Reptile Shops in/near melbourne

[Pilbarensis]

Amazing Amazon by far, the guys down there are great and they have great displays + an Albino Olive Python and for you lizard enthusiasts like me, a Mangrove Monitor (good luck finding him though, he's great at hiding!).

 

[Amazing Amazon]

lIVE rEPTILES

depends what you call good and what for , for buying live reptiles none of those mentioned shops would ever get my money. They generally charge 3-4x the normal going price for low quality animals.

Blackheads $495
Albino Darwins $895
Darwin Carpets 100% Hets $150
Black + Gold Jungles $250
Bredli $195
Keelbacks $295
Slatey Greys $450

We must keep a closer eye when you are selling things because at 3-4 times cheaper we want you as our supplier!

 

[Reptile_lover83]

We must keep a closer eye when you are selling things because at 3-4 times cheaper we want you as our supplier!

HA, HA, HA, HA, HA. Whoever wrote that, you are freakin hilarious!

 

[shadowpuppet]

Blackheads $495
Albino Darwins $895
Darwin Carpets 100% Hets $150
Black + Gold Jungles $250
Bredli $195
Keelbacks $295
Slatey Greys $450

We must keep a closer eye when you are selling things because at 3-4 times cheaper we want you as our supplier!

You guys are by far the cheapest on qaulity stock, considering not many.bhp go for any less than $600 on the net let alone from a store. By far the cheapest for enclosures too. Maybe stopping by there this weekend will have to try and resist purchasing anything.


Pails for scales is also a great one I almost forgot bit far out of melb though.

 

[Omgitschris]

Well you guys can come see my albino olive and buy overpriced stock from me. I'll have to get some **** stock in first though so give me a heads up.

 

[Planky]

Ive bought a few things from mentone and most of them I have returned because they where not well at point of purchase (to witch I had not noticed at the time) i no longer buy from there, not trying to bad mouth them in any way just my opinion

 

[mad_at_arms]

Well you guys can come see my albino olive and buy overpriced stock from me. I'll have to get some **** stock in first though so give me a heads up.

Well where is your shop front?
Will you have the range these others offer?
I can see you think you know it all so I guess you'll have the correct advice, right?

 

[Jay84]

Well you guys can come see my albino olive and buy overpriced stock from me. I'll have to get some **** stock in first though so give me a heads up.

What a stupid comment, are you serious? Did you read the above prices of the store? Have you looked in the classifieds recently. I think you'll find the prices are pretty comparable.

Have you been to the shop you're bad mouthing? If you have, you should know their stock is not *****.

 

[Omgitschris]

Well where is your shop front?
Will you have the range these others offer?
I can see you think you know it all so I guess you'll have the correct advice, right?

WELL.
I dont have a shop front, & being a private breeder allows to price my animals fairly.
yes I can exceed the range & quality.
I won't pull an amazing amazon & advise first snake owners to waste $400 + on some crap enclosure for a baby childreni that'll stop eating within a week & escape within a fortnight, or sell dodgy food items that have been treated for mites which will kill two newly purchased caramel childreni, and cause a young bredli to become extremely sick.
Thanks Amazing Amazon

What a stupid comment, are you serious? Did you read the above prices of the store? Have you looked in the classifieds recently. I think you'll find the prices are pretty comparable.

Have you been to the shop you're bad mouthing? If you have, you should know their stock is not *****.

I have been to the shop in question Jay84 & I am serious, have you ?
If you guys like undersized average reptiles for exagerated prices go for it, I'm not stopping you.
But stop bitching because someone has asked for an opinion & you dont agree with a response.

 

[Jacknifejimmy]

How much better is it? I just ask because I haven't been there in ages, but last time I was there they gave me appalling advice. Told me a young snake with VERY obvious neuro issues (poor thing couldn't right itself and was just flailing around when it tried to move) was just "lazy" and "would be fine as it got older". Mind you, they were asking $1200 for this "lazy" snake:S
I was so disgusted with the place and the staff that I haven't been back there since, and that was probably 2 years ago.

Amazing Amazon are great. I got to hold the Albino!! It's an amazing animal. I need one! I'll settle for a regular Olive as soon as I've got the space

They have actual herpers working there now not just 'kids who work there beacause mum told them to get a job'.
If you're ever in there, ask for Sal, he'll take care of anything for ya.

 

[Reptile_lover83]

WELL.
I dont have a shop front, & being a private breeder allows to price my animals fairly.
yes I can exceed the range & quality.
I won't pull an amazing amazon & advise first snake owners to waste $400 + on some crap enclosure for a baby childreni that'll stop eating within a week & escape within a fortnight, or sell dodgy food items that have been treated for mites which will kill two newly purchased caramel childreni, and cause a young bredli to become extremely sick.
Thanks Amazing Amazon

Did you speak to the guys at the shop about this or just decide to bag them out online? I'm just wondering if they had a chance to rectify the issues

 

[disintegratus]

They have actual herpers working there now not just 'kids who work there beacause mum told them to get a job'.
If you're ever in there, ask for Sal, he'll take care of anything for ya.

Good to know, thanks
Next time I'm in the area, I'll go in and check it out instead of avoiding it like the plague.
Great to see some improvement within the retail pet industry too.
The place near me, "the morgue" in springvale south (not naming names) has gotten better too. Not a huge amount, but they're working on it. Baby steps.
Just curiously, does anyone know if the other shopfront for upmarket pets is any better than it was? The one that has all the cute and furry things.

 

[KaotikJezta]

I run the reptile section at the shop I work at but not sure if I can mention it on here seeing as we are not sponsers. You can PM me if you would like to know where we are. We have some nice animals from reputable breeders in stock at the moment as well as some average animals at cheap prices, ie: coastals for $125. I won't try sell you a large enclosure for a hatchy as I don't keep my hatchies in large enclosures and usually recommend keeping Antaresia in click clacks for at least 12 months. I will also tell you straight up whether an animals is snappy, psycho etc. We don't take non-feeders and if we do get duped they don't go on sale until eating well. Our rats and mice come from a private breeder and I feed them to my own snakes. We also will refund if your not happy for any reason and if you manage to somehow stuff up and stop your animal feeding we take it back and get it feeding again. We also babysit turtles from any shop that have been sold without the right care info while you cycle your tank properly and we will lend you fish to do it with and offer free water tests for the duration. We don't take newly hatched lizards and have an at least 6 weeks old policy on bearded dragons. I can often be found conversing with the critters in the reptile room and have an attachment to all the animals I work with so I can be a bit nosey when selling them as I wont just trust that someone knows what they are doing so be prepared. I have been attempting to get my boss to become a sponsor but he has a deep seated mistrust of the internet so it aint happening any time soon.

 

[Amazing Amazon]

Did you speak to the guys at the shop about this or just decide to bag them out online? I'm just wondering if they had a chance to rectify the issues

Don't be stupid of course not! We say exactly the same to customers that is on our care sheet. Feel free to have a read in the "housing section" and then see who isn't listening to advise.
Childrens Python Care Sheet - Aquarium and reptile online shop in Melbourne. Specialise in Baby Turtles, Lizards, Frogs and Pythons also for sale!

"Food items treated for mites" now thats a new one. Funny how we sell hundreds (sometimes thousands) every single week and the first we have heard of ANY problems with our frozen food is this post on APS.
Non feeding, escaping and dying snakes all of which is our fault LOL

 

[reptalica]

Well you guys can come see my albino olive and buy overpriced stock from me. I'll have to get some **** stock in first though so give me a heads up.

Sarcasm at its best. If u can't post constructively then don't bother.

Your post offers zip to the forum.

 

[Reptile_lover83]

Don't be stupid of course not! We say exactly the same to customers that is on our care sheet. Feel free to have a read in the "housing section" and then see who isn't listening to advise.
Childrens Python Care Sheet - Aquarium and reptile online shop in Melbourne. Specialise in Baby Turtles, Lizards, Frogs and Pythons also for sale!

"Food items treated for mites" now thats a new one. Funny how we sell hundreds (sometimes thousands) every single week and the first we have heard of ANY problems with our frozen food is this post on APS.
Non feeding, escaping and dying snakes all of which is our fault LOL

Yeah that's what I thought. I love your store and love visiting every time I come down from Sydney. I find it hard to believe that ANYONE would have so many issues with any of their pets and not say anything to the people they bought them from, let alone a large retail store that has the power to fix things.

Not to worry, I think most people took the comments with a grain of salt

 

[kritters]

I agree Repti-Life is an awesome store. The guy and his wife no heaps about reps and its my local reptile shop. problem is for you guys its ages from melbourne but worth the trip one day. There prices are awesome too and the have the best choice in reptile stuff I have ever seen so big thums up to Reptl life from me too!

 

[disintegratus]

Funny how we sell hundreds (sometimes thousands) every single week and the first we have heard of ANY problems with our frozen food is this post on APS.

I have a problem with your frozen rodents!! My ferrets eat them too quickly, so I never have enough!

No other complaints though, you guys rock