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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...

OK, so last year my snake went through a pushing against the glass really hard phase and he ended up getting a large sore spot on his nose and his face was pushed in slightly from it. He hasn't been glass pushing for a while but started again last week and his nose is already slightly red again...

Hello, I am looking to be a first time owner of a lizard. I have space and time to collect the supplies, vivarium, and then eventually the lizard itself. I am ideally looking to buy a lizard that is handleable, ideally eats veg, and sleeps in the night, but I don't mind feeding live prey. I...

Hello, I am looking to be a first time owner of a lizard. I am 26yr old with space and time to have a small-medium sized lizard and have wanted to care for one for a long time. I have an older brother who cared for reptiles all through my childhood so I have a basic knowledge of what caring for...

hi folks, looking for a little bit of direction. I very suddenly found myself with a bearded dragon, literally in less that 12 hours it went from a sarcastic "do you want a lizard?" to having a full set up in my room. its not a rescue, the chaps circumstances suddenly changed and it needed a new...

Ok so I left my pre killed mouse in my balls tub and left him with it like I normally do, he’s now actually eating his paper towel bedding will he be alright

Can anyone help me. We are looking after the above temporarily until we can find a new home. The frog has began to develop 'bubbles' in his skin. I am really worried. I am reluctant to pay alot of money to have him looked at by a vet as we are so close to xmas and all spent out. Can anyone offer...

I bought a 40w red light for my 10 gallon tank, but that never reached 80-85 degrees (which is what my corn snake should have), so then I bought a light with a dimmer and a 60w ceramic bulb and that made the tank even colder. Now I have both lamps going, but they still aren't heating the tank up...

I have recently decided I wanted to start breeding lizards but am having trouble deciding between bearded dragons or leopard geckos. I do plan on selling the babies but profit is not a priority, however I do wish to at least stay in or around the green and not go too far into the red. That being...