For a short time after leaving education I worked at a zoo, but it quickly became apparent that this
was not a career for me and I started a business importing reptiles for the pet trade. I rapidly
developed this into a business supplying not only livestock but also equipment, food and sundries
required to keep the animals alive. At the time the concept of equipment specially tailored to
keeping reptiles was something of a novel idea and most products were designed for other
purposes, such as using aquarium lighting for vivaria.