About Us
Big Reptile World is a focussed, specialist reptile & exotic pet supplies business. We have three divisions focussed on retail, wholesale & distribution (BerryZoo Distribution) * & international sales **.
John & Mel Berry are the founding partners. Both are entrepreneurs with in-depth business management experience in several countries including South Africa, UK and the USA.
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John has been involved with reptiles for over 35 years. He was a professional herpetologist and worked both in South Africa and in Germany caring for large reptile park collections and giving educational lectures. He is also highly experienced in handling and working with venomous snakes, having professionally "milked" snakes of their venom for use in medical research for many years. John previously held the world-record for living with venomus snakes for 69 days & nights ( established in 1981 at Dudley Zoo, UK).
Together John & Mel started their current reptile breeding business; John Berry Reptiles over 10 years ago (see www.johnberryreptiles.com). In that time they have cared for, bred and hatched thousands of ball pythons, boa constrictors, carpet pythons, corn snakes and numerous other types of snakes and lizards.
John has also written several well received books on reptile morphs as well as numerous articles. He is often invited to speak on reptiles and has spoken at many reptile events including at Daytona (USA), Hamm (Germany), numerous FBH & IHS meetings (UK) & Snake Day -Copenhagen University (Denmark) and others.
* For trade enquiries please go to the "Trade & Wholesale Enquiries" page, thanks.
** Big Reptile World has seperate sales distribution sites in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Reasons to buy from us:
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Friendly & Helpful: We are just like you, we care for our reptile pets and we like dealing with friendly, helpful and knowledgeable people. So that’s how we will always treat you … just how we like to be treated ourselves.
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Our Customers Recommend us: Over the years of breeding reptiles we have built up a reputation for quality, fairness and being easy to work with. The vast majority of our customers recommend us to their friends. So I guess we are doing something right!
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Good Buying Advise. When you have cared for and bred dozens of different species of reptiles on three continents (Africa, Europe & North America), you gain a vast amount of hands on care experience. So we will answer questions about reptile care, husbandry, nutrition and recommend the right solutions for you. If we don’t know the answer (it can happen), we will find out or point you in the right direction.
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We don't sell rubbish ! We will constantly add new products that work and won’t sell those that don’t add value to your pets. (Yes, they are some reptile supplies and products we feel are just no good so we don’t stock them). If we wouldn’t use it for our own reptiles, we feel we shouldn’t sell it to others!
If you are looking for a product we don’t carry, please let us know. As mentioned we will be adding a bunch of new products as time goes by, so we welcome any requests.
Lastly, we listen to you. We love to receive feedback, both good and bad so we can improve our service. Feel free to drop us an email on –
websitefeedback@bigreptileworld.com
cheers, John & Mel Berry
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