This place is legit! All of the workers have so much knowledge. We were debating getting my son a snake of bearded dragon or a sand boa. Can't remember the girls name that helped us, but she went over EVERYTHING. She's had snakes for years so her knowledge was so helpful to us. We ended up getting a beautiful baby ball python. We bought everything there. Definitely more expertise than at a big pet store. Highly recommend this place if you're considering reptiles as pets. read more

The Serpentarium - Ball python baby - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

Came in to the Serpentarium last week with my baby bull snake I had purchased recently off of morph market. My snake had multiple layers of stuck shed from poor husbandry from the previous owner. Staff was super knowledgeable and helpful with providing remedies to remove that stuck shed. Purchased a humid hide and moss that was recommended. The snake sat in that humid hide for about a week and finally today she was able to have a full and complete shed! Super grateful we could solve this issue before it became a more serious problem like scale rot. I hope the owners read this! Thanks again! read more

The entire team at this place is super helpful! We brought a turtle in that randomly showed up in our yard, they told us all about it, provided advice on food, shelter, etc. Ultimately, we found the owner but were likely to keep it if we didn't, so I wanted to know what we were getting into. Super helpful, super professional, super knowledgeable and super kind. Thank you! Thank you! Highly recommend! read more

While we did not buy anything today, I so appreciate the attention and information we got from Ian today. Most knowledgeable and helpful and patient. I also want to thank Ariana for her answers to my phone calls. read more

I stayed in here for about an hour and Angie did an phenomenal job of educating me. I originally came in for a rat, ended up leaving with 2 new snakes. Highly recommend coming here. I didn't feel rushed nor was it pressure to buy. Gave me informative information and helped me pick my new pets. read more

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Thankful for a place like this in town. My husband found a red-eared slider hanging out by our curb; we live on a very busy street. Called The Serpentarium to see what we should do. They told us we could bring the turtle in and they would be able to rehome him. We did have to pay $10 to "surrender" the turtle... I look at it as a donation and it's better then the poor turtle ending up road kill. The girl that helped us was very friendly and walking into the store I felt that they really cared about their animals. read more

The Serpentarium - They took in this stray turtle found on our curb. - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

The staff is very knowledgeable about reptiles. Every time I shop there, I learn something new about box turtles. They have sold me some used equipment at a very discounted price! Ethen is a huge help! read more

The Serpentarium - Ethan knows his reptiles! - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

I adopted a gorgeous Bearded Dragon from The Serpentarium. Everyone was friendly and very helpful. Ethan was an amazing help! He patiently answered about 1,000 questions I had and helped me get everything I needed to properly care and provide for my new dragon baby. He really cares about these reptiles and his customers! Please skip the basic pet stores if your looking for a reptile and head straight to the Serpentarium! Not only will you have a great selection of creatures, you will also have the recommendations and guidance you need to successfully care for your new addition. read more

What can I say, these ppl know their reptiles to say the least. We've been going here since the old location when they had a mini zoo upstairs. So cool to see and learn everything reptilian. Jim, who used to work there was our go to for anything but there are still plenty of informative and educated ppl to help you in any way with any questions or concerns about buying the right pet and feeding methods, etc. We the Serpentarium. Thanks guys & gals! read more

My boyfriend wanted to get a Gargoyle Gecko and didn't want to ship it. I couldn't agree more, I didn't want to ship any animal. Seems inhumane and I can't believe business would do that. Unless they were being transported with other animals in a well ventilated vehicle and not being stressed out from being transported. I looked for a day, I wanted a newly hatched one so that the gecko could grow and get used to my boyfriend. Most places were selling adults and they were pretty pricey. I found The Serpentarium. They had baby available for $59. Keep in mind this pricing because its going to be brought up again. I called all their locations and each store said they didn't have in stock and that I needed to call another location. This was the last Serpentarium and I almost gave up. But luckily two stores had it. But one of them had the specific gargoyle gecko my boyfriend wanted, the reticulated. Its about a two to two and a half hour drive to Sacramento since I am from far South Side San Jose. Super excited, I asked how much it would for a habitat, food and the gecko together. Roughly estimate of $200 including tax. Something did not add up. I asked Jim over the phone how much the gargoyle gecko was and he said $89. That is $30 over the price that is posted on their website, of $59. I asked Jim since I am driving two to two and a half hours to their location, if I can have what was promised on the website. He said he wasn't sure but to email his boss, Robert, since he was available. So I did, and in hopes of getting the actual promised price I drove there since he said he only had two available. The reticulated one and the striped one and I definitely wanted the reticulated one. Emailing back and forth the boss, stressing with talk to text in my blue tooth free set. And it looks like the boss is not budging. Robert says the price online is lower because of shipping cost. But it doesn't state that on the website AT ALL. I finally get there, determined to get it regardless but I had to try one more time. I asked the guy I talked on the phone to see if he can call his boss and ask him himself. Only for him to walk into another room and talk to him directly. Seriously? He was there the whole time? Come on. If it wasn't for the Gargoyle Gecko being so cute, I would've given this place one star for not having anything on the website stating the actual amount. The only thing that remotely states about shipping was Terms & Condition. BUT NO WHERE STATES if you were to pick it up yourself, it would be "this price instead and we were sub-setting price online for shipping purposes." And I wouldn't be surprised if they posted it now after this review. read more

The Serpentarium - No where does it say that the price of the animals was lower because of shipping. And that when you pick up the animal yourself its $29more - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

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I went in today to the serpentarium a bit skeptical about getting a bearded dragon and Ethan from the Lodi location helped me choose the perfect bearded dragon for me and gave me soooo much information. He definitely deserves a shout out for his A1 customer service. Thanks Ethan!!! read more

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The serpentarium is wonderful Emily is an absolute artist w designing habitats. Thank you Emily! read more

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This place is so wonderful and the staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. Emily helped us out from beginning to end. My partner and I were inheriting a snake from a family member and we needed a whole corn snake getup from the ground up. Emily was able to provide and she was the kindest and sweetest. She was full of knowledge and a pleasure to work with. She ran us through equipment and wellness advice for our new family member. The store was well stocked with the latest needs and amenities needed to get ourselves ready to go. Definitely pop in for any of your awesome reptile needs! read more

The Serpentarium - Emily helped us pick out and input all the aesthetics from the ground up. 10/10 crib! - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

The Sepentarium in Lodi is a great place to take the family, especially on a cold or rainy day. For $2 you can see all the animals or for $4 you can get "the tour." The adults loved it as much as the kids. Get the $4 tour; it's an amazing amount of fun and knowledge for a few bucks. They take out most of the animals, describe them, and let you hold them. They'll also let you watch them feed animals (if you want.) We thought the kids might get upset at watching an African Bull Frog gulp down a mouse in a single bite, but the kids loved it. It was the adults who looked away. The kids held bright yellow snakes, had chameleons sit on their heads (they even got to name one of the chameleons--make sure they kept the name Smurf for the blue one.) Don't miss watching the colorful chameleons eat. See if you can catch their lighting-fast tongue on film. The owner will let you hand-feed them. The even have a 200-pound plus snake named: Dozer, short for Bull-Dozer. (The snake busted out of his cage in the middle of the night, setting off the alarms. Note: the cat, for protection, sleeps locked in the bathroom at nights!) They are currently designing a new cage for Dozer. The Sepentarium has: False Water Cobras, Burmese Pythons, Rainbow Boas, Anacondas, large Monitor lizards, Turtles and Tortoises, Geckos, Frogs, Tarantulas, and Scorpions. read more

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Mazi was awesome and very knowledgeable. She was patient with my son and explained everything. We will be going back to see her for sure for all our reptile needs. read more

They are always helpful when we have questions about our bearded dragon or our leopard tortoise.

Bought my grand daughters a complete setup for Christmas. We wanted to have our habitat all figured out before getting our first Bearded Dragon. Please bare with me it was a proud papa moment for me. Hold on, I have something in my eye lol. The place is in an industrial zone next to many other warehouses of various businesses. Its really easy to find just off of Highway 12 in Lodi. As mentioned entry fee range from $5 or less. All entry fees will be credit for any purchases made that day. Saved me a ton after buying our dragon, substrate, meal worms, infrared thermometer, cricket box, and other supplies. My grand daughters ranging from 3 - 9 loved the place. The 4 adults enjoyed it too. They let the girls hold each of the dragons they had. Adults and babies. Very helpful staff. The younger guy is really knowledgeable and was very helpful. There is a young lady that works there also and she too was very knowledgeable. Great staff especially for us newbies. Not to mention they were very good with all the kids that were all over the creatures being shared. They brought out the python that can be touched, about a 90 lb beauty. They had a grouping of Terrariums in main room when you walk in. All containing snakes, baby bearded dragons, full grown dragons, Frill lizard, monitors, 3 huge iguanas., frogs, this awesome little blue gecko, etc. Upstairs is where the bigger reptiles are. When you walk up the iguana's start dancing and motioning to the door They want to be let out it seems. Awesome beautiful creatures. Also have turtles, boa's, rat snakes, pythons, terrantulas sp?. among other cool reptiles, and lizards. We are members now so we will be going back for monthly dragon checkups. Grab your neighborhood kids and take them. Introduce them to the wonderful world of reptiles. Good times read more

Went hear once and it was great was able to hold tarantulas and scorpions it was fantastic

Came In here not knowing anything about a snake we found. Dominick was so helpful and extremely professional and polite! Got everything we needed for it and explained everything in the simplest/easiest way to take care of it. Set the tank for us as well! Couldn't be happier!! Excellent customer service! read more

I belong to a group that sells items at the reptile shows. One of the group tried to leave promotional fliers there but they were tossed while she was still in the store. She had a bad experience trying to get some questions answered also. ' Perhaps they should see how big of a group of reptile people they have just insulted by their behavior. We are big into online posting and this experience is already being passed around. Someone should talk to employees about the fact that everyone is in this for the animals and it would only be right to treat like minded people , the kind who support your store, a bit more kindly. read more

These guys are awesome helpful with our supplies and helping with food to feed our dragon

I brought my bearded dragon in today for a free checkup. He's been acting different and I thought he might be in brumation hybernation. Morgan confirmed that it was brumation and I was so relieved, she said it's that time of year and her beardie is doing the same thing. Morgan and Ethan are very friendly, helpful and always offer lots of expert advice, they truly care about these animals and have a vast knowledge of everything related to reptiles. It's always such a great experience coming to the Serpentarium in Lodi. I always learn new information on how to best care for my pet and that means so much because he's part of our family. Thank you so much and a big shout out to Ethan and Morgan. I'll always go here for advice and supplies, they have everything I could ever need and such a vast knowledge and love for reptiles. Thank you read more

The staff was amazing and they were super helpful. Our daughter got a leopard gecko and they helped her get everything she needed. Definitely will come back! read more

Jason was AMAZING!! He not only probed my new boa, he also helped me get everything she would need to live a happy healthy life!

My fiancé Jonathan and I recently moved to the Central Valley, and are very impressed by the Serpentarium stores, out of all the reptile stores we've been to including the SF Bay Area. The level of knowledge and dedication these employees have, as well as the quality of set ups for the reptiles that are sold there, the cleanliness of the store, and the health of the reptiles as we have bought some in the past, is top notch! If you must choose the one Serpetarium store out of all of them, the one we recommend most is in LODI. The manager SEAN is extremely professional, knowledgeable, very courteous and highly reputable when it comes to any question you may have about reptiles, arachnids, insect feeders, etc. Appreciate that he always polite and patient to his customers in person and over the phone. It is a 45 min drive for us to go there weekly but well worth the experience each time! Great staff as well-Hawkeye, Hannah, Emily, Jason, etc always helpful! read more

The staff is very knowledgeable, they know their reptiles!!! Recently bought a beautiful Mojave Pastel Ball Python for my daughter. Dev was so helpful and super sweet to my daughter who shares her love of reptiles. She and the staff were great and patient with me as I asked a million questions about how to properly care for our new snake. Ended up buying the whole snake habitat kit. They had everything I needed and helped me pick it out, even set up the substrate for me! I would recommend the Lodi location to anyone who wants to purchase a reptile, they are a great bunch of people. Thanks Dev and everyone at Lodi Serpentarium!! read more

Substandard ownership immature response to any complaint made being told you can't come back in the store no accountability

This where I got my three toed box turtle, her name is: Charlie/ little Charlie I've had her since January 13th 2016 and she hardly even Hisses at me when I go to pick her up she only does it if I scar her but I hardly ever scar her. read more

The Serpentarium - This is my new baby hatchling three toed box turtle name: little Charlie I got him on January 13th 2016 and I absolutely love him to death. - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

Love this place but the newer employees are whack!! Me and 3 ppl walk in no one in site so we start looking around well aware that it's $8 to get in, the new ppl appear 5 mins later and keep starting at me like I'm stealing something wtf?! I took out $8 cash came to her and said why u starting at us like that here! I'm here all the time u must be new... Spent about $30 on watching the reptiles eat and holding spiders This was always a great place to take kids but after today don't think so anymore.. Train your damn employees not to be rude!! Thx what's ur email? read more

I was very disappointed and so was my kids. This place is small. My kids had more fun in the pet store in Tracy mall. We expected what we see in pictures an interactive experience and all we go was a pet store you have to pay to enter. There was nothing to touch or to hold. The only thing cool was the sea turtle in the tanks. Other than that just a small pet store in a scrappy warehouse. I will not be back. Reply to Robert. Thanks for the comment Robert not sure if maybe it may have been an off day but Saturday at 1 pm should not be an off time. the other 3 families who where in there at the same time was asking the same questions why isn't this place like the website. For example we where at the tortoises and there was a staff member cleaning the tank right besides it and my son is asking to touch them and you employee said absolutely nothing. Then everyone was upstairs while two of your staff was up there while little kids where I want to touch then lizards and you staff ignored them. We all left not wanting to come back. Thanks. I may give it another shot and see if there is a change. read more

Sold me a sick snake, then wanted to charge me a $10 "surrender" fee. Male kid who sold me the snake, did not know what he was doing. And told me the wrong temperatures to keep the ball python at. Do not go here, they will scam you out of every cent they can. Yes this was an experience at your store. In Lodi ca. It was the young man with blonde hair. And yes the snake with sick with a respiratory infection. read more

This place is fantastic... they are always friendly and very knowledgeable.... they moved to Kettleman lane and now have much more room... have a question about your reptiles? Go see the people over at the Lodi Serpentarium read more

I absolutely love going to the Serpentarium. I have bought more than a few snakes from this location, and everyone is so helpful and polite. I buy all of my supplies, and feeders here, as I like to support local businesses. I've never had any bad experiences what so ever. Awesome place, I feel like a kid in a candy store every time I walk in. I've been to all of the other locations as well, and the same can be said for all of them. read more

I love this place! So clean and nicely set up. A reptile store done right! I'm not from the area, but I do make trips every now and then when I have the time to see what new things they have going on. I have been here a few times over the years and it pretty much changes every time I come in. I've bought a couple animals from them and have also done trades and sold them some snakes. They do great business on both ends. I love that this place is so self educational and yet the staff are also very knowledgeable and friendly and easy to approach if you have any questions. The animals are decent priced for a specialty shop. (I bought all my animals from their booth at expos) I have never bought any supplies from them, so I can't account for the price on those items, but honestly I'd say it's at a reasonable price. I like that it doubles as a museum if you're only looking, but it's also a pet store and you get the price of admission taken off your purchase if you do buy anything. I will say I wish there was a better way to pay for admission (it's only $2). I know in the past there used to be a gate and you had to pay before entering and now the gate is gone so you have to walk to the counter and pay before you look at anything, which is kind of distracting, especially if there's a line. I highly recommend this place if you're looking for bugs or almost any type of reptile and don't want to pay the high costs that you see at places like East Bay Vivarium. read more

I wanted to order a light online and the shipping was double the cost of the light itself. I asked about discounts for new customers and was met with extreme rudeness from whomever runs their Facebook account. To the point where I left a review on their Facebook page and the worker told me that my review was appalling. I had a very rude worker message me and the whole experience seemed juvenile and inappropriate to have with a potential customer. I strongly urge you to look else where for online shopping. this was my review: They have crazy prices for shipping. Shipping cost alone would have doubled the price of my order. Will be taking my business elsewhere. Edit: also very rude customer service. read more

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The Serpentarium is an awesome place to go for your reptile needs. I've been going there since I got my first bearded dragon when I was a kid, and have since moved on to more exotics. The friendly staff keeps you well equipped and fully informed on the animal or items you purchase. Be careful though! You could spend all your money in there with the selection they have! I have always recommended this place and will continue to do so through the years. Keep up the good work! read more

The Serpentarium - This is a Frilled Lizard I recently purchased from the Serpentarium. He's healthy and very friendly. - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

Love The Serpentarium! We always come here to get Dubias for our bearded dragon here. Just came in to get a starter colony and Dom was super helpful and knowledgeable! read more

I was puzzled by the actual location when we drove here because of all the warehousing developments around but saw the huge sign posted on the side of the building! My boyfriend and I both agree that it felt kind of cramped since it doubles as both a museum of sorts and a reptile store but it wasn't too hard to walk around since there was not too many people inside. A gigantic plus for not playing/blaring any music since that can usually distract from the experience. Some of the tanks weren't labeled but it was ok since there was enough staff walking around in case we had any questions. I'll probably come back here again with some friends to pick out a bearded dragon as a birthday present for the boyfriend when we move out together (: I'm looking forward to bringing some younger relatives in the future as well! read more

The Serpentarium - Pretty chill dude in his tank. Once he saw us he got excited and kept scraping at the glass (: - Reptile Shops Near Me - Lodi, California

Great selection of snakes and lizards. Small fee to get in which i am sure helps with the cost of care and feeding of the critters, plus you can apply your admission to a purchase (take home a couple hissing cockroaches and amaze your friends.) Favs are the Giant African Bullfrogs and of course the Bearded Dragons. If you are looking for a reptile or amphibian this is a much better go than a pet store. They know their reptiles and amphibians and have all the supplies you need. Some of the critters have special requirements (light, heat, etc.)The staff will help you understand what you are getting into so you will get the most out of your pet and avoid problems. read more

Be careful of negative reviews. Some of the reviews are a personal vendetta against current owner. They want to destroy his business by posting claims about sick animals having never seen them personally. Come on people, your location is Texas and Fla and you know his animals in Lodi, Ca are sick and diseased. You've never bought from him so stop the false posting. read more