HD Reptiles Shop Opening Event: Day 2

I made it to day 2 with no issues, but I woke up super early so by the time I got to the station I was so tired, bleh.
It was the warmest day of the year, I think topping 29 Celsius. So I wore my only dress ^^ I never normally wear it because it's so scratchy.

I went again on day 2 because I wanted to meet a Tanuki (Racoon Dog) in real life. I've been contemplating getting one for a long time and boyfriend has been wanting a Silver Fox so this was our chance to meet both (the Fox was Red but it's the same species, Vulpes Vulpes).
Staffordshire Exotics were there and brought quite a few different animals, including (obivously) Jasmine the 9 week old Tanuki, Rafferty a Red Fox, a Giant Rabbit, Pygmy Hedgehogs, a super cute Himilayan top eared rat and a tiny mouse. They also brought a Barn Owl and couple of reptiles.

I got loads of pictures of Jasmine so I wont upload them all, just the best ones.
DISCLAIMER: This cage isn't the pup's permanent residence! She was held in here to stop her from being stepped on and just generally out of the way of customers as the store was completely packed.

Boyfriend and Jasmine

Then Rafferty, he was a bit worried as there were lots of people but they were only around for a few minutes.
DISCLAIMER: Again, cage isn't permanent residence, he's kept in a big house like a dog and only kept in this cage for his own safety.

I got to hold the cute snake from day 1! He got himself comfortable in a pretzel shape and then fell asleep. His little :3 face is so cute I just wanted to take him home.

Giant bunny! He is a Flemish crossed with a Continental with the biggest squishy bunny face ever.

It's much more fun to dig up the carrier.

It took him literally 20 minutes to come out of his carrier, mostly because he was just sleeping instead.

The single most adorable rat I've ever met. He just sat there and let me and boyfriend stroke him. All of the other rats I know just squirm or run away and aren't interested in humans.

Grumpy hoggies! They didn't want to be touched or woken up so they just sat there hissing until the hide went back on. I didn't touch them because I know how spikey they can get when they're pissed off.

The Caiman wanted his picture taken!

Once mostly everyone had gone, Jasmine was allowed out to play! Seeing her interact with the dog and how she was with her owners out of the cage really made up my mind on whether I wanted one for myself, well, I'm starting to save up!

I didn't get any pictures of the reptiles since my camera doesn't cope well with the lighting in the vivs. So I apologise for that.
But here's a picture of a baby Tanuki doing a derp :3

HD Reptiles Shop Opening Event: Day 1

I've been bugging everyone all week with my excitement about HD Reptiles' grand opening today :3 

I had to commute and it was the hottest day of the year ;-; But it was worth it!

HD Reptiles is now my local proper reptile specialist shop that provide a really good variety of substrates, equipment, generally everything you need and will ever need plus a lot of different livestock.

It was too hot ;-;
I wore no sun cream, forgot my parasol and then decided to wear jeans and a big, heavyweight black t-shirt. Go me.
Either way I was excited :3

We took the train and the carriage we got on smelled really bad. I was really scared to sit down anywhere "just in case" and I ended up putting my t shirt over my face. I'd rather smell myself than whatever the hell was on that train o_o
I still got pictures though ^^

He didn't want his picture taken. There was a moderate fight for my camera before this, then he just gave up >:3

I would never normally upload a picture like this of me but I really liked the colour of my hair ^^

It was only a 20 minute walk there so it wasn't too bad, but with no parasol and no sun cream it felt worse than it was.

It was so cold under here I didn't want to leave haha.

I really wanted to go and walk around in here and see the Church, but we didn't have time ><

Then we arrived...

It's been well over 8 years since I visited a proper reptile shop, and everyone who runs it is so nice ^^

The first thing I went to see was the tortoises in the back and there were cakes. So I was instantly sold.
There was an amazing Tortoise cake that someone in the community had made for the opening, some of the kids weren't convinced it was a cake ^^




Then some real tortoises!

A little Corn snake that was in the rescue section.

The Caiman, he didn't want to see anyone ^^

These lizards are clearly just saying "Paint me like one of your french girls."

Sleepy tortoise!

This one kept following me along his viv :3

There were so many things I wanted on these shelves ;-;
At the top is baby tarantulas, second shelf is baby corns, third shelf is baby chequered garters, 4th is display animals for the event, 5th is Kenyan Sand Boas and Common Boas and 6th is Royals :)

I love this snake so much! He's so cute :D

Day 2 will be up tomorrow!