CDE Exotics

Keke Rose

This place is TERRIBLE. Those poor animals. They are not being cared for properly and there are birds there carrying an illness. My 4 year old daughter became very ill after we visited and I'm not the only one this has happened to. Reptiles do not belong on paper rodent bedding. All of the cages are way too small for the animals. There are two Savannah monitors there that are being kept together in something around the size of a 40 gallon. They each need at least 5 foot by 2 feet of space and that's the absolute minimun. I see their excuse on a lot of facebook comments is that they have 1000s of animals and its hard to look after them all THEN STOP TAKING ANIMALS IN. You are not helping at this point. I pray that you take a long hard look at what you're doing and get a change of heart quick. Know your limits. I keep reptiles myself and some of mine are rescues but at a certain point I don't allow myself to get anymore because it wouldn't be fair to the ones who already need my help and attention. I didn't even see any UVB lights for all those poor tortoises. Anyways I have pictures and videos of the entire place. It smelled so bad and it was so dark and depressing in there. I will be confirming with a doctor that my daughters illness is from those birds. Those poor birds who have no enrichment or toys. I want to help all of these animals so bad and that's why I am posting this. Please stop supporting this business. Stick to your reptile shows and having a few reptiles and stop hoarding animals.

Kayla Ragugini

Great place to go visit critters esp with children BUT it smells absolutely horrible and the animals are not properly cared for (dirty soiled bedding/cages no food and water ever) the giant monitor lizard in the front is in an enclosure that’s entirely too small and he has fruit flies all over him! The alligators should have some sort of fencing over their pool as they can come out of they really wanted to or an unsuspecting child could reach their hand in and get bit! I feel horrible for all the birds that are upstairs as no one is allowed up there bc that’s where their “venomous” animals are. All the birds cages are way too small also. The place in general is super dirty With cob webs and dust everywhere. They absolutely need a deep clean and also their staff is stand off ish if you’re not there to buy anything which is rude being that we go in there quite often just to give their animals company but only can stay a short while bc the smell literally gives me a headache every single time !

casey

i purchased a baby bearded dragon from here and she’s been nothing short of an angel. she came very healthy and with a great temperament. after i got her, i decided to get a ball python and i stopped back into cde to get a feeder for him. the staff was exceptionally helpful and didn’t make me feel dumb for all of the questions i had. they also remembered the bearded dragon i got and were happy to see pictures and have updates. they continue to educate me whenever i go in and have any questions and the way they do it, it’s so delicate and friendly. i have such positive experiences here that i plan to always go back for my feeders. they genuinely care about the animals there and the ones they sell, and they make the whole experience so pleasant and easy. i would always recommend this place to friends or anyone who loves reptiles.

mac n' cheezits

while the staff was super helpful and knowledgeable, i walked in there today and there was such a horrific smell. all the animals enclosures were in terrible condition ( soiled bedding, no water in most of the water dishes, and pools empty with animals in the enclosures, literal flies all over the terrariums, bird feces all over, not proper light long nor heat) i was in there maybe 10 minutes and my eyes were watering so bad because of the smell. i don’t recommend going there to buy reptiles but if you have issues with reptiles you already own then they could help you with that. they could use a big cleaning.