Where to Buy/Sell Reptiles

[AndrewBiddar]

im looking to purchase some types of lizards but dont want to trust the LPS where is a good forum to B&S

 

[Rabid538]

Kingsnake.com is a great site.

 

[AndrewBiddar]

Kingsnake.com is a great site.

That website is ridiculously confusing to navagate,

 

[Rabid538]

That website is ridiculously confusing to navagate,

Yup, I absolutely agree. But they do have some nice herps once you are able to find them.

 

[whitewolf]

What about local herp sites/groups, high end dealers (you'll pay more but sometimes worth it, and local shows?

 

[Rabid538]

What about local herp sites/groups, high end dealers (you'll pay more but sometimes worth it, and local shows?

+1 I live for those reptile expos

 

[AndrewBiddar]

+1 I live for those reptile expos

never have any Expos in NJ last one was sooo long ago, soon one in NY is coming up i think

 

[Rabid538]

never have any Expos in NJ last one was sooo long ago, soon one in NY is coming up i think

They have this one in New York quite often: http://www.reptileexpo.com/nyfirst.htm
It might be quite a ways from where you are though.

 

[Anubis77]

I'd recommend making an effort to attend shows to buy reptiles until you can orient yourself with the decent breeders online. You can inspect the animals you're buying in person. That helps avoid little mishaps like getting the wrong species, like a Colombian Tegu instead of an Argentine (as happened to me a couple years ago via a post on kingsnake).

But, if that's out of the question, there's Fauna Classifieds. They have seller reviews worth reading before buying, which I like.

 

[pouchedrat]

www.faunaclassified.com

 

[pitbulllady]

Yup, I absolutely agree. But they do have some nice herps once you are able to find them.

http://market.kingsnake.com/

What's so confusing? You go down to the type of animal you're looking for, and click on it. Ads are listed by newest first. Most include the locality of the seller, so you can also find the ones closest to you if you don't want to ship. Most of the lizards are listed by type, i.e., Bearded Dragons, Geckoes, etc.

You can also go to http://www.faunaclassifieds.com , which also has an extensive selection, also broken down by type of animal. They also have a "Board Of Inquiry" which you can look up sellers on, since not all of them are honest or have any qualms about shipping you a dead animal, which I experienced first-hand last year, receiving a rotting carcass from a guy in Ohio on my birthday, no less. If you wish to place an ad, Faunca Classifieds is FREE, unlike Kingsnake, where you can read ads for free but you have to subscribe and pay if you want to place ads.

pitbulllady

 

[whitewolf]

IThat helps avoid little mishaps like getting the wrong species, like a Colombian Tegu instead of an Argentine (as happened to me a couple years ago via a post on kingsnake)..

Made that mistake myself but from an LPS.