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The amazing hognose snake: Actor, Illusionist, Killer!
It’s hard to decide what the most interesting thing about these incredible animals is. Is it their amazing ability to play dead? Is it their impressive number of color and pattern morphs or is it the fact that at least one person has succumbed to their toad-specific venom? The diminutive Hognose Snake is found in [ ]
Are you T+ or T- when it comes to picking an Albino Ball Python?
There are 17 steps in the production of melanin in Ball Pythons. Melanin is what gives all organisms their color and a break anywhere in this pathway will result in an amelanistic or Albino Ball Python. Since there are so many possible ways to make an Albino ball Python we have ended up with quite [ ]
Where would the reptile trade be without Boa Constrictors?
Ask most people in the reptile hobby that question and you will be surprised how integral boas have been in the complete herp experience. Going back to the 50’s and 60’s the old-timers will tell you of the days when boas were sold by the foot for 1-3 dollars a foot. Back then common boas [ ]
Do the Black Eyed & Blue Eyed Leucistic Ball Python Still Matter?
Once considered the holy grail of all snakes, the Leucistic Ball Python otherwise known as the Lucy Ball is still a showstopper and wanted by many reptile pet owners and collectors. Considered by many breeders as the ultimate in ball python morphs, more has been spent on acquiring White snakes out of Africa than any [ ]
Exotic Pet Store XYZReptiles to Attend NARBC Reptile Show
We are thrilled as an exotic pet store to be attending our third reptile show in 2015, which will be the NARBC Tinley Park Reptile Show in Illinois. The NARBC show groups have been going on for the last fifteen years in multiple states across the nation and promoters Bob Ashley and Brian Potter have [ ]
Is the tiny sand boa the next big deal?
When you mention boas to most people the image of a large heavy bodied constrictor basking on the forest floor usually comes to mind. There is however an entire sub family of boas that is found from Europe to Asia and North Africa that is entirely unlike any other boa group. These fascinating snakes get [ ]
Online Reptile Shop XReptiles to Attend Repticon
Well friends we are gearing up for our second reptile show in 2015 and will be attending the Repticon reptile show located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the first time in our companies history. We most recently attended the NRBE or National Reptile Breeder’s Expo this past August, which was promoted as “the largest reptile [ ]
Are Tegus a Pet or Pest?
Like a multitude of other flora and fauna South American Black and White Tegus have come to call South Florida their home away from home. This stocky member of the Teiidae family can grow up to four feet in length and is speckled black and white with a banded tail. The Florida Fish and Wildlife [ ]
Back to Basics with the Common Green Iguana Reptile Pet
There are very few people who own reptiles today that have not at one time or another kept a Green Iguana as a reptile pet. I can say that I had a tame five-foot Green Iguana roaming my house and sleeping behind the couch. He was paper-trained and a delight to have and was the [ ]
My Giant Pet Tortoises
Out of the thousands of reptiles currently in my care the hands down favorites have got to be my 11-year-old pair of Aldabra Pet Tortoises. These two shy behemoths make me stop and think about where I was back in 2005 when I first got them and they also make me wonder where I’ll be [ ]
I’ll Have the Vanilla Ball Python Please
In the brief story of the ball python morph discovery and development no morph has been as understated and overlooked as the Vanilla Ball Python. This unassuming and rather plain base morph has through the years proven time and again that it can deliver the goods and create some truly amazing supers and combos. Nowhere [ ]
Great Expectations From the Reptile Show in Daytona Beach
With the closing of another National Reptile Breeders Expo comes the slew of age-old questions that include “Will there be another reptile show in Daytona?” “What is happening to the reptile market?” and the good old “Did anyone make any money at the show?” All I can say is I was there with 5 tables [ ]