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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 ...

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The many uses of the beautiful Pied Ball Python

There are Ball Pythons and then there is the Pied Ball Python and simply put it is the most striking and attractive of the morphs out there. It has been crossed into everything from Albino to Clown and so far every new combination looks like a ...

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Has the end come for reptiles for sale online?

Has the end come for reptiles for sale online?

There is no shortage of reptiles for sale and despite common belief the sky is not crashing in on online sales. There are numerous ways for the public to buy reptiles online, everything from websites and online market places to forums and social ...

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The Leucistic Ball Python is so much more than just a beautiful white snake

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 ...

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The Spotted Python, Children’s Python and other small Australian Pythons

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 ...

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The dynamic Mojave Ball Python, where would we be without it?

The dynamic Mojave Ball Python, where would we be without it?

There are hundreds of ball python morphs in existence today but only a few are as versatile and as necessary in making beautiful combos as the Mojave ball python. We need to look at the origin and the path this morph has taken to fully ...

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Madagascar’s Snakes: the Dumeril’s Boa, Sanzinia, Ground Boas and more…

Madagascar is a truly amazing place that is vanishing right before our very eyes. It has the distinction of being the world’s fourth largest island and earning the name of microcontinent due to its size and unique biodiversity. It is home to a ...

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Ultramel Ball Pythons, the morph that almost didn’t happen!

Ultramel Ball Pythons, the morph that almost didn’t happen!

The Ultramel Ball Python is one of the most beautiful and underutilized recessive morphs on the market today and there was a time when the entire project almost got scrapped. The origin of this morph has a winding story that started in Africa ...

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Will a Tarantula make a good pet?

When you mention the word tarantula more people will think of fear than fondness thanks to movies like Arachnophobia. The fear people feel when confronted by a giant hairy spider is very real but the facts behind it are mostly imagined. ...

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The Champagne Ball Python origin story and name change.

The Champagne Ball Python origin story and name change.

Most Ball Python Morphs have great origin stories and the Champagne Ball Python is no exception. It has gone from Africa to America to Europe and back again as it tried to be the next big deal in Ball Python propagation a decade ago. It even ...

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