Jungle Bob's Reptile World — Attraction in Town of Brookhaven

If you're buying an animal here take it to the vet ASAP! I purchased a uromastyx in early December with my fiancee. I also own a ball python, leopard gecko and blue tongued skink. Jungle Bob's had set a uro aside for me and he looked good to me! I brought him home, caged and fed him on the advice I received at the store and hoped for the best. Over the next few weeks, my uro ate less and less, losing weight and becoming more lethargic. I called for advice and received more of the same, make sure temp/lighting is right (it was), correct food type (it was), correct time of day feeding, etc. Despite my efforts and other research online my uro was not doing well. So today I take it to my reptile vet with over 25 years experience with reptiles, who tells me that my Uro looks to have advanced metabolic bone disease. Given I have only had the uro for 6 weeks and the progression of the disease in the animal, he had to have been sick when sold to me. The vet told me that my best option was to put down my uro who was clearly suffering and seemingly too far gone to recover so I did that. My fiancee reaches out to Jungle Bob's about the situation on instagram and is told off! Tyler told us that his experience and expertise was more qualified than the vet, that we were at fault and that we should have brought the animal to him instead of being put down. He refused to acknowledge any of what the vet said and disputed the MBD on the basis of a 5 second video a month old, refused any further discussion and made me feel worse than I already do. He tried to blame the trip to the vet as causing the uro to feel or seem ill despite the uro going to the vet today after not looking well and my best efforts at the advice of the store to nurture him to health. I admit that we could have been a bit more polite but anything we said was met with rebuttal. I believe they have a return policy if anything happens to your animal's health within x amount of days from purchase and they have an amazing selection of animals, so if you're going to buy shell out extra and get to a vet to avoid the headache and heartache I have...

This is a difficult review to write as the staff at Jungle Bobs is very knowledgeable and the store has everything reptile related you can want. They have an excellent selection of animals, foods, supplies, habitats, etc... I do not mind driving the 60 minutes, each way, from my home to visit the store. I have bought several animals from them, habitats, foods, and many supplies. I have also boarded my animals with them over the past few years (crested geckos)

Today was the last day I will be patronizing Jungle Bob's as their prices shot through the roof and the discount they used to provide me for boarding multiple animals at a time seems to have disappeared too. After leaving the store today I truly felt that I was ripped off or taken advantage of. This is something I never felt working with Jungle Bobs.

This week I boarded four crested geckos for six days. These are very low maintenance animals and are not even fed every day. I could not believe what I heard when the person behind the counter said the cost of boarding was $360. They charged me $60 per day ($15 per gecko) for the full six days. When I explained that this was significantly higher than what I paid in the past, I was told "Our prices went up". I reluctantly paid the amount, as I did want my animals back, but I decided right then that I will not be coming back.

As I will need boarding services again, I am now looking for other options for places to board my animals. Driving the hour each way to get food, mulch, calcium, or items for their habitat will now be replaced by the abundant number of online places that I...

The staff at the Selden store were very friendly and helpful and Avi, my blue tongue skink I picked up from them just a few days ago seems nice and healthy.

However, like most things, they're not perfect. First is the pricing. Avi who's a 4 month old baby cost me $599. I've since found other breeders by talking to other people in the reptile hobby that sell baby northerns at lower price points like $350, and only charge $600 or more for ready-to-breed adults. They also pushed the premade tegu and blue tongue food, but again, after conversing with other reptile hobbyists, I was informed that those foods have relatively low quality filler ingredients like grain. You're better off with high quality grain free dog food for blue tongues. For supplies for your pet's enclosure, you're also better off just ordering them online on Amazon and such, as they're noticeably more expensive in the store.

Overall? I'd recommend them if you don't want to buy online and risk shipping live animals or want to get them quickly but bear in mind for their skinks at the very least, they're a pricier place than breeders you can find online.

However, to be fair, I've found that pricing for skinks can be very inconsistent. I've seen northern babies go for the $500 range from some people as well, and I've definitely noticed their tegus are priced the same as other places. So it may be a per animal thing.

In the end, I think they're a trustworthy source to get captive...