Pet Shops

[USMCgunner11]

I love those videos!!!! Hilarious!!!!!

[Lankyrob]

I wish our rescue places had snakes and lizards (tho not for the reptiles point of view ) any "rescued" reptiles get given to reptile shops to look after as the "rescues" dont have the knowledge or experience to look after them.

[CK SandBoas]

I bought my BRB from a shop down in Rhode Island, and if they were still open, i would go back to them if they had any animals i was interested in. I had also gotten a beautiful Tangerine Honduran Milk Snake from them as well. My Royal Python i picked up from the adoption coordinator of my local Herp Society, and my Grey Banded King and Paradox Albino Sand Boa were given to me.

I have not had the opportunity to buy from breeders online, but there are some Kenyan Sand Boa breeders that are friends of mine who have animals that i'm definitely interested in, when the time comes

[StudentoReptile]

I worked at a LPS for many years, and at a big chain for a few years in college. IN short, I have a very dim view of pet stores in general. Not saying there aren't any good ones out there, but they are VERY few and far between. Granted, over the years, the vast majority of my animals came from pet stores (employee discounts, what can I say?), but now I am older and a little wiser. I'm more focused on adopting from legit rescues and if I wanted to get something unique, I'm going straight to the dealer or breeder.

While AaronRiot may be a little overdramatic, I kinda agree with him on expos and shows. With few exceptions, the quality is sub-par, and it encourages impulse purchases and risk of pathogen transmission is increased. Again, in years past, a lot of my own animals have come from impulse buys at shows, but on the flip side, I've had a lot of "premature deaths" result from those impulse buys.

Nowadays, I'm not really in a position to add to my collection, but when I am, I know where I'm NOT getting my animals.