It is always a good thing to get an insight into the condition and health of a pet before buying it, so we made a list of 10 snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York that you might visit before purchasing a reptile pet.
The most important thing when considering buying a pet is that it is a healthy and properly raised animal. That is why it is important to obtain reptile pets from good, reliable vendors. Reptiles including snakes are sensitive creatures that should be handled with much care, and it is sometimes not an easy task finding a reliable breeder or good reptile store.
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A survey has shown that there are around 11.5 million reptile pets in the US, and most of them being purchased from stores. But what is really the best choice of vendors when considering buying snake or reptile pet? The best way to raise a reptile is to get a captive-bred animal, that has experienced being handled by humans. Big stores usually do not breed reptiles they sell. They purchase them from abroad or from mass producers that are only oriented towards the quantity of animals raised. Those animals are often stressed and traumatized, which sometimes can cause lifelong consequences for the animal. Small-scale breeders and specialized stores on the other hand, do take more care of animals they sell. Small-scale reptile breeders are devoted to the thing they do and possess more knowledge about breeding, raising and taking proper care of reptiles. Specialized stores often purchase animals only from those reliable breeders. This devoted business might result in a bit higher animal prices, but they often offer much more exotic and rare animal species, although smaller in number. Anyhow, there is always another way of purchasing a pet, and if you are interested in buying a venomous snake online, you might check out the 10 Websites to Buy Venomous Snakes Cheap with Free Shipping.
We went through many snake breeders and pet shop websites and rank them according to quality and quantity of products they offer. We got guiding lines from Kingsnake website, which is specialized for snakes, and also ReptileCity recommendations for good reptile stores. Some of the breeders did not have the official website, only phone number or email contact so we avoided those because we didn’t have an insight in their offers, and we avoided stores and breeders without proper a website in general. We also concentrated on small-scale breeders and smaller reptile pet shops with experience in breeding reptiles because of the reasons we mentioned above. Now get ready for the tour of 10 snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York:
10. BTJ’s Jungle
Location: West Islip, NY
According to their site, this store is No.1 pet store on the Long Island. Nevertheless, it is not a specialized store for selling reptiles, among reptiles and exotic animals and birds, they also offer cats and dogs. There is also a big choice of aquariums and ponds for animals.
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9. Raquel’s Exotic Reptiles
Location: Island Park, NY
Although at the beginning of the breeding business, this breeder that ranked 9th on our list of snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York offers high-quality captive raised reptiles, from pure bloodlines. They have specialized in captive bred leopard geckos.
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8. Kicksballs
Location: Lockport, NY
This is a specialized ball python breeder that offers many kinds of usual and rare ball pythons. He is a reliable breeder, engaged in python breeding since 1995. Although located in Lockport, this breeder offers the online purchasing of pythons.
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7. Creature Comforts
Location: Binghamton, NY
This is a small store specialized in selling small animals, birds, fish and reptiles. According to the years active (since the 70s), good prices (according to their website), and having experts in reptiles and other animals they sell, we recommend this store if you are passing by.
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6. Adam’s Pet Safari
Location: Chester, NJ
This is an independent pet shop, the number 6 on our list of snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York that offers a great number of reptiles, small animals, birds and exotic marine and freshwater fish. They also offer a good choice of premium pet food brands.
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5. Josh’s Pet Agree
Location: Manahawkin, NJ
With over 20 years of experience, this small store offers an unusual choice of exotic small animals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds, and also supplies for them. One of the reasons this store is on our list of snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York is because it is independent and owner-operated, which puts the health and proper handling with animals at the first place.
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4. Repxotica
Location: West Islip, NY
We are continuing our list of snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York with Repxotica that has been around for 30 years, improving in reptile breeding, so the customers now, except for well-bred and healthy animal get good information on how to handle their pet and what are their habits and schedules. They offer many snake, lizard, turtle and tortoise species and supplies for them.
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3. 88 Pet World
Location: Brick, NJ
88 Pet World, the number three on the list of snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York has been around for about 30 years and owns a USDA license for exotic animals they sell. This store is specialized in exotic animals and birds, small animals, tropical fish and exotic reptiles and amphibians. They offer a large number of all of these and supplies for them.
2. NJ Exotic Pets
Location: Lodi, NJ
As the title says, this store offers many exotic animal species, apart from reptiles and “usual” small exotic animals they also offer English bulldogs, mini pigs, kinkajous, flying squirrels and many more. Seems like a strange choice of animals to sell. But no worries, they also have a USDA license for selling them. They also offer food and accessories for animals they sell and you will get good information about your pets and how to take care of them.
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1. Fauna
Location: New York, NY
The number one on our list of 10 snake breeders and reptile shops in NJ and New York is the Fauna for the incredible offers they provide. Fauna is a devoted pet shop that sells only captive-bred animals. They offer many bird, reptile and fish species. Apart from that, they also offer many unusual services, among many bird and reptile boarding and pet sitting, avian DNA sexing.
