Our staff member Jose Palafox is going to shave his head and donate the hair to Locks of Love. We are making an eveny out of it. June 16th, 2008 starting at 12 Noon. The idea is to raise awareness for the charity and get other people involved. Everybody with long hair, male/female, blonde/red/black, curly/straight, children/teens/grownups... all are welcome. Hair Donations guidelines found here. The donation form is found here.
Jose has not cut his hair since we've known him. This is a long time. He is graduating high school soon and we've known him since junior high! He is ready for a new look and the fact he can help other folks in need is icing on the cake. This kid has been an important part of our team for a long time now. Almost four years! How many high school kids keep the same job for four years? Come out and support him in his effort.
We invite any and all of you with hair long enough to join us and donate your hair.
CHECK OUT HIS HAIR!
Calling all hairstylists! We need your services. If you would like to donate your skills for this worthy event, we can provide in store and internet cross promotion in exchange. Besides... Jose wants it done right! Otherwise I have to do it!
Amazon will have a discount for all in attendance and special discounts for participants. If you would like to participate in any capacity contact Scott at 909.447.5103.
OK folks, now is the time. Let's have some fun and support this worthy cause.
Wow how does time get away so fast? I keep chasing it but the faster I go the behinder I get. Please accept my apologies for taking so long to make this post.
We recently received shipment of some very nice animals from the middle east. The first ever Uromastyx philbyi or "The Arabian Blue" Dabb Lizard came in. We are the only importers ever to have these!
MORE BLUES!
Not even any in museum pickeld collecitons. Always cool to be the first.
Also in the shipment is some Arabian Sand Boas (Eryx jayakari). These are some outstanding specimens. Well hydrated, feeding well. No ectoparasites. No problems. Just beautiful egg laying boas! Orange eyes on top of the head make these some very interesting animals. The orange eyes seem to make them a different locality than other jayakari in the USA. Get yours now. Clean, beautiful, feeding specimens available. When they shed the tie themselves in an overhand knot to help push the skin down the body! WOW!
ARABIAN SAND BOAS!
Also, there have been some staff changes since my lost post. Tim has moved on to apparently greener pastures. Thus, Crystal Laner has stepped up to manager of our Montclair location. Matthew McDole has been promoted to Manager of the Covina location and Kyle Frost is "vice managing" both stores during Crystal and Matt's days off.
To balance it out we have Jose Palafox (Montclair), Daniel O'Hara (Montclair), Trevor Yehle (Covina), Brad Duarte (Covina), Rory Gresco (Montclair), and Jocelyn McAdams (Both stores)
Everybody is finally out of hibernation mode and ready to go! Our customers are already bringing us loads of eggs! Our incubators are quickly filling up with Bearded Dragons, Leopard Geckos (Check out Kyle's Albinos!), and Corn Snakes! It's going to be a productive year for a lot of folks, and we're in the pleasant position of seeing the smiles on our customers' faces when they meet their new babies!
We have quite a few exciting breeding projects going on here at Amazon as well! The staff in our Montclair store is diligently working on possibly proving out a new genetic mutation in corn snakes.
07 AFRICAN SPURRED TORTOISES
We may also be some of the first to produce captive bred Mexican Lined Pine Snakes, and the idea of these babies has some of our employees giddy with excitement.
Along with our customers bringing us THEIR babies, we get to introduce them to OUR babies. Here is a pic of a long-time customer, Hailee and her new Fantasy Frog! Aren't they adorable? Fantasy Frogs are a new animal we've only carried for the first time this year. They've been a big hit! We've had a hard time keeping them in the store already.
HAILEE AND HER FANTASY FROG
In other news: We have a couple of new faces to add to the list! Daniel has been volunteering with us for the better part of a year and we finally had an opening for him! Now you'll get to see him in our Montclair store on the weekends. Terry is a new addition in general and you can meet him on the weekends in our Covina store.
Saturday November 18th, 2006 is CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY! Thanks to all of you. We will have free lunches for everyone. Nessie our alligator friend will be here to greet the children. Nearly everything in the store discounted. Door prizes... tons of fun! This is our third year in a row with this party. Last two years was a blast this year will not be different. Google Earth users click here!
In case you haven't noticed, we have a new web guy. Yes, I am no longer posting animals and their respective ads! Our new web guy is Matt McDole. Matt is a bright kid and is
SUNGLOW BOAS
getting the system tuned better for more ads of more animals in a shorter time. In the past we'd sell out of something before the pics were taken. This is coming to an end! Matt takes great pix, knows how to work webstuff and actually writes nice ad copy describing the animals well. Here is the copy from the Cobalt Tinc ad he just made "Beautiful captive bred babies, eating well and fat as butter! $39.99 (Normally $50!)". Hehe, fat as butter. I luv it!
Last item for today's shopnews. We now count among our staff eleven herp loving, hard working souls. We are rebuilding our "about us" pages and will let ya know when they go up!
New hours in effect. Montclair MON-FRI 11-7, SAT 10-6, SUN 11-5. Covina MON-SAT 10-6, SUN 11-5. Will update this on website soon as well.
NA WOODIES!
HOLIDAY HOURS: Closed Thanksgiving. Friday December 1st, Staff Appreciation Day, Closed at 5PM. December 24th closed at 2PM, December 25th Closed, December 31 Closed 2PM, January 1, 2007 Closed.
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