Zoo med vs zilla vs any other retile products

anyone here have a specific brand of merchandise from a specific company they constantly deal with for there enclosures.. I'm talking UTHs,bedding,bowls,hides,domes,bulbs etc....

what company do you feel is most consistent and most reliable with reptile products.

thnx,
Jay

Walmart and home depot are the greatest reptile supply stores around.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

Walmart and home depot are the greatest reptile supply stores around.

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Yes I could imagine,when it comes to all types of bedding and what night,domes etc..but I've also heard that beddings from Home Depot or lowes is not treated and being around all these plants have to worry about mites and tics etc...I have also seen people around here speak about getting thermometers for humidity and heat from walmart,I don't remember where I got my thermometer,I believe it's a zilla one..my thermostat is by hydrofarm

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

anyone here have a specific brand of merchandise from a specific company they constantly deal with for there enclosures.. I'm talking UTHs,bedding,bowls,hides,domes,bulbs etc....

what company do you feel is most consistent and most reliable with reptile products.

thnx,
Jay

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UTH- i use flexwatt so Reptile Basics

Bedding- i use newspaper so New Haven Register or Hartford Courant mostly

Bowls- dollar store glass pot pouri bowls

Hides- i don't use them in all but the snakes that have them have reptile basics hides

I dont use domes or bulbs

I have UTHs from zilla,one water bowl is a resin the other from a pet store ( dog water bowl) black hides made of a.bls plastic and domes by zilla,hydrofarm thermostats,aspen bedding for now,which I'm done with and going over to Eco earth and coco husk and for moss I like sphagnum moss by zoo med.

I use paper towels for bedding and heat the room so no domes needed.
I changes a lot of things once I got over 10 snakes and then changes more after I added my 3rd rack.

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

anyone here have a specific brand of merchandise from a specific company they constantly deal with for there enclosures.. I'm talking UTHs,bedding,bowls,hides,domes,bulbs etc....

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Enclosures - IRIS tubs or Animal Plastics(displays and racks)
UTH - Ultratherm heat pads or THG heat tape
Bedding - Local free newspaper, Cypress mulch(not sure on brand) from garden center, Harlan Teklad Aspen, America's Choice Eco Flakes.
Bowls - dollar store pet bowls. (I'm thinking about changing to delicups + pvc couplings)
Hides - dollar store cereal bowls, salad bowls, and kitty litter pans.
Domes - don't use lights or bulbs
Thermostat - Herpstat (nothing better than a Herpstat)

I think for reptile stuff in general, most products carried by Reptile Basics and Animal Plastics are great.

I have Sterilite/Rubbermaid tubs, but I think IRIS tubs are better. They're a little bit more pricy, but they stick with their tub designs. Sterilite and Rubbermaid change their tub designs often so if you want a replacement for a rack, it's almost impossible to find a replacement in a few years unless you stock up.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

I use paper towels for bedding and heat the room so no domes needed.
I changes a lot of things once I got over 10 snakes and then changes more after I added my 3rd rack.

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Yeah I'd imagine the more pets you get the harder it would be to have domes etc...the more snakes the best option and really only option is a rack set up,obviously. I'd also think paper towel substrate can be messy at times,but I don't have experience with it,just making an assumption at the moment.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

Enclosures - IRIS tubs or Animal Plastics(displays and racks)
UTH - Ultratherm heat pads or THG heat tape
Bedding - Local free newspaper, Cypress mulch(not sure on brand) from garden center, Harlan Teklad Aspen, America's Choice Eco Flakes.
Bowls - dollar store pet bowls. (I'm thinking about changing to delicups + pvc couplings)
Hides - dollar store cereal bowls, salad bowls, and kitty litter pans.
Domes - don't use lights or bulbs
Thermostat - Herpstat (nothing better than a Herpstat)

I think for reptile stuff in general, most products carried by Reptile Basics and Animal Plastics are great.

I have Sterilite/Rubbermaid tubs, but I think IRIS tubs are better. They're a little bit more pricy, but they stick with their tub designs. Sterilite and Rubbermaid change their tub designs often so if you want a replacement for a rack, it's almost impossible to find a replacement in a few years unless you stock up.

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genous ideas,really!!! PVC is a great material to use for enclosures I've heard...I want to check out animal plastics and reptile basics and see what they got. I do a lot of buying and searching on eBay. But yeah it's amazing how cheap a set up can be.. Me personally,since I only have two and both in tanks,I try to give the look of a real enviroment. Pleasing to the human eye and I feel my snakes feel at home. Guess when. Have a rack system it don't matter what u use,as long as u have the temps,humidity and set ups down pact.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

Walmart and home depot are the greatest reptile supply stores around.

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Lol yes.
I don't think I have a single object from a pet store.
My bedding is Harlan Teklad aspen and I order it offline.

LLL Reptile all the way! Excellent selection, reasonable prices, and very friendly and knowledgeable people at all their stores. Also, they have a great website for those not near their stores in Southern California. Heading to their Oceanside, CA store in the morning for their Black Friday deals!

http://lllreptile.com/

TSC and Canadian Tire supply me with a ton of my gear. Still having issues sourcing Pure Cypress mulch around here at a decent price so eco-earth/reptibark mix seems to be here to stay for awhile.
I picked up some X-PVC enclosures from Herphouses via A Reptile Dysfunction and loving them. With these I mist maybe twice a month, the water dish takes care of humidity otherwise along with the organic substrate. As opposed to the twice a daily I have to do with some of my Exo-Terra's.

I have gotten a collapsible snake hook from big apple pet supply and I like it a lot. That's the only thing I've gotten from them.

My mom got it for me because she hates it when I pick up the rat snakes around my house with my hands :rofl:
Oh well free snake hook.

Bedding: Harlan Teklad, or unprinted newsprint from work (public storage).
Heating: Fluker's for quarantine UTH's, THG or Flexwatt for racks.
Water bowls: Petsmart has good generic heavy ceramic bowls.
Hides: Reptile Basics all the way.
Thermostats: Herpstat.
Racks: Animal Plastics, Reptile Basics or C Serpents.
Tubs: Vision.

Don't use any bulbs or lamp fixtures. Bulbs are too drying and not energy efficient at all.

I am a zoo med, exo-terra, & flukers customer for most of my heating and cage decor. Sterilite and Rubbermaid are also supported by me. lol.

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Originally Posted by Raven01

TSC and Canadian Tire supply me with a ton of my gear. Still having issues sourcing Pure Cypress mulch around here at a decent price so eco-earth/reptibark mix seems to be here to stay for awhile.
I picked up some X-PVC enclosures from Herphouses via A Reptile Dysfunction and loving them. With these I mist maybe twice a month, the water dish takes care of humidity otherwise along with the organic substrate. As opposed to the twice a daily I have to do with some of my Exo-Terra's.

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Do they have a website? My google results of A Reptile Dysfuction weren't...uh...I'll just say I couldn't find a result about enclosures.

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Originally Posted by Saber402

LLL Reptile all the way! Excellent selection, reasonable prices, and very friendly and knowledgeable people at all their stores. Also, they have a great website for those not near their stores in Southern California. Heading to their Oceanside, CA store in the morning for their Black Friday deals!

http://lllreptile.com/

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Same here. Brand-wise, I use a lot of Exo Terra and ZooMed. I have quite a few plants in my tank that I got from the floral section of Michael's. I'm moving my tank onto a new stand later this week, so I'll be posting a pictorial of MY perfect glass setup.

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