Mike Hopcraft is "The Reptile Guy"
Mike Hopcraft is “The Reptile Guy”

The Reptile Guy finally has his new home in downtown Mission and hopes to have the new location open in early July.

Mike Hopcraft says the final pieces for the move fell into place when the building owner offered to pay for the new HVAC system.

Hopcraft says it’s going to be big enough to house larger animals, have bigger showrooms and medical rooms, and have a separate birthday area.

He also says with the new layout they’ll have more options for self guided visits.

“We’re still going to do our hands on tours obviously, that’s a big part of what we do. But on days where it’s very busy we want to have it more eye-appealing and make it easier for people to read about the animals and learn about the animals without having a tour guide with them. So that way if they are straying away from the group or if the groups are too big they can wander around for themselves for a bit and learn a lot about the animals.”

Hopcraft says he’s had an amazing response from the people in Mission and wants to thank everyone who helped out to make the move happen.