CDE Exotics - Pet store in Wilkes-Barre - 95 S Main St, USA

Cameron is extremely knowledgeable, and the staff is wonderful as well. I recommend 100 x’s over! My husband and I take our kids here, pretty much weekly at this point. We’ve purchased several reptiles from CDE. Cameron & his staff never make you feel any kind of way asking questions about anything he may or may not have in the shop. Even some reptiles we have that didn’t come from CDE Cameron still educates us more about. All 5 of my kids love going and interacting with all everything, and they always leave learning something new!

Amazing place and staff. Very knowledgeable wide selection of reptiles and other critters. Absolutely love going here even just to look around. Only place I've purchased my ball pythons from.

Witnessing how active all of the reptiles and animals were in this facility was definitely unexpected. I never experienced or felt such a positive environment before coming in here. The entire staff was very attentive to both the customers and the animals. You can automatically sense that all animals are taken care of based on how active they are as compared to other places where most animals are treated almost like merchandise. I personally felt welcomed by everyone and one of them was kind enough to educate me on blue tongued skinks. I definitely recommend passing by this place if you’re looking into caring for reptiles or some friendly fur animals!

Went here tonight and met the owner, I am a collector of my own and I was amazed on how amazing this place was. They are rescues and you can tell they are loved. The owner also has vet experience, which says a lot. Enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing his story, you guys rock and I will be making your store a first stop for all of my collection additions.

My grandchildren had a birthday party from CDE yesterday. I have to say out of all the parties my children and grandchildren had this by far topped it. The man was very knowledgeable about the animals. Was polite and patient. Taught the children about each animal and how to handle them. He made sure the birthday children got to hold the animals first. He gave each person ample time to hold the animals and even positioned the animals with the children for pictures. The containers the animals were in were spotless and did not have a smell at all. Every child was in awe. Kudos to you. I would highly recommend him and having him do parties !

The ammonia smell is unbearable and sticks to your clothes through multiple wash cycles, there are free roaming animals in the store that are allowed to urinate on the CARPETED floors, and there is no ventilation system, nor windows. The reptiles in the store are incredibly ill-cared for, with cruelly small enclosures, some small enough that it is impossible for them to turn around without scraping their sides. They do not have appropriate UV lighting systems for their reptiles, and the birds very very often pluck their feathers out of stress. Birds are kept in ridiculously small cages, have little to no toys, and are never fed appropriate diets with fruits and vegetables, so they often look very sick, not to mention that many are extremely aggressive. Injured animals are kept untreated and in their small enclosures. I've seen cages splattered with blood once, and the employees did not even notice that there was a severely injured animal until multiple people pointed out they were limping, or that there were burns from hot light bulbs or bleeding injuries. Their alligators are kept in very small tubs, with 3-4 gators per tub. Their free-roam cat is also aggressive and can attack your legs unprovoked if you do not pay attention, same goes for some of the birds that will snap at you if you walk close to their cage (which is often unavoidable when the cage doors are left wide open), such as the macaw at the front of the store, who is aggressive, often has bald patches under its wings, and stress chewed feathers. The employees are rude and unhelpful, and some even vape inside the store very often, which is extremely harmful for all of the animals inside. Please do not give these people your money.

Good people, decent pricing, very FAT feeder rats, the reptiles / birds are in excellent health and they provide extended customer service after purchase if you may have questions. They also will watch your reptibabies while you are away for a low rate. Highly recommend! Pictures of all my guys I bought from here.

Went here to check it out and most of the birds are so stressed out, they are pulling out their feathers, the bigger lizards and gators they have are in too small of tanks for them, the baby emu can't even stand because it's leg is injured already, none of the animals had enough food or water in their cages, and the people there are rude! I would never buy anything from them! Poor animals!