Geckos and snakes and toads - oh my.
The reptilian stock is breathtaking and beautiful, but do not take that mischievous ten-year-old to whom you just can't say no. Otherwise, there's a granny or auntie likely to receive a shock during their next visit.
Prices start at roughly £50 for these incredibly lovely creatures, with chameleons perhaps the pick of the bunch. Crickets - which you can hear chirruping in store - come in slightly less at about £1.50 a box, but you should telly little Jimmy these are live feed for the lizardy lot and not cut-price pets. It all adds to an exotic, but not unwelcoming atmosphere. It's easy to lose an hour.
It seems amiss to advise people to visit simply as a pastime. Looking with no intention of buying must grate on the very pleasant staff and yet, it's hard to think of a more glorious 'product' for which to window-shop. That said, perhaps your first visit could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. On balance, you may like scales.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the front of the store is given over to products geared toward more traditional, domestic pets - cages and wheels for the type of small mammals for which a snake in the back may lick his lips. read more