In This Issue
PetQuip Award winners revealed at glitzy event
Lifetime Achievement Award for Bruce Fogle
Crowds flock through the doors on first day of PATS Telford
PATS Telford 2016 New Product Award winners revealed
The joy of PATS...an outsider’s perspective
Exciting ranges from Bucktons and Nature's Feast
Lily’s Kitchen unveils cat range, its biggest launch to date
Pets Choice expansion continues with new appointments
Vitalin launches new Premium Cat Food range
PIF offers free bubbly to pet business who join at PATS
Benyfit Natural showcases Lifestage and Special Diets
Pedigree Wholesale launch SmartBones
Beco goes fishing for compliments
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AmPet to distribute innovative goDog toys in the UK
New recipe added to GA's Grain Free range
Edgard & Cooper announces UK launch
Rising star Cotswold RAW makes PATS debut
AATU unveils wet food products at PATS Telford
WildWash to unveil new range at PATS Telford
Exclusive pet accessories from Italian company Petitamis
alcott retractable leashes are leading the way
Breed-specific dog shampoo launched at PATS
Radical new tortoise home showcased at PATS
URICA joins forces with PetQuip to provide details of new risk-free access to cash service
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Radical new tortoise home showcased at PATS

An East Yorkshire-based pet product company are hoping traditional methods of keeping young tortoises indoors within wooden or glass vivariums will soon be a thing of the past, after unveiling a completely innovative and radical approach in new tortoise housing at PATS Telford.

As one would expect the new tortoise enclosure encompasses many practical and essential features to ensure the wellbeing of its inhabitants, but it’s the incredible aesthetics which really puts this new housing into a league of its own, for it has been ingeniously designed and manufactured to resemble a large mother-tortoise.

Vividarium, the company responsible for its creation, believe the lifelike polyresin animal is sure to be a real crowd pleaser when it’s showcased to thousands of potential customers at the PATS Telford in September.

And it would appear that the reptile industry seem to agree, with the editor of the Practical Reptile Keeping Magazine recently waxing lyrical of its unique features, benefits and exquisite fine details, in a two page review of the product.

The clever and innovative thinking, which the Practical Reptile Magazine review eloquently portrayed, has obviously been at the forefront of the product’s design at every stage, and has enabled the housing to boast several unique features, benefitting both the hobbyist and the inhabitants alike.

  • Features include an in-built hide, formed out of the inside of the head of the enclosure, so baby tortoises can retreat and hide out, reducing stress levels.
  • Internal oval shape, reducing the risk of young tortoises toppling over on to their backs, which they often do when trying to shimmy up right-angled perimeter walls in more traditional rectangular vivariums.
  • Inbuilt cable tidy makes a neat and tidy job of the lighting.
  • Made from lightweight resin which means its waterproof, it won’t rot, it’s easy to manoeuvre and easy to clean and disinfect.

The Vividarium Tortoise Home is the very first product to come off the production line for the fledgling company, but they already have plans in place to introduce a further six similarly striking designs to their portfolio next year. These will include snakes, lizards and amphibians.

With design patents already fully granted in 28 countries worldwide and a 160,000 square foot factory able to handle any amount of orders, Vividarium may start to see the biggest shake-up in the reptile housing industry within the last four decades. 

For more information on the Tortoise Home visit www.vividarium.co.uk

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