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It’s the time of year to find baby ball pythons for sale
Every summer the ball python season opens on April 14th with the first shipment of baby ball pythons arriving from Africa and this year is no exception. Almost like clockwork the shipments from Ghana, Togo and Benin start to first trickle in and then the flood gates open up with thousands of babies being imported [ ]
Finding Pet Tarantulas for Sale from the Brachypelma Genus
Tarantulas sometimes get a bad reputation due to their use in films as horror icons. Brachypelma smithi in particular is very often portrayed as a deadly, man-eating creature, even though this species is quite the opposite. They are one of the best pet tarantulas you could start off with as their temperament and care requirements [ ]
Researching baby Tegu lizards for sale
As the summer approaches and baby reptiles become more increasingly available it is a good time to start considering a pet lizard as your next purchase. As one of the many different variety of pet lizards available, Argentine tegus are a seasonal yet consistent part of the variety of lizards for sale at xyzreptiles. This [ ]
Have you considered purchasing a pet tarantula online?
Tarantula husbandry is easily one of the least time consuming and most fascinating hobbies you ll ever get into. Not only are there many different species of tarantulas with an array of different behaviors and colorations, but they are also extremely easy to care for. As adults, a pet tarantula only needs to be fed once [ ]
The many colorful phases of the pet bearded dragon and where they come from
The bearded dragon has come a long way from a dark grey animal when it first became available in the US market. There have not been any dragons legally exported out of Australia for decades so the range of complex colors and patterns available on the market today can all be traced back to the [ ]
Finding the right pet tortoise for sale
There are dozens of different species of captive bred and born tortoises being produced in the US today. Most of them are robust and healthy animals that can live for decades and grow to be impressive animals as adults. Finding the right pet tortoise for sale can sometimes be a challenge and we hope that [ ]
Have you been looking for pet boas for sale?
With an ever expanding market of captive bred and born animals for sale online and in the reptile show circuit it can get confusing sometimes when you are searching for the perfect pet snake. Many potential snake keepers are turning to one of the original pet snakes in the reptile industry, the boa species. Boas [ ]
Ball Python Breeding and Egg Incubation Substrates
Its ball python breeding season and for most of you out there involved in the hobby the next four months will be filled with snakes laying eggs and hopefully racks filled with babies at the end of the season. If you got all the way through the acquisition of healthy snakes and raised them for [ ]
Have you tried keeping Small Monitor Lizards as reptile pets?
When you hear the words monitor lizards it’s a fair bet to assume you’ll picture a giant Komodo dragon dragging down a deer or an Australian Lace monitor running across the sand or up a tree. There is however another world filled with miniature versions of these very same reptiles and that is the world [ ]
Red-Footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonaria
The Red-Rooted Tortoise is a medium sized species from South America that averages in size from 12-16 inches in length. It is one of the more commonly found tortoises in the pet trade due to its relatively small adult size. Its bright, attractive shell and skin color as well as its availability year round thanks [ ]
The Uromastyx Lizard as an alternative exotic pet
The Uromastyx Lizard also known as the spiny tailed lizard is a small agamid found in North Africa and the Middle East. They are an herbivorous lizard that have a diet consisting of flowers, plants and seeds and tend to spend their time basking by their tunnels in dunes or near rock outcroppings. Their defense [ ]
Baby Savannah Monitor Lizards as pets – learn before you buy
Its spring time and baby lizards and snakes of all types are beginning to show up in captive collections and at wholesalers across the country. As one of the staples of the pet reptile market, baby Savannah Monitor Lizards have been farm bred and imported from Africa for years. As a responsible pet owner it [ ]