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  • 08-17-2019, 01:02 PM
    Kam
    Monthly Visit
    Leaving the barber ship this morning, I decided to swing by my favorite store. And it didn’t disappoint.

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    Don’t know why I do this to myself, le sigh, the following two critters I loved like they belonged to me. Yes I named them.

    Mable
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    Marble
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    And this little guy just sitting all content.
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  • 08-17-2019, 02:38 PM
    richardhind1972
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Looks such a great place kam, but sounds dangerous being that close, too much temptation [emoji56]

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  • 08-17-2019, 03:21 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by richardhind1972 View Post
    Looks such a great place kam, but sounds dangerous being that close, too much temptation [emoji56]

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    Trust me Richard it is dangerous. I am constantly building enclosures with animals in my head.


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  • 08-17-2019, 03:22 PM
    tickyyy
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Marble is precious
  • 08-17-2019, 03:23 PM
    Gocntry
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Really cool pics..... A shame I'm 1300 miles away, Nothing around me like that
  • 08-17-2019, 03:26 PM
    Bogertophis
    No such temptation anywhere near me...thankfully! Looks like a really nice shop, Kam...thanks for sharing.
  • 08-17-2019, 03:42 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by tickyyy View Post
    Marble is precious

    I wish I could take marble home.


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  • 08-17-2019, 03:42 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gocntry View Post
    Really cool pics..... A shame I'm 1300 miles away, Nothing around me like that

    Thank you and that sucks.


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  • 08-17-2019, 03:46 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    No such temptation anywhere near me...thankfully! Looks like a really nice shop, Kam...thanks for sharing.

    You are welcome.


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  • 08-17-2019, 04:20 PM
    pretends2bnormal
    Re: Monthly Visit
    It's certainly a nice place, but the prices for animals are insane. Expos are much more reasonable (and I've seen one of their employees buying animals for the store at an expo, overheard them say so anyway... explains the higher prices I think.).

    Their feeder prices are really pricey too. Especially with the new store opened up in Richardson selling them for close to half their prices. No real quality difference to justify the price either.

    Makes for a wonderful browsing and dry goods store, though. Nice pictures!

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  • 08-17-2019, 04:29 PM
    Zincubus
    Re: Monthly Visit
    OMG !!

    I love any kind of albinos !!

    There was a baby albino croc or alligator in our local store and it was just glorious !


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  • 08-17-2019, 04:33 PM
    Bogertophis
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal View Post
    It's certainly a nice place, but the prices for animals are insane. Expos are much more reasonable (and I've seen one of their employees buying animals for the store at an expo, overheard them say so anyway... explains the higher prices I think.)...

    Gotta pay the "middle-man". ;) Brick & mortar stores cost a lot to run (utilities, rent, employees, insurance)...so even though an expo charges a fee for a table to sell
    from, it can't be anywhere near what a store costs to operate. And you don't have nicely set-up cages like that without more employees than most pet stores have either.
    But seeing as they're doing right by the animals (apparently) it's also reason to support them if you can.
  • 08-17-2019, 05:03 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal View Post
    It's certainly a nice place, but the prices for animals are insane. Expos are much more reasonable (and I've seen one of their employees buying animals for the store at an expo, overheard them say so anyway... explains the higher prices I think.).

    Their feeder prices are really pricey too. Especially with the new store opened up in Richardson selling them for close to half their prices. No real quality difference to justify the price either.

    Makes for a wonderful browsing and dry goods store, though. Nice pictures!

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    What store opened in Richardson? I may need to check this store out.


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  • 08-17-2019, 05:04 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Zincubus View Post
    OMG !!

    I love any kind of albinos !!

    There was a baby albino croc or alligator in our local store and it was just glorious !


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    I would died and went on the glory. Lawd that would be awesome.


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  • 08-17-2019, 05:10 PM
    pretends2bnormal
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Gotta pay the "middle-man". ;) Brick & mortar stores cost a lot to run (utilities, rent, employees, insurance)...so even though an expo charges a fee for a table to sell
    from, it can't be anywhere near what a store costs to operate. And you don't have nicely set-up cages like that without more employees than most pet stores have either.
    But seeing as they're doing right by the animals (apparently) it's also reason to support them if you can.

    Yeah, I do support them with dry goods buys when I need things, but they've had periodic issues with mites and primarily use predator mites instead of chemicals, so I'm too paranoid to buy animals from them. They also run boarding so there's just too many vectors for parasites and diseases for my tastes, unlike dog boarding I don't think they require any sort of testing to confirm lack of illnesses beforehand.

    They definitely have pretty nice displays, but they do cohab most colubrid, boa, and ball pythons which would be absolutely awesome to see.

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  • 08-17-2019, 05:14 PM
    pretends2bnormal
    Re: Monthly Visit
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    What store opened in Richardson? I may need to check this store out.


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    It's called the Serpentarium, right along 75. They have a different sort of variety there, some less common things. It's a branch of a CA company as far as I can tell and they breed their own feeders which is part of the lower cost I suspect. They also strictly sell captive bred animals, which is nice.

    They have things like tegus, tortoises, and a few kinds of monitors which I've never or very rarely seen at the reptarium. But also your usual snakes and other critters. They've got some really nice live plants too.

    Both stores are worth checking out for sure.

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  • 08-17-2019, 05:18 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal View Post
    It's called the Serpentarium, right along 75. They have a different sort of variety there, some less common things. It's a branch of a CA company as far as I can tell and they breed their own feeders which is part of the lower cost I suspect. They also strictly sell captive bred animals, which is nice.

    They have things like tegus, tortoises, and a few kinds of monitors which I've never or very rarely seen at the reptarium. But also your usual snakes and other critters. They've got some really nice live plants too.

    Both stores are worth checking out for sure.

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    Welp! You just gave me something to check out. Looking at that right now.


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  • 08-17-2019, 06:19 PM
    Zincubus
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Quote:

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    I would died and went on the glory. Lawd that would be awesome.


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  • 08-17-2019, 06:38 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
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    See I wouldn’t be able to function. Like when I went the aquarium in Atlanta. I sat in the whale shark exhibit for like two hours


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  • 08-17-2019, 08:06 PM
    Zincubus
    Re: Monthly Visit
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    See I wouldn’t be able to function. Like when I went the aquarium in Atlanta. I sat in the whale shark exhibit for like two hours


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    Mmm you sound a bit like me ... but I do similar things if something takes my attention ..


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  • 08-17-2019, 08:13 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
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    Mmm you sound a bit like me ... but I do similar things if something takes my attention ..


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    Will stop dead in my tracks.


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  • 08-17-2019, 10:51 PM
    Bodie
    Re: Monthly Visit
    Awesome pics again Kam. :gj:
  • 08-17-2019, 10:53 PM
    Kam
    Re: Monthly Visit
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    Awesome pics again Kam. :gj:

    You are welcome.


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