 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. Skyhide Geckos and Exotics held their ribbon cutting on July 21st. I wanted to be a vet originally and then I also did want to dabble in dealing with a pet store or slash rescue. And that's kind of what this has turned into. It's a pet store. But we also take in a lot of exotic animals that are owner-surrenders. That way the public won't be surrendering on to places like that. Specialized just in dogs and cats like our local rescue. That's what they deal with. It's just cats and dogs. They don't have the equipment and nine times out of ten they may not have the knowledge to properly take care of those animals. So we actually have not ever turned an exotic animal away. It can be guinea pigs, we've taken fish, we've taken birds, we've taken countless lizards. On top of taking in animals that would otherwise be surrendered to shelters not equipped to take care of them, Skyhide also sells products necessary for taking care of exotic pets. Many of the exotic pets sold at the store are bred by Crystal. 90% of the animals that are for sale that are not the owner-surrenders we actually produce ourselves. I've been breeding exotic animals mainly reptiles since 2015. And that's when our business officially started through the state of West Virginia. And so we just recently celebrated our seven-year anniversary. Skyhide also uses some of their animals for educational purposes. We do offer educational presentations and programs for local schools, churches and other community events. We've been to several local schools in our area where we bring a variety of our exotic pets into the classroom to show all the students and the animals in person and to get them a hands-on experience. They do get a pet and interact with the animals. We offer this to the community for free. The only thing we've ever asked is if the people would want to give a cash donation possible. It doesn't matter the amount towards the animals daily care. And that's usually for our owner-srender fund. And that helps us be able to continue taking in unwanted or displaced exotic pets so that they can get homes. Doing the proper research before buying any pet, especially an exotic pet, is extremely important. Skyhide Geckos and Exotics is located in downtown Williamson. For Mountain Top News, I'm Kelsey Dean.