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So yeah, I know there's tons about this online, and I feel I've tried most things by now. Sorry for the long post. So he's 7 months old who I received over a month ago. He has not eaten once since I got him. Some details about the enclosure: 18l RUB warm side approx. 32 degrees celsius cool...

Hi guys I’m new to owning reptiles. I bought an adorable baby ackie as my first reptile a week ago and I could really use some tips on “taming” the little guy or at least making him comfortable with my presence. By default he’s already very confident for a baby , he eats the first few crickets...

Hi, I’m currently in the aquarium hobby, and have been for 3 years, but sadly my aquariums are getting too heavy for my furniture (only 30ltrs!) and that means I’m likely gonna have to take them down and rehome my shrimps and snails. So I want to try reptile keeping instead! I’m thinking of...

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...

After getting our baby hognose out today we noticed the scales on his belly looked like this... (we managed to take an under-shot of him whilst he was slithering through my fingers, sorry if it’s not great quality) http://imgur.com/n1LOQ4E They are brown and dry looking scales!! We spot clean...

Hi all! I am new to both forums and snakes so please be nice :) I am looking to buy my first pet snake and have landed on getting a corn snake. I am looking to get a unique looking snake and have been considering several different morphs. My question is will the morph of the snake I get have...

I'm looking to buy my first reptile. I've heard that both blue tongue skinks and Crested geckos are good beginner reptiles and have done a good amount of research on both. Ive chosen these two reptiles as my choices as I've heard that they're both good for beginners and both very easy to handle...

Hi guess I have my male 4 year old corn for over a week now he's slowly getting used to me I just have a few questions. He was given to me tank and all for free, so he came with a tank that has 3 separate mesh roofs that you can open two were covered with tinfoil sort of stuff and a mat sitting...

Hi all! I recently became the proud new owner of a beautiful male cornsnake.. he is somewhere between 4-5 years old he had 3 previous owners. I got him Saturday and by Saturday evening fed for me. Left him for the 48 hours and then began to pet him and lift him a little inside his viv. Last...

Hey All, Just need some advice on owning my first turtle. Me and my partner want to get a turtle. We have been looking online at terrarium's and accessories. We have found these and are just wondering if they are a good choice for one eastern mud turtle. Here are the links. Tank - Ciano...

So I'm researching everything about crested geckos and some of my questions have been answered but I'm still unsure on some if anyone could help? 1. If I get a young gecko what tank is good for them? I'm planning on getting a 60x45x90 Exo Terra but thought this might be too big and scary for a...

Hey guys, I have sort of a subjective question but as a new snake person, I'm hoping one of you veterans can give me your two cents. I've been wanting a snake for several years now but haven't seriously considered it until recently. My fiance and I went down to our small local/family owned...

Hi, We have a lovely 2 month old beardie, who we have had almost 3 days, he/she is eating, pooing, and happily comes out to us and sits with us, we have been feeding him locusts and rocket, but I am getting so confused as to what else we can feed him/her. Alot of the sites are in america and so...

Hi! I feel like i should start with a little story about how i got my little gecko pepper and why i'm concerned with the impaction issue. I've wanted a gecko for years, but i was held back from it with the fear of not being able to look after one, or not knowing what i was doing with it. I...

Hello everyone, I am obviously new on here and we are just in the process of getting a crestie. We have had Beardies and Leo's in the past but never cresties so thought we would have a change. We have brought a Exo Terra crestie viv, The top canopy which I have fitted with 2x UVB 100 lamps on a...

Hello! Almost 2 months ago I came into possession of a 5yr Mexican Rosy Boa. My first snake and she is awesome. She came with a 24" vivexotic wooden vivarium, heat mat and thermostat. Since then I have read a million care sheets and been fussing with the viv trying to get the heating just right...

Hey guys I've been saving up for a ball python and I'm currently getting the vivarium ready but I'm a bit confused as to what I should use for heating. I've got an empty 3ft long x 2ft deep x 2ft high tank and i was wondering if I should use heat mats, IR bulbs or ceramic bulbs. If you could...

Hi Everyone, My name is Sarah, I am the proud owner of a 1 year old baby herman owner. I've done a lot of research but I'm hoping you can all tell me whats good and bad about the set up I've got for Marvin so I can be sure I'm giving him the best home! I've only had him a day so any advice...

Hi everyone, I'm new to owning tortoises and I got a baby horsefields yesterday. I've named him Tardis because he is bigger on the inside :lol2: I bought the compressed hay bedding as suggested by he breeder but I was wondering if there is anything else I can use instead? He is only tiny and...