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Expert care guides, morph spotlights, and hobby news · 343 articles · Page 27 of 29
The Production of the Albino Ball Python and Its Morph Combos
It’s amazing to me to think that one of the very first ball python mutations to come into the country and get placed into mass production is still to this day one of the bestselling and hardest to find in the time of need. The Albino Ball Python has sustained and helped to develop quite [ ]
Is the Blood Python as mean as people say?
There was once a myth that The Blood Python was named not for its rich red colors but for the fact that if you handled one you would walk away bleeding. This was true for imported adult and sub adult individuals especially if they were imported from Malaysia. In the last decade much has been [ ]
Dark Morphs – The Cinnamon Ball Python vs The Black Pastel Ball Python
Looking back to the origin of certain Ball Python Morphs after more than a decade is a fun thing that us Ball Python Nerds tend to do from time to time. One interesting fact is that 68 miles and a few days in the summer of 2002 is all that stands between two of the [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
The Blue tongue skink is all the rage but do they make good pets?
There have been many waves of fad pets in the reptile industry over the last few years. These waves have included such favorites as the Burmese Python, the Leopard Gecko, The Australian pythons as a group and the Ball Python and its many color morphs. Recently the eyes of the collectors and breeders across the [ ]
The Leucistic Ball Python is so much more than just a beautiful white snake
The Blue Eyed Leucistic Ball Python is not only a crowd favorite but also our number one selling snake and when you consider all of the potential that one of these snakes holds it is easy to see why they are so much more than just a beautiful white snake. There are many different ways [ ]
The Spotted Python, Children’s Python and other small Australian Pythons
The word Python brings up a couple of very strong thoughts in the minds of people who hear it, the first thought being constrictor and the second being large. Although the Spotted Python and the Children’s Python are both constrictors they are far from being considered large. These slender and diminutive snakes are some of [ ]
Timing is everything, When is it OK to buy a Breeder or Adult Ball Python?
As a ball python breeder and an avid herper I have been cautious of buying adult ball pythons when adding new genetic lines to my collection. There is a time and a place for everything and that applies when it comes to buying an adult ball python. Is it ok to introduce an adult ball python to [ ]
Keeping venomous snakes, From my first to my last!
I have been one of the few reptile owners lucky enough to have experienced keeping venomous snakes in captivity. These are my experiences and reasons why I had them and I no longer have them. My first venomous snake the classic Monocled Cobra It didn’t take me long to go from having a baby ball [ ]