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Just moved to GA from WI, is there any good shops or breeders in the ATL area?

Nope....

We live in the ATL and unfortunately there aren't any good reptile stores...

I know there are a few private breeders around here, but not any good retail stores... The Repticon show comes through here twice a year or so...
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1.0 Het Albino Burm
0.1 Albino Burm
1.1 Mojave Ball Pythons
0.1 Normal Ball Python
1.0 Albino Ball Python
1.1 Pastel Ball Pythons
0.1 Spider Ball Python
0.2 Het Albino Ball Pythons
0.1 Lavender Albino Retic

Seeking bigger cages for the family

Hello and welcome to Atlanta!

What animals are you looking for exactly?

That info may help as well.
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Thanks
Chad Ramsey

there's a very good reptile show in Birmingham,Alabama every month it's about it's about a 2 hour drive from ATL,Ga you should check it out for more info check out WWW.dixiereptileshow.com there is a show tomorrow Saturday the 18th from 9am to 3pm
thanks
Shane Bickel
Huntsville,Al

WELCOME!!!
i moved from arkansas this last summer.
as far as breeders go- only a few. theres one that i know of on the ne side area. he has a website but hardly keeps up with it. but if you email him he seems to respond albeit slowly.
his website is ptatereptiles.com
also,
its not IN atlanta, but on the south end, exit 221 of hwy 75 is a little store called Randars. they are an exotics store. i go there for all my feeder rodents. you can get live or frozen.
but they are a little mom and pop store. i love their store.
of course with anything be VERY CAREFUL with the animals you buy- they seem to be pretty knowledgeable at randars, but even experienced keepers can have mites and illnesses in their stock.

i got my first ball python from randars. the second i got from a snake show that came to atlanta. the other two i have gotten from other individuals. the king snake we have is also from another reptile show.

repticon.com is the website for that show.
but of course kingsnake posts the shows too...

welcome and good luck!

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~Snake Charmer~
0.1 russian tortoise (natasha)
3.1 dogs (church, bandit, willy and tonka)
1.2 cats (taz, squeaky, cami)
0.1 king snake (q aka curly q or queenie)
2.2 'normal' ball pythons (zenith, butters, zahara, and shadow)

If you're willing to travel, Justin Kobylka is in Toccoa, GA.

Drop him an e-mail, fantastic animals!

Albey's to Cool Reptile is in Atlanta.
There are a few other small breeders in the Atlanta Area.
A group of us from Atlanta and surrounding area made a trip to the Birmingham show this weekend.
Trey Barnard
trey@fireballpythons.com

When I lived there a few years back, there was a small shop in Cummings that seemed decent. Can't remember the name of the place though.
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3.2 Corn (Butter-Sunflower '07/Anery Stripe-Ripple '06/Amber-Jack Straw '06/Snow-Casey Jones '06/Amel Motley-Cosmo '03)
0.1 Baird's Ratsnake (Sugaree '04)
1.0 White Oaks Grey Rat (Tennesse Jed '04)
0.1 IJ Carpet Python (Cassidy '04)
1.0 Western Hognose (Samson '05)
1.1 Shepherd mix (Dylan 9yrs, Porter 4yrs)

I live in Atlanta too and have been considering running to Birm for the show. Do they usually have a wide selection of snake species at that show? I hate to buy through the mail so I'd rather buy in person but I seem to like species that are less common or less desirable. Have you ever seen spotted pythons, savu pythons, rough scale sand boas, brazilian rainbows, or kenyan sand boas? If you've seen some of these there, I'll definitely make the drive. Thanks!