Empire State Reptiles Live with Special Guest: Jay Brewer

With a meager $500 inheritance and the guidance of his good friend and mentor “Uncle Louie,” he designed and built a small commercial fishing boat and started his first business. Using his skill, stregnth, and common sense, Jay ran a successful commercial fishing business for almost 10 years.  All of this hard work at such a young age earned Jay the privilege of being featured in National Geographic Magazine.  Jay decided to leave the fishing business for something that would give him more time at home. Jay’s long time passion was keeping and breeding the Indian Python (python molurus molurus) a rare and endangered snake. Once he had successfully bred them his home, Jay decided to start up another business. This time it wasn’t just a survival instinct, it was doing something he loved. The 23-year-old Brewer and his wife bought Pet Country, a small pet store in Fountain Valley, Ca. With the success of the exotic breeding programs and a thriving wholesale/retail business, expansion was inevitable. This time Jay had a vision; To build a store that specializes only in reptiles and amphibians. His vision became a reality in April 1990, when he designed and built the first “Prehistoric Pets” in the city of Chino. With the confidence of having three successful businesses in a row, plans were under way to build the flagship store “Prehistoric Pets, the Fountain Valley Superstore”.  Unlike Pet Country, the new  Fountain Valley store would focus only on reptiles, amphibians and all their needs. Jay decided to completely close  Pet Country to make way for the new 5000 square foot Prehistoric Pets Superstore.