just curious of anyone knows if there are any breeders in houston, texas or any reptile stores that sells chameleons besides petco or petsmart, i dont support their animals because they do such a poor job. any comments or advice would be nice, thanks

go rockets!!

anyone around or close to the houston area know of any places?

S and S Exotics

I just bought a baby veiled last week from:

Char's Reptile Store
3800 Garrott Street
713-520-7387

They are in the Montrose area and very nice. They had veiled and panthers last week. I also have the personal phone number of a panther breeder here in Houston but not sure if he would want me making his number available to everyone on the web. I can email it to you though. By friend is getting a panther from him in the next couple of weeks.

cool thanks man, what part you located at, im on the westside near katy

I have been there also. I do find S and S Exotics to be cheaper BUT I do not know anything about quality of where they come from. They do have a clean place with many exotics. They MAY deal with mill breeders which I know to be true of the Sugar Gliders.

John,

There is a place called Pets-A-Plenty on Highway 6 just south of the new tollway (well, its new since I lived there). Its been a number of years since I lived in Houston but I used to there all the time and know the owner, Eric. He has some nice herps usually. Its probably closer to you then Char's. If you're in Katy, you just need to go through the Reservoir up Fry Rd toward West Oaks Mall.

Chris

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I live in the Heights but used to live in Old Town Katy, near where the mall is now. Went to Katy High School. I've got friends that still live off Fry Road. Man that area has changed. Let me know if you want the number of the breeder in Houston.

yea i know about Pets-A-Plenty, ive been there a few times, its ok, but i know this is rude but i kind of dont like them. they ripped me off on this cage i know they did but i needed a cage, it was used and they sold it to me for 40bucks. i could have gotten it new for 40 as well, but it was there and it came with a few things. he claimed that the cage was 90 when i know it was 40. thats 50 bucsks difference. i know this is rude but i just dont like that, and i dont really want to do business with them again. it is a nice place i will admit. im sure eric is a nice guy and he is just trying to make some money, but i just dont like being lied to

Flux - I went to Taylor High School for a couple years before finishing up in Europe. Katy has really changed since I lived there. My folks live inside the loop now so I get back occasionally and the differences are incredible.

John - Well, retail stores like that are always going to be significantly more expensive then if you bought the product online from a place like LLL Reptile so the cage may not have been too unreasonably priced if it had been new but I don't know what cage it was, where they bought it from, etc. I just know that I grew up in the reptile industry through that shop identifying all their chameleons that came in, met all the curators for the Houston Zoo there (and later other curators via those contacts) and always try to give any Houston business I can to them, even if they are a little more expensive then other places. They're good people, IMO, and I still go in and visit three or four times a year when I'm in town.

Good luck finding a good local breeder.

Chris

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