer service always brings people in, rather than some shops ive been to where the staff ignore you

One thing Ive noticed about a *cough* certain reptile shop is the rabbits and other small furries that are in open cages just round the corner from all the boas, retics and anacondas. I dont think this is a good idea for a reptile shop (especially if I ever ended up working there ). Not including the stress it inflicts on the animals involved, the risks to staff etc but it also gives customers the wrong idea about keeping reptiles and potential prey items in the same room.

Oh let me see.........what shop would that be Mel ? .....lol

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lol ooo ok you want a guessing game... starts with R, ends with K and rhymes with prick