What's Your Favorite Reptile Products?

[beardielover17]

What are some reptile products that you guys wish to see in stores (online or physical) more often? What do you think are popular reptile products? Which ones would you recommend to people? They don't have to be Bearded Dragon or even Lizard specific but I would like your input please.

 

[ladyknite]

A wider variety of feeders!
most places only have crix, waxes, supers and mealies. In small cups no doubt.
When I buy bugs, I buy them in the thousands. If stores would carry or at least offer this, they'ld stand to make some money as well.
Roaches, silks, horns would also be nice.

 

[beardielover17]

Thanks for the input Gina! Any preferred products as far as supplies too? Or just live feeders?

 

[ladyknite]

I'm really not much to care for "products". I tend to go with the "all natural" thing.
I did have a site where this guy made some awesome gecko hides. Very natural looking. But I think he went out of business.

Oh rep cal calcium and herptivite is hard to find around here. They carry that T Rex junk

 

[beardielover17]

ive noticed the rap cal stuff is hard to get too

 

[lexi]

RepCal without the D3. At PetSmart here they have the D3 and the Herptivite but none without vitamin D3.

Also, water crystals. Not the 'cricket drink' blue crap but the plain water crystals you can do yourself. And, like Gina said, more variety of feeders.

 

[beardielover17]

I know what you mean, that stuff is impossible to find in stores

 

[Red Ink AUS]

Play along here too.

NEC T10 fluoro tube Blacklights
Locust (all differing sizes)
Accurate literature on Reptile husbandry (to date I personally only trust 1)

The one thing I want to see more physically/stocked in reptile stores is EDUCATED STAFF. You get a whole heap of them in the store then everything else will fall into place.

Products I trust
Vetafarm calcium+vitamis
NEC T10
Aussie sun MVB
F10 (veterinary grade cleaner)

That's all i really use for products the rest of my set ups are natural.

 

[lexi]

The one thing I want to see more physically/stocked in reptile stores is EDUCATED STAFF. You get a whole heap of them in the store then everything else will fall into place.

It's not about education... at least not here in the states. Big corporations like PetCo and PetSmart run their reptiles on the same set up (all across the board no matter what type of reptile they are) and they do the bare minimum, if that. My ex-husband used to be a manager at PetSmart, and I believe Candice worked for them as well. They don't care... pretty much, if you want knowledgeable staff (at least here) you have to go to a private reptile shop.