Petstore or breeder?

[friendlynoodles]

I'm from the UK, and the part where I live has little to no breeders. The closest one is an hour to an hour and a half away, and only has pretty expensive morphs. The closest pet shop to me is about 20 minutes away, and has normals for a fair enough price, and they seem to be well looked after, are established f/t feeders etc. Would it be worth the drive to get one from the breeder? Or is there much of a difference?

[darkranger69]

I will say you have good pet store and bad breeders..... but most of the time it s the contrary and an hour or two away to have plenty of time to someone who will give you professional advices is better for me than listening to a shop assistant willing to sell you a hitting rock which will damage your snake badly

[friendlynoodles]

I will say you have good pet store and bad breeders..... but most of the time it s the contrary and an hour or two away to have plenty of time to someone who will give you professional advices is better for me than listening to a shop assistant willing to sell you a hitting rock which will damage your snake badly

That's what I was thinking. Would it be worth going up to take a look at the breeder's and the conditions before I make a decision?

[MattyN]

Definitely see if you can go through to the breeder. I always purchase my animals from breeders as they generally know a lot more about the animals history etc than a petstore. You will quickly figure out though if the breeder is reputable whilst there.

[dr del]

The price of royals has pretty much crashed over here this year so it might be worth looking around more.

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/

Has a big classified section and might have people listed near to you - and will also give you an idea of peoples reputation.