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Posted by: bgexotics at Wed Jul 16 10:20:41 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bgexotics ]

I have just began a reptile business. I am currently selling reptiles from my farm. I am disgusted by the local pet stores and I am trying to offer both healthy and unusual reptiles. I don't crowd my animals, they are fed appropriate food with vitamins and calcium, and they are cleaned as needed even if it is every day (messy tortoises!). I think it is difficult for large stores to do things right and make a good profit. It is also hard to compete with the people at reptile shows who sell sick imports at wholesale prices. SOmeone was selling sich baby ball pythons for $12.50, so of course no one would even look at my healthy, well-fed ones. Sadly I have to buy fish from petsmart because they have the best warrenty (14 days to die!). The Aquarium center in Maryland is one of the few places that shows that you can be large and still keep animals properly.

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Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - addictedtoherps, Tue Jun 10 17:38:16 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - buddygrout, Thu Jun 12 22:04:09 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" -- should there be profit? - bmerritt, Sat Aug 16 23:45:41 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - bast, Sun Jun 15 21:13:47 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - Katrina, Fri Jun 20 18:02:51 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - electricbluescat, Sat Jun 21 20:27:49 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - sschind, Sun Jun 29 10:39:35 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - WingedWolfPsion, Sun Jun 29 16:43:54 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - sschind, Mon Jun 30 21:44:35 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - WingedWolfPsion, Tue Jul 1 00:55:47 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - aquati1, Sun Jul 6 10:29:20 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - bigboi, Fri Jul 4 23:07:58 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - WingedWolfPsion, Sun Jun 29 16:23:07 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - Kikai, Sat Jul 5 09:16:51 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" - WingedWolfPsion, Sun Jun 29 16:20:05 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" you have no idea.... - mchambers, Sun Jul 6 11:01:52 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" you have no idea.... - sschind, Thu Jul 10 21:14:24 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" actaully I did... - mchambers, Sat Jul 12 10:20:43 2003

RE: Herp shops vs, "Basement breeders" actaully I did... - sschind, Sat Jul 12 22:43:49 2003

trying to do things right... - bgexotics, Wed Jul 16 10:20:41 2003

RE: trying to do things right... - Katrina, Thu Jul 24 17:19:53 2003

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