Are you serious! Do people ACTUALLY complain about paying FIVE DOLLARS! $5! $5 To come in and have access to loads of educational information and to view/touch/hold some of the most beautiful and largest snakes in the world. $5 is too much?! Do they think that's cheap work....? I would pay 10-15 to get in there for a day and have access to all of that education and face to face action with such beautiful snakes. People are ridiculous. congratulations on your nice new clutch!
I've never personally been there but I've read reviews online about them and I know $5 isn't a lot but I guess the whole place it a crap show so I kind of understand why people would be upset with having to pay.. some people liked it and others absolutely hated it due to conditions the animals are in and staff...
Jay, ive taken my kids a few times now both them and I love the place, id be there more if i lived closer! Im more curious what happened, that your place was closed? I work in Development and entitle new commercial projects in OC i am very familiar with cities and coded related items. I would love to help if you need it, I liked and shared all your vids!
I'm sure you missed one. 28 eggs I think. I can't help with your dilemma but I really hope you guys get something sorted what works for you and the animals. Good luck guys!
PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU! ! Prehistoric Pets has given us all amazing animals that you couldn't even draw up! I think people see the price of your snakes and think money is not an option or problem when we all know how breeding any animal it's hard to make a living at more less a profit. Every business out there should be giving back to these guys for what they have given us. Obviously you're basic GoFundMe would be a start, but me personally I've been looking to get a retic for about a year-and-a-half now obviously doing my homework and I now know it's coming from Prehistoric Pets!
A. Why not go into crowd funding? B. You could let people ‘adopt’ snakes and other reptiles. They could pay so much per month and for that they could have, say, a photo; history of the particular animal; free visit on the birthday (human and/or animal); 2or 3 monthly updates on how they are etc. C. You could perhaps write educational books on (1) how to look after certain reptiles for the beginner (2) for the more advanced keeper (3) breeding (4)individual breeds(5) story/history of the shop (6) autobiography. D. Monthly subscriptions where the money could be used to keep the very educational zoo going. I hope you won’t think that all my ideas are rubbish. Good luck!
Moving all the animals and adjusting them and people who visit them to a new location could be quite an ordeal and very costly to a point that paying more rent would even be a more economical approach! I would try and negotiate with the landlord to see if a better term would be within possibilities! Thank you very much for the work you do and your videos!
Think positive you will be alright you're my favorite snake razor and I believe in you and I believe you will be well keep up the good work and don't worry God's with you bye bye
I want you to keep living your dream. I hope that doesn't end for you. I am a fifty four year old woman and I love to watch your snake videos. I am scared to death of them and don't want to own one, but I do find them fascinating from afar. Is a turtle a reptile? That is about the only thing I could see me buying to help out. (It's not really helping out because you give back all of the time with your informative video's and your nice personality.) Maybe open a patreon account and have your fans give as they can. I know you said the economy is better than it was in California but it still sucks BIG time so have you considered moving to another state where the cost of living is so much cheaper and that way your rent would be cheaper. I know you would probably want to be by family, but it is a thought. Pretty soon there will be a charge to use a public bathroom in California....might as well as they charge for everything and tax everything to death. Anyway peace and best wishes.
Just started watching your videos and I must say I'm really impressed with how much work you put into educating others. This is a great channel and I hope you guys are able to work things out. As for an idea- I know this might sound strange but the game streaming video platform Twitch is a good place to do live videos where people can donate through PayPal while watching. I know people also do art streams on there so I don't think their rules are too strict? Might be worth looking into it if you're willing to do live streams. :)
Seriously though, people are complaining for paying $5???? That is so frustrating! I can't believe it! I thought it would be like $ 15 to get in !!!!!!!
I love your RUclips videos. I have learned that God often shows us the answer at the last possible minute. So my prayer for you is for patience and wisdom. He has gone before you go prepare the way. Now it is up to you to listen when the answer is revealed.
Jay I had hoped after watching countless hours of your awesome videos and coming to admire and respect all that you and Tim do for those who can only dream of living the dream! I would be able to reach out to you personally and tell you being a long time fan I would have loved to at this point in time become a customer too. Well while you were on vacation which I didn't know you were, I sent an email to YOU personally to tell you after owning several other snakes as pets I was finally after 30 years of dreaming being able to get my 1st retic I was ready to make that purchase and in that email I stated I decided that the 1st retic I purchased would only be from you and Prehistoric Pets. Well like I said didn't know you were on vacation and as it turns out JT became the person to contact me back about my inquiry to purchase my chosen baby retic. That's where things went south in a hurry!!!!!!!! And I thought maybe I was the one acting like the problem, EVEN THOUGH!!!! the customer I thought usually deserved the benefit of the doubt barring any personal attack's to staff or employees. Instead, I was the one that came under personal attack and called a trouble maker by JT! Well like I said, I thought could it have been me? But even though I knew I wasn't the problem I went to research and read some reviews from recent customers and at that time found I was not in short company of concern and disbelief of what was at one time a happier memory of years past and the experience people had and were able to count on at one time have been dashed and disappointed. I have all the emails that went back in forth between JT and I and he let it be known he thought ya'll were better off without me as a potential client and suggested I moved on!!!!! But then I thought since you are the OWNER maybe you should have the opportunity to decide that!!!!! Sorry to hear about your dalima but maybe a more personal touch or even the benefit of doubt before an employee decides who may be a potential customer or trouble maker? The picture he texted me was not the animal posted on morph market and I had concerns is all . I just wished I could have gotten a Prehistoric retic because in my mind all those video's would have meant a lot more to me..... Good luck.... I truely mean no ill will, I just hope you take the time to review those emails that really were meant for you, but instead JT took that aspect of your sales dept. and made his own up his own mind and turned me away. PS He may know snakes but if he cares about the rest that goes with it the difference could mean success when it count's.... jmho.
@prehistoricpetstv I'm really SORRY to hear what's going on. My suggestion is if you explain that to everyone that visit as well as to the party's you do...I know they will more than understand you charging a fee. But whatever you decide I'll will be supporting on youtube and IG. "Keep living the dream"
Not sure if you resolved the issue, but you could try patreon, or a raffle. You could also try to switch states. Would a short term loan work? I’ll pray for you, I don’t watch this closely but you’re snakes are so cute!!! I love the babies you guys hatch. I still have no clue to everything, but I don’t need to understand everything you guys do. After all, anyone can see you’re doing a great thing and working with amazingly beautiful and cute animals!
Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith, right Jay? Making a move isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes you get stuck thinking where you are is where you have to be, but we get these nudges in life don't we. The wind blows, and suddenly, the storm is over and the sun ☀️ is shining brighter than ever.
You're going to think I'm nuts, but if you are considering moving I urge you to look at the Mississippi gulf coast. Tourism has boomed down here but it's still inexpensive to live here. There are a few other wildlife/informational groups such as yourself here, but none who work with snakes. I think you'd find the area very receptive. If you've never been here, or haven't visited in a while I think you'd be surprised to see what we have to offer.
Keep your chin up. If I lived close to you me and my kids would be there all the time. $5 is nothing, to go to the aquarium here in Utah it $18 for kids $22 for adults.
Holy moly 10k a month , I know it’s not much to some , but holy moly for a snake breeder and feeding all those mouths .. keep on keeping on .... always and congratulations on today rather then yesterday
I think you Guys should move up here by me Gurnee IL. There is nothing up here that's dedicated to reptiles, Key lime cove Just close down we heard that they might do something pirate Theme. There is a lot of open land here And you would be surrounded by Great America, Gurnee Mills, And coming soon this pirate place.
I second this & add in that I would subscribe to a Patreon ongoing, & pitch in for a Kickstarter to cover project costs for the timing, etc. go big for the dream, do all the things!
I second this, i have only been a viewer for a few weeks, but I love your videos and what you are doing to educate the community. Im from new zealand, and if people were educated with the local wildlife, they would realise that they meen no harm, if you stepped back to understand them a little more. Much respect Jay, hope all is well for the future.
Hey Jay. I am not sure what to suggest to help out. I'd love to purchase a snake from you some day. I follow on all social media and love your content.
I didn’t realize you were here in California? Why did I think you guys were in Florida? I live in NorCal so it’s like 6 hours, but I am planning a trip!
I’ll pray but no matter what God has this. Truthfully I live near Syracuse NY and would love to go to California just to see your zoo. If you want to expand to Central NY I’d work for you.
Will be praying for you guys, you do a great job and so much educational stuff. Have faith and keep living the dream. Wish I lived in the USA to help you with fundraising but sending love from South Africa. How about a gofundme campaign?
Move to a smaller city get a bigger building and keep expanding people come from all around the world to see you guys I'm sure moving to an area with a smaller population wouldn't hurt you guys don't down size if you down size then all the people who doubted you won just keep doing what you're doing
prehistoricpetstv The bookstore left for the same reason and I think the archery guy, too. It sucks! I really hope the landlord realizes they're about to have an empty shopping center and might want to rethink this! And if they don't...well, sucks for them. We'll follow your store wherever you go! We love Prehistoric. :)
Serious question here. Retics and Lg. pythons can have to 30 + eggs.... even if you get only 15 eggs, I'm sure you make hundreds of Large snakes each year. How many of them do you actually sell?! I can't believe that the market for such large pythons and retics is nearly as massive as it is for ball pythons. Whom do you sell them to?! I love my ball python, might get another one. And as much as I love watching you handle the Lg. snakes, I don't think that I would ever get one. Thanks for answering my questions.
you guys should make a snapchat account and post daily pictures and videos like you do on instagram. it's really popular and would help you gain more exposure and followers. snapchat is big right now and i'm positive you'd reach new people and you already know how much that helps business. hope everything works out in your favor.
That's sad.. I wish you were local so I could put my event planning/personal assistant skills to use for you all.. unfortunately it's too far for me to help in person and my financial situation doesn't allow me to offer funds but I would love to help.. I will share this on my social platforms
im sorry that thats happening because you have alot of animals i hope some will sponsor or pay to become a patron of the zoo or do a fund raiser if i had money i would help and i live in uk all those big youtubers who come to hold snakes reptiles etc could do some sort of promo for you
How difficult would it be to book large events like state fairs or maybe events at zoos? I remember as a kid going to a state fair that had a whole shark tank that they would scuba in, feed the sharks, and just a lot of educational presentation. They sold all kinds of t-shirts and other cool things. If they had done it after shark week came about, I'm sure it would've been quite popular. Maybe start some type of snake week up - you could create attention for it with some type of viral video for marketing if you do your homework on producing it. There has been historical success with that tactic with viral videos that came out before movies, and were produced for that purpose. Jimmy Kimmel produced the one of the twerking girl who caught on fire for example. At any rate, I hope something comes together for you guys in a big way.
I had a similar rent increase sudden spike and they never did explain why. Luckily even after a little more stress with the company I was working for messing with peoples benefits, I was able to buy a place in a very short time, cheaper than my rent and a whole lot bigger so my scaly daughter at the time was able to have her own big room.
I would buy my own building sell a few breeders .Make the money to get your building . Sell half the collection to get the building .You will be able to rebuild the collection easy . I did that to get my own place .less worries. Not having to worry about the owner increases rent
prehistoricpetstv please let me know if you need Kickstarter suggestions, the husband and I have backed a lot and my husband has delt with it at a previous job.
stay positive guys! do you guys have alot of snakes for sale that arent selling? maybe team up with Brian Barczyk? he sells alot of stuff on his website and he doesnt breed or sell Retics so maybe you could work out a deal to have him sell on his website and throw him a percentage? maybe try and get a sponsorship? u guys will figure it out!
I see that this is 2017. But have you thought about doing what some zoo;s do? They have people sponsor a specific animal by giving monthly donations to help care / feed for that specific animal. Email them pictures of their sponsored animal and send them a sponsor certificate.
Would you be opposed to moving out of California? For example, from my knowledge South Carolina (even though it’s far) doesn’t have many if any restrictions on the reptiles you keep and the cost of living and running a business is cheep compared to California
They have government grants for solar panels attached to the eletric grid. You can cut down thousands of dollars on the electric bill. Hope that can help.
prehistoricpetstv charge people 5 bucks to take pictures of the big retics or any other reptile it's worth it why else do people come to prehistoric pet,,,,,to learn and see the reptiles tell them the problem and hope they understand and donate or pay a small fee for what you teach and do to help save prehistoric pets,,,god bless you buddy
"Go fund me" works great. Try that. Im not a snake person, but i really enjoy watching your videos and would hate to see you go. Good luck and keep up the great work you do. Also i hope you stay on Utube as i dont do instagram.
And again no response? RodsDiesel Rodriguez 1 week ago (edited) Jay I had hoped after watching countless hours of your awesome videos and coming to admire and respect all that you and Tim do for those who can only dream of living the dream! I would be able to reach out to you personally and tell you being a long time fan I would have loved to at this point in time become a customer too. Well while you were on vacation which I didn't know you were, I sent an email to YOU personally to tell you after owning several other snakes as pets I was finally after 30 years of dreaming being able to get my 1st retic I was ready to make that purchase and in that email I stated I decided that the 1st retic I purchased would only be from you and Prehistoric Pets. Well like I said didn't know you were on vacation and as it turns out JT became the person to contact me back about my inquiry to purchase my chosen baby retic. That's where things went south in a hurry!!!!!!!! And I thought maybe I was the one acting like the problem, EVEN THOUGH!!!! the customer I thought usually deserved the benefit of the doubt barring any personal attack's to staff or employees. Instead, I was the one that came under personal attack and called a trouble maker by JT! Well like I said, I thought could it have been me? But even though I knew I wasn't the problem I went to research and read some reviews from recent customers and at that time found I was not in short company of concern and disbelief of what was at one time a happier memory of years past and the experience people had and were able to count on at one time have been dashed and disappointed. I have all the emails that went back in forth between JT and I and he let it be known he thought ya'll were better off without me as a potential client and suggested I moved on!!!!! But then I thought since you are the OWNER maybe you should have the opportunity to decide that!!!!! Sorry to hear about your dalima but maybe a more personal touch or even the benefit of doubt before an employee decides who may be a potential customer or trouble maker? The picture he texted me was not the animal posted on morph market and I had concerns is all . I just wished I could have gotten a Prehistoric retic because in my mind all those video's would have meant a lot more to me..... Good luck.... I truely mean no ill will, I just hope you take the time to review those emails that really were meant for you, but instead JT took that aspect of your sales dept. and made his own up his own mind and turned me away. PS He may know snakes but if he cares about the rest that goes with it the difference could mean success when it count's.... jmho.
I’ve been coming for years, before the reptile zoo AND prehistoric pets used to always be very well taken care of, maintenance was on point. As of now I come in once a week for feeders and it’s almost as if they never clean the tanks, the employees look like they dread their job and don’t have a passion for it. It’s just nothing like how it used to be. I suggest reanalyzing what you have NOW before expanding. I love furthering my knowledge in snakes myself, but wouldn’t pay $5 to see a zoo that doesn’t look 100% taken care of. Just some pointers. Love the zoo, but change is NEEDED.
Bring snakes to the Washington reptile expo their selections aren’t that impressive but I think you’ll rock it there, I really want a snake from you guys maybe Dwayne Howard wants some more tigers or albinos
Jay you could set up a justgiving page, there are so many of us that follow you, we could put in to help you so you dont have to move or lose any of your beautiful animals, its just a though. I would a prehistoric pets t-shirt or cap please pretty please #livingthedream
You guys are great! I hope everything works out good, I would be willing to donate some time if you guys need to move, I'm a certified electrician and would love to help in anyway possible !!!
Wishing you guys the best! TWO OF THE GREATEST GUYS PLAYING ART AND DESIGN WITH THE MOST MAJESTIC CREATURES EARTH!
That’s really sad.....stay positive....you guys are awesome and I wish you the best♥️♥️🐍💖💖
Are you serious! Do people ACTUALLY complain about paying FIVE DOLLARS! $5! $5 To come in and have access to loads of educational information and to view/touch/hold some of the most beautiful and largest snakes in the world. $5 is too much?! Do they think that's cheap work....? I would pay 10-15 to get in there for a day and have access to all of that education and face to face action with such beautiful snakes. People are ridiculous.
congratulations on your nice new clutch!
Taevian Montgomery. B Agreed!
I thought they would charge 25 and up I would still pay that lol
Alex Rodriguez lol right! I mean that place seems fantastic!
I've never personally been there but I've read reviews online about them and I know $5 isn't a lot but I guess the whole place it a crap show so I kind of understand why people would be upset with having to pay.. some people liked it and others absolutely hated it due to conditions the animals are in and staff...
Sending in my second payment for my retic!! more than happy to help the cause!
Man that sucks,I hope you get everything sorted you do so much good work you don't deserve it,god bless
Praying and spreading the word for help... # Livingthedream !!!
There's 28 lol, good luck. Keeping fingers crossed 4 u
Ok where can we send donations
Jay, ive taken my kids a few times now both them and I love the place, id be there more if i lived closer! Im more curious what happened, that your place was closed? I work in Development and entitle new commercial projects in OC i am very familiar with cities and coded related items. I would love to help if you need it, I liked and shared all your vids!
I'm sure you missed one. 28 eggs I think. I can't help with your dilemma but I really hope you guys get something sorted what works for you and the animals. Good luck guys!
Urban Constrictors ha ha I spotted that too. Lol
Go big man! You guys can do it.
PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU! ! Prehistoric Pets has given us all amazing animals that you couldn't even draw up! I think people see the price of your snakes and think money is not an option or problem when we all know how breeding any animal it's hard to make a living at more less a profit. Every business out there should be giving back to these guys for what they have given us. Obviously you're basic GoFundMe would be a start, but me personally I've been looking to get a retic for about a year-and-a-half now obviously doing my homework and I now know it's coming from Prehistoric Pets!
A. Why not go into crowd funding?
B. You could let people ‘adopt’ snakes and other reptiles. They could pay so much per month and for that they could have, say, a photo; history of the particular animal; free visit on the birthday (human and/or animal); 2or 3 monthly updates on how they are etc. C. You could perhaps write educational books on (1) how to look after certain reptiles for the beginner (2) for the more advanced keeper (3) breeding (4)individual breeds(5) story/history of the shop (6) autobiography.
D. Monthly subscriptions where the money could be used to keep the very educational zoo going.
I hope you won’t think that all my ideas are rubbish. Good luck!
praying for you and all you do.
Moving all the animals and adjusting them and people who visit them to a new location could be quite an ordeal and very costly to a point that paying more rent would even be a more economical approach! I would try and negotiate with the landlord to see if a better term would be within possibilities! Thank you very much for the work you do and your videos!
Praying it all works out for you!
Guys don’t give up that Zoo must go on, like the others say if you start a fund I’m sending cash! Every state needs a reptile zoo like this!!
Can't believe people complain about paying $5 to visit you guys. You are worth so more.
Good luck guys hope it all works out
Have you thought about Patreon? Maybe GoFundMe? I know all of us loyal fans who would love to see you keep going!
You could have a fundraiser night, or two.
Think positive you will be alright you're my favorite snake razor and I believe in you and I believe you will be well keep up the good work and don't worry God's with you bye bye
I want you to keep living your dream. I hope that doesn't end for you. I am a fifty four year old woman and I love to watch your snake videos. I am scared to death of them and don't want to own one, but I do find them fascinating from afar. Is a turtle a reptile? That is about the only thing I could see me buying to help out. (It's not really helping out because you give back all of the time with your informative video's and your nice personality.) Maybe open a patreon account and have your fans give as they can. I know you said the economy is better than it was in California but it still sucks BIG time so have you considered moving to another state where the cost of living is so much cheaper and that way your rent would be cheaper. I know you would probably want to be by family, but it is a thought. Pretty soon there will be a charge to use a public bathroom in California....might as well as they charge for everything and tax everything to death. Anyway peace and best wishes.
Just started watching your videos and I must say I'm really impressed with how much work you put into educating others. This is a great channel and I hope you guys are able to work things out. As for an idea- I know this might sound strange but the game streaming video platform Twitch is a good place to do live videos where people can donate through PayPal while watching. I know people also do art streams on there so I don't think their rules are too strict? Might be worth looking into it if you're willing to do live streams. :)
Hope u come 2 Littleton CO u guys r great
Seriously though, people are complaining for paying $5???? That is so frustrating! I can't believe it! I thought it would be like $ 15 to get in !!!!!!!
I love retics!
Saludos desde Paraguay!
Beautiful snake 👍👍
HUGS TO YOU ALL ....XOXO 💚
I HOPE THINGS HAVE WORKED OUT THUS FAR, NOW THAT WE ARE IN MAY 2018 ... MEMORIAL WEEKEND ❗
LISA 🌼
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I love your RUclips videos. I have learned that God often shows us the answer at the last possible minute. So my prayer for you is for patience and wisdom. He has gone before you go prepare the way. Now it is up to you to listen when the answer is revealed.
Jay I had hoped after watching countless hours of your awesome videos and coming to admire and respect all that you and Tim do for those who can only dream of living the dream! I would be able to reach out to you personally and tell you being a long time fan I would have loved to at this point in time become a customer too. Well while you were on vacation which I didn't know you were, I sent an email to YOU personally to tell you after owning several other snakes as pets I was finally after 30 years of dreaming being able to get my 1st retic I was ready to make that purchase and in that email I stated I decided that the 1st retic I purchased would only be from you and Prehistoric Pets. Well like I said didn't know you were on vacation and as it turns out JT became the person to contact me back about my inquiry to purchase my chosen baby retic. That's where things went south in a hurry!!!!!!!! And I thought maybe I was the one acting like the problem, EVEN THOUGH!!!! the customer I thought usually deserved the benefit of the doubt barring any personal attack's to staff or employees. Instead, I was the one that came under personal attack and called a trouble maker by JT! Well like I said, I thought could it have been me? But even though I knew I wasn't the problem I went to research and read some reviews from recent customers and at that time found I was not in short company of concern and disbelief of what was at one time a happier memory of years past and the experience people had and were able to count on at one time have been dashed and disappointed. I have all the emails that went back in forth between JT and I and he let it be known he thought ya'll were better off without me as a potential client and suggested I moved on!!!!! But then I thought since you are the OWNER maybe you should have the opportunity to decide that!!!!! Sorry to hear about your dalima but maybe a more personal touch or even the benefit of doubt before an employee decides who may be a potential customer or trouble maker? The picture he texted me was not the animal posted on morph market and I had concerns is all . I just wished I could have gotten a Prehistoric retic because in my mind all those video's would have meant a lot more to me..... Good luck.... I truely mean no ill will, I just hope you take the time to review those emails that really were meant for you, but instead JT took that aspect of your sales dept. and made his own up his own mind and turned me away. PS He may know snakes but if he cares about the rest that goes with it the difference could mean success when it count's.... jmho.
I wish you well from Australia
I really don't want you guys to move! And if you do...NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going there next Friday so if you guys close down i'm gonna be SO MAD!
@prehistoricpetstv I'm really SORRY to hear what's going on. My suggestion is if you explain that to everyone that visit as well as to the party's you do...I know they will more than understand you charging a fee. But whatever you decide I'll will be supporting on youtube and IG. "Keep living the dream"
Y not start a patreon account
Was going to be my suggestions
Not sure if you resolved the issue, but you could try patreon, or a raffle. You could also try to switch states. Would a short term loan work? I’ll pray for you, I don’t watch this closely but you’re snakes are so cute!!! I love the babies you guys hatch. I still have no clue to everything, but I don’t need to understand everything you guys do. After all, anyone can see you’re doing a great thing and working with amazingly beautiful and cute animals!
Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith, right Jay? Making a move isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes you get stuck thinking where you are is where you have to be, but we get these nudges in life don't we. The wind blows, and suddenly, the storm is over and the sun ☀️ is shining brighter than ever.
You're going to think I'm nuts, but if you are considering moving I urge you to look at the Mississippi gulf coast. Tourism has boomed down here but it's still inexpensive to live here. There are a few other wildlife/informational groups such as yourself here, but none who work with snakes. I think you'd find the area very receptive. If you've never been here, or haven't visited in a while I think you'd be surprised to see what we have to offer.
Thank you fery much
Please come to Atlanta ga
Should open one in Orlando, fl. Would live to come and help out
Keep your chin up. If I lived close to you me and my kids would be there all the time. $5 is nothing, to go to the aquarium here in Utah it $18 for kids $22 for adults.
Have you talked with Bryan from BHB about partnering up? He wants a reptile zoo and has animals in Cali for education.
I wish they had one in tucson az
Tim is so great
Holy moly 10k a month , I know it’s not much to some , but holy moly for a snake breeder and feeding all those mouths .. keep on keeping on .... always and congratulations on today rather then yesterday
You need to start a patreon account! It helped other RUclipsrs in the past too!
Just keep going, buddy. Everything will turn out alright. :)
I think you Guys should move up here by me Gurnee IL. There is nothing up here that's dedicated to reptiles, Key lime cove Just close down we heard that they might do something pirate Theme. There is a lot of open land here And you would be surrounded by Great America, Gurnee Mills, And coming soon this pirate place.
Come to Houston, Texas
Start a gofundme page I'll donate $100 to start things off
I second this & add in that I would subscribe to a Patreon ongoing, & pitch in for a Kickstarter to cover project costs for the timing, etc. go big for the dream, do all the things!
I second this, i have only been a viewer for a few weeks, but I love your videos and what you are doing to educate the community. Im from new zealand, and if people were educated with the local wildlife, they would realise that they meen no harm, if you stepped back to understand them a little more. Much respect Jay, hope all is well for the future.
snakes
Move down to San Diego, so many tourists come here I'm sure it'd be a huge hit
And I'd go as often as possible 💗💗
Also I hope your videos are monetized so you can make money off your uploads
prehistoricpetstv awesome! Will do, I love Prehistoric Pets❤💛
If you set up a go fund me donation site I’d happily contribute. Good luck for the future gents
Good luck with the landlord
Hey Jay. I am not sure what to suggest to help out. I'd love to purchase a snake from you some day. I follow on all social media and love your content.
I didn’t realize you were here in California? Why did I think you guys were in Florida? I live in NorCal so it’s like 6 hours, but I am planning a trip!
I’ll pray but no matter what God has this. Truthfully I live near Syracuse NY and would love to go to California just to see your zoo. If you want to expand to Central NY I’d work for you.
Feed landlord to the snakes. Patrons
Cool 👍
You need to get some tables at flea markets conventions and the sort. Just an idea. Good luck.
Are you still open or did you guy s have to shut down?
Come to the Inland Empire!! Also try turning ads on also
Have a fundraiser #keepthezoogoing
Will be praying for you guys, you do a great job and so much educational stuff. Have faith and keep living the dream. Wish I lived in the USA to help you with fundraising but sending love from South Africa. How about a gofundme campaign?
Move to a smaller city get a bigger building and keep expanding people come from all around the world to see you guys I'm sure moving to an area with a smaller population wouldn't hurt you guys don't down size if you down size then all the people who doubted you won just keep doing what you're doing
Set up a Google ad sense account and make the videos 10 minutes or more. I wouldn't mind an ad in the video.
Nooo! I live next door. I'm there all the time. Its understandable, but I'll definitely be bummed if you have to leave :(
prehistoricpetstv The bookstore left for the same reason and I think the archery guy, too. It sucks! I really hope the landlord realizes they're about to have an empty shopping center and might want to rethink this! And if they don't...well, sucks for them. We'll follow your store wherever you go! We love Prehistoric. :)
Serious question here. Retics and Lg. pythons can have to 30 + eggs.... even if you get only 15 eggs, I'm sure you make hundreds of Large snakes each year. How many of them do you actually sell?! I can't believe that the market for such large pythons and retics is nearly as massive as it is for ball pythons. Whom do you sell them to?! I love my ball python, might get another one. And as much as I love watching you handle the Lg. snakes, I don't think that I would ever get one. Thanks for answering my questions.
I would love to have you in New York the country side
I wish I had a snake
you guys should make a snapchat account and post daily pictures and videos like you do on instagram. it's really popular and would help you gain more exposure and followers. snapchat is big right now and i'm positive you'd reach new people and you already know how much that helps business. hope everything works out in your favor.
That's sad.. I wish you were local so I could put my event planning/personal assistant skills to use for you all.. unfortunately it's too far for me to help in person and my financial situation doesn't allow me to offer funds but I would love to help.. I will share this on my social platforms
im sorry that thats happening because you have alot of animals i hope some will sponsor or pay to become a patron of the zoo or do a fund raiser if i had money i would help and i live in uk all those big youtubers who come to hold snakes reptiles etc could do some sort of promo for you
Go big
How difficult would it be to book large events like state fairs or maybe events at zoos? I remember as a kid going to a state fair that had a whole shark tank that they would scuba in, feed the sharks, and just a lot of educational presentation. They sold all kinds of t-shirts and other cool things. If they had done it after shark week came about, I'm sure it would've been quite popular. Maybe start some type of snake week up - you could create attention for it with some type of viral video for marketing if you do your homework on producing it. There has been historical success with that tactic with viral videos that came out before movies, and were produced for that purpose. Jimmy Kimmel produced the one of the twerking girl who caught on fire for example. At any rate, I hope something comes together for you guys in a big way.
I had a similar rent increase sudden spike and they never did explain why. Luckily even after a little more stress with the company I was working for messing with peoples benefits, I was able to buy a place in a very short time, cheaper than my rent and a whole lot bigger so my scaly daughter at the time was able to have her own big room.
I would buy my own building sell a few breeders .Make the money to get your building . Sell half the collection to get the building .You will be able to rebuild the collection easy . I did that to get my own place .less worries. Not having to worry about the owner increases rent
you could put a reptile zoo in Tennessee
What about a Kickstarter? Those who back can pledge for different level of gear, admission, etc.
prehistoricpetstv please let me know if you need Kickstarter suggestions, the husband and I have backed a lot and my husband has delt with it at a previous job.
stay positive guys!
do you guys have alot of snakes for sale that arent selling? maybe team up with Brian Barczyk? he sells alot of stuff on his website and he doesnt breed or sell Retics so maybe you could work out a deal to have him sell on his website and throw him a percentage? maybe try and get a sponsorship? u guys will figure it out!
I see that this is 2017. But have you thought about doing what some zoo;s do? They have people sponsor a specific animal by giving monthly donations to help care / feed for that specific animal. Email them pictures of their sponsored animal and send them a sponsor certificate.
Would you be opposed to moving out of California? For example, from my knowledge South Carolina (even though it’s far) doesn’t have many if any restrictions on the reptiles you keep and the cost of living and running a business is cheep compared to California
They have government grants for solar panels attached to the eletric grid. You can cut down thousands of dollars on the electric bill. Hope that can help.
Start a Patreon, I'll be there !
Kidnapped the landlord that take care of the problem.... El chapo his ass
prehistoricpetstv charge people 5 bucks to take pictures of the big retics or any other reptile it's worth it why else do people come to prehistoric pet,,,,,to learn and see the reptiles tell them the problem and hope they understand and donate or pay a small fee for what you teach and do to help save prehistoric pets,,,god bless you buddy
Im so early?!! How am I awake 😂
Kimberlee Mahlman it's to to be up 😂😜
"Go fund me" works great. Try that. Im not a snake person, but i really enjoy watching your videos and would hate to see you go. Good luck and keep up the great work you do. Also i hope you stay on Utube as i dont do instagram.
And again no response? RodsDiesel Rodriguez
1 week ago (edited)
Jay I had hoped after watching countless hours of your awesome videos and coming to admire and respect all that you and Tim do for those who can only dream of living the dream! I would be able to reach out to you personally and tell you being a long time fan I would have loved to at this point in time become a customer too. Well while you were on vacation which I didn't know you were, I sent an email to YOU personally to tell you after owning several other snakes as pets I was finally after 30 years of dreaming being able to get my 1st retic I was ready to make that purchase and in that email I stated I decided that the 1st retic I purchased would only be from you and Prehistoric Pets. Well like I said didn't know you were on vacation and as it turns out JT became the person to contact me back about my inquiry to purchase my chosen baby retic. That's where things went south in a hurry!!!!!!!! And I thought maybe I was the one acting like the problem, EVEN THOUGH!!!! the customer I thought usually deserved the benefit of the doubt barring any personal attack's to staff or employees. Instead, I was the one that came under personal attack and called a trouble maker by JT! Well like I said, I thought could it have been me? But even though I knew I wasn't the problem I went to research and read some reviews from recent customers and at that time found I was not in short company of concern and disbelief of what was at one time a happier memory of years past and the experience people had and were able to count on at one time have been dashed and disappointed. I have all the emails that went back in forth between JT and I and he let it be known he thought ya'll were better off without me as a potential client and suggested I moved on!!!!! But then I thought since you are the OWNER maybe you should have the opportunity to decide that!!!!! Sorry to hear about your dalima but maybe a more personal touch or even the benefit of doubt before an employee decides who may be a potential customer or trouble maker? The picture he texted me was not the animal posted on morph market and I had concerns is all . I just wished I could have gotten a Prehistoric retic because in my mind all those video's would have meant a lot more to me..... Good luck.... I truely mean no ill will, I just hope you take the time to review those emails that really were meant for you, but instead JT took that aspect of your sales dept. and made his own up his own mind and turned me away. PS He may know snakes but if he cares about the rest that goes with it the difference could mean success when it count's.... jmho.
Do a patreon account so people who love you videos can give you money. With RUclips demonetizing these days it can really help
Where can u get a baby python at i want one
If you move I hope its closer to me. Be praying for y'all
Start a go fund me.... ask the faze crew to give you a shout out for some help as they have a big audience.
I’ve been coming for years, before the reptile zoo AND prehistoric pets used to always be very well taken care of, maintenance was on point. As of now I come in once a week for feeders and it’s almost as if they never clean the tanks, the employees look like they dread their job and don’t have a passion for it. It’s just nothing like how it used to be. I suggest reanalyzing what you have NOW before expanding. I love furthering my knowledge in snakes myself, but wouldn’t pay $5 to see a zoo that doesn’t look 100% taken care of. Just some pointers. Love the zoo, but change is NEEDED.
Sorry jay,I have no advice.Butbi wish you and the gang the best of luck
Bring snakes to the Washington reptile expo their selections aren’t that impressive but I think you’ll rock it there, I really want a snake from you guys maybe Dwayne Howard wants some more tigers or albinos
I really want to come but i live in germany :/
Our zoo is amazing!
Jay you could set up a justgiving page, there are so many of us that follow you, we could put in to help you so you dont have to move or lose any of your beautiful animals, its just a though. I would a prehistoric pets t-shirt or cap please pretty please #livingthedream
You guys are great! I hope everything works out good, I would be willing to donate some time if you guys need to move, I'm a certified electrician and would love to help in anyway possible !!!
no problem! where do i send it?
I'd totally support the cause and buy a snake if I didn't live in New Zealand..... the land of ZERO snakes.....
Move to san diego if you need to move!