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Hello, Im a recent owner of 2 baby musk turtles. One of them (not sure if male or female) looks like it has swollen arms and legs but I’m not sure if it’s normal. My turtle has started basking in the evenings but that might just be because he/she has just learnt how to. In the mornings it...

Hi guys and girls so I’m looking at getting an Australian water dragon, I’m thinking of building my own viv and going bioactive so I just have two questions really would a 5.25ft long x 3ft high x 2.25ft deep viv be big enough and does anyone know if there any plants to stay clear of I’ve done...

Hi, I have a baby leopard gecko called Smoky, who I got today, but I'm confused of how to get him to drink. I have purchased a food and water bowl for him but he has not showed interest in either. He has been eating the small silent crickets I laid out for him but nothing I put in the bowl and...

Hello! I'm new to the platform I signed up for in hopes I could find some advice. I've had my Corn snake for around 6 years now, originally got her as a baby from an abusive past owner who I used to live with. She had bad care and was eventually lost for around four months when she was just a...

My girlfriend's turtle, a ~3 year-old red eared slider, developed a dark green tint around the edge of his, seemingly overnight. It wraps around around the back of the shell and up his left side, and creeps inward on the shell about 1-1.5 centimeters. The rest of his shell is a light brown...

I want to adopt a leopard gecko, so I've been doing some research. I'm still new to all the care so I want to do more extensive research before I keep one. I'm really against just buying animals on impulse!!! So.. My question Is it safe to keep a leopard gecko under my bed if there's enough...

Hi everyone. I am a new reptile owner who just adquired a fire skink. He was introduced to his terrarium at around 13:20 WET (Currently 21:40) and (as far as I know) has still not touched its water bowl. I get the acclimatisation has been stressful and that i should have left the package he...

Hi guys! For the last 3 days (This started right after shedding), one of my geckos eyes has been clouded over. Initially I assumed it was stuck shed, but his eye is sunken a little and a little milky - which is concerning me. Right now, on the recommendation of some trusted reptile...

Hello!! I currently have 3 cresties, that I've owned for at least 4 years and I've never had an issue but suddenly my youngest female Sorren has seemed to just decline in health and I have no idea whats wrong, I picked her up and she just seemed really limp, wasn't lifting her head or her legs...

Hi, I don't know what the schedule is for food supplementation. I have repticalcium with d3 and without, and I also have herptive multivitamin. I see a lot of people make calendar schedules for the week, but I only see them for adults, I'm getting one that's a few weeks old, I know they have to...

Hi, I am wondering if i should purchase the arcadia Jungle Dawn LED I get these are for plant growth. But are they beneficial to gecko's wellbeing to? Naturally i already have correct temps and UVB in place. They are to be placed on top on Exo terra. Some have plants but some have not. I have...

Hi I have had my beardie for a year now, she only perks up when she gets live food. Ignores apple, kale, cucumbers, carrot, dandelion. She is very friendly, definitely female as laid eggs before I got her. Likes to wander around the living room when the dogs are locked out, likes a bath, sits...

I have posted this on another forum and may post it on another since I am trying to gather a lot of opinions about this situation. I want to preface this by saying that I am not naming the breeders yet, after this is all over depending on the outcome I will ask them if it is okay to name them...

Hi All. Quick intro - I'm Lilly, I'm new to the forum and to reptile care. I am planning to get an adult corn snake from the RSPCA or similar (open to advice on that). I have a few questions I was hoping someone could answer, hope this isn't too repetitive, I have read the forum and couldn't...

Hi, i'm a new reptile owner and on the first of march i got my first ball python. When buying her, i bought with the knowledge that she eats great and never refuses a meal. After the first week of having her she ate fine. After the second week she was a little hesitant but still ate. Every week...

I have a LARGE tropical fish house. It is humid, warm and seems to be the perfect environment for reptiles. I am considering the options of adding a few free roaming reptiles in there. What would your thoughts be please? I would love chameleons. I know that they are territorial but they would...

(TLDR: I have 5 leopard geckos. One died from gout yesterday. How do I prevent this from ever happening again to my other geckos? What am I doing wrong with their care?) It is with great sadness that I write this thread, as one of my beloved leopard geckos Albion passed away yesterday. I had...

Hi all, I'm new to this page so if I've posted this in the wrong place/made a mistake just let me know. /Users/sophieharrower/Desktop/IMG_8298.jpeg /Users/sophieharrower/Desktop/IMG_8293.jpeg I have an approx. 2-2.5 yr old male beardie and during a recent health check, I noticed that his tail...