Magical Menageric

There wasn't much room room inside the shop. Every inch of wall was hidden by cages. It was smelly and very noisy because the occupants of these cages were all squeaking, squawking, jabbering, or hissing. A pair of enormous purple toads sat gulping wetly and feasting on dead blowfries. A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window. Poisonous orange snails were ozzing slowly up the side of their glass tank, andd a fat white rabbit kept changing into a silk top hat and back again with a loud popping noise. Then there were cats of every color, a noisy cage of ravents, a basket of funny custard-colored furballs that were humming loudly, and on the counter, a vast cage of sleek black rats that were playing some sort of skipping game using their long, bald tails. As the double-ended newt wizard that was being helped left, you approach the counter.