reptile store

[bxsrt8mag]

Hello everyone i have a quick question. If u were to start a store up what would u sell in supplies, reptiles, feeders? what kind of things would u guys like to go to the store and get that would make it easy for u and your collection.

[Montessa Python]

Well we just had a small specialty reptile store open not too long ago here in Madison WI.
He has displays that are somewhat similar to smaller zoo types. and then he has his acrylic ones for smaller snakes or lizards. He also has the reptarium/vivarium's that he sells set up as displays with geckos and other lizards (each species separate). He has a small fridge for meal worms and such, he has crickets in tubs in his bathroom. There is a storage space in the back and he keeps a small supply of live feeders and a larger fridge/freezer or frozen mice and rats.
He has shelves placed with nice amounts of things needed for keeping reptiles, lights, hides, fake plants.
You walk in and it seems like you are entering a small herp zoo. He also has a website which is updated a few times a week. He advertises a bit on Kiijii, and sells online as well.
He keeps it small, rotates his stock with snakes he keeps at home. Keeps everything clean, and it always has people coming in and out. Folks in for feeders, local kids who will pay HIM to see him feed a monitor.
He will do payment plans, will buy snakes or take trades.
Overall its a great place. I can link you to his website so you can see part of the layout.

Carol

[bxsrt8mag]

yes thank u i would like that

[seeya205]

My favorite store here is the Hamilton Reptile Store. They have everything but backgrounds for tanks. Here is there site www.hamiltonreptile.com ! Remeber this is a Canadian store so the prices are in Canadian dollars but the website lists everything that they have which is a good inventory for a reptile store. They have only been open for about a year but they know their stuff. I hope this helps!

[bxsrt8mag]

does anybody else out there have an idea what they would like to c in a reptile store when they go in.

[CoolioTiffany]

If I were to own a reptile store, these would be the reptiles I would most likely sell:

Ball pythons
Kenyan Sand boas
Red Tail boas
Carpet pythons
Spotted pythons
Children's pythons
Womas
Blood pythons
Dumeril's boas
Brazilian Rainbow boas
Corn snakes
Kingsnakes
Milksnakes
Rat snakes
Garter snakes
Leopard geckos
Bearded dragons
Anoles
Tree frogs
Bull frogs
Pacman frogs
Red Eared Sliders
Sulcata tortoises

The supplies I would sell would be substrates, hides, water dishes, plants, sticks, tubs, tanks, vision cages, digital thermometers/hygrometers, incubators, heat sources, products to get rid of external parasites, and pretty much everything you would need to be able to properly house the reptiles I listed above.

The feeders I would have would be crickets, mealworms, phoenix worms, super worms, wax worms, flightless fruit flies, roaches, Mice (from pinkies to large/adult mice + f/t), Rats (from pinkies to large/adult rats + f/t), Bunnies (for those large constrictors of course + f/t), veggies, fruits, greens (all for those tortoises and turtles, including the Beardies), pellets (for turtles, tortoises, and anything that eats pellets), Calcium powder, cricket food & water source (also for the other feeders too), mice & rat & bunny supplies (to house them if you decide you would want to breed them), and just pretty much anything you will need to feed your reptiles and anything that will keep those feeders alive to feed to your reptiles.

I would also include educational books and magazines for anyone that may be new to reptiles so that way they know how to care for a certain reptile.