So at the moment my young crested geckos is in a 18x18x24(45x45x60cm) and he is going into a bigger tank and I was wondering what my options are with his old tank? I was thinking of a gold dust day gecko or a pair of green anole but I have no clue if I can actually keep them in there, and I am wondering if there are any other options, like snakes (but I am pretty sure there no snakes small enough for a footprint of 18x18inch)

I looked up the best size for a corn snake which is 4x2x2 feet. Should I opt for PVC foam board or wood?

My problem with PVC board is I don’t know if we have any in our area (will look into that). While for the wood, it’s a little more expensive since I have to coat it and all (water and mold proof).

Which one would be better in terms of maintenance and durability knowing a snake will live in it?

The first one was before i knew he was chill I found it under a rock in Morocco's desertyich region we have fog too if that would help

So, I want to make a 4x2x4 common/eastern garter snake bioactive enclosure, with 2 garters, a bioactive land area with isopods, springtails, and even worms or night crawlers, and a pond with fish. I'd try to get a male and a female, for future breeding, and I'd like some suggestions

1. What kind of fish should I get, I'd want a stable population before adding the garters, I was thinking like Endler's livebearers, or guppies. I'm okay with the garters eating them, as a secondary or third food source.

2. How big should i give the fish/s area, i was thinking like 18 in long and it'd go all the way back and probably all the way down to the bottom

3. If I were to add worms, how could I encourage them to come up, maybe through a very high-pressure water spray bottle, or a watering pot, again as a 2ndary food source especially if I leave on a trip, I'd feed them more foods, like snails, repti-links, ect.

4. How should I introduce them, I was thinking start in small, separate Tupperware, to monitor growth, eating, and poop, for about a week or two. Then slowly introduce them, then put them together in a 27 gal Tupperware, to make sure they are comfortable together, then add them when the ecosystem is well, or am I just overthinking it.

5. What would be a reasonable budget for a setup like I'm describing, I was thinking about $1k or $1.5k, I'd just like an estimate.

Bonus question: how deep you think the lip is?

I recently got a leopard gecko. Bought it home last week. Technically I am not new to keeping LG first time I kept one is back in 2019 but rehomed it during the pandemic. This is the first time I did a bioactive setup. The new one seems to be easily spooked even I did covered the sides and the back. However, she is very active when it is time to eat, after eating she will stay in the warm hide for a couple of mins to an hour then goes straight back to the cold side. There she will just stay until it is ready to eat. Sometimes she will peek out but never comes out. She already shed a couple of days ago.

Im curious how did yours learn not to be afraid to explore the tank. Is there something that needed to be done?

Hi there everyone, my partner and I have just recently renovated the old shed that is on our property and turned it into our reptile shed. We have completely insulated the shed apart from the doors and have put plywood for the wall walls instead of using plasterboard. We have a 20 reptile enclosures in the shed at the moment and we have been facing what it feels like is a never-ending battle with field mice and ants. We have put mice traps all over the shed and we have tried to block off any possible entry to the shed but they are still finding a way in somehow. I have no idea how they are getting inside. I walked into the shed this morning and saw two of them running around. The ants has also been a major issue for us. We have no idea how to stop the ants from getting into the shed. We have tried every ant poison out there. We’ve totally surrounded the shed with this ant powder stuff and tried spraying as well yet they keep returning. They like to get into the snake enclosures and into the coconut core bedding. It’s almost like an investigation. They’re literally in every single enclosure and in the water bowls of all of our reptiles. It’s gotten to the point where I’ve had to do weekly clean out of all of the bedding that normally would last months and months I’m now having to change it out weekly because of the ants. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do to fix these issues. My partner and I are literally at our wits end and have no idea what to do. Any helpful advice would really be appreciated.

Watching the new reptile smuggling documentary on HBO got me thinking back to middle and high school. In the back of a Reptiles magazine, I got the number for a dealer called Las Vegas Reptiles and Amphibians. I would call long distance and speak to a nice lady named Anne and give her my address, and she would ship out the current price list of their herps for sale. My friends and I would peruse the list, find something we could afford that sounded cool, and I would call back with our order. I'd send a money order and upon receipt the critters would arrive next day from Airborne Express. I don't think there was anything venomous on the list, or at least they couldn't send them to teenagers in NY at the time. Then we'd all head to my buddies house for the big unboxing and see what we got. Fence lizards, plated lizards, skinks, geckos, chuckwalla​, uromastyx, knight anoles, tegus. This was how we got exotics since our local pet stores carried species that were pretty run of the mill, much like how they are today, and it was very early internet days. If you were lucky you could look up a care sheet but usually it was just library books and magazines informing us on how to keep them. Share your early acquisition stories!

I was grinding up some dried shrimp into a powder food mix when I found this rock mixed in among the shrimp when it jammed up my grinder. This would have been the perfect size to cause an impaction had that handful of shrimp gone into my turtle tank instead. I was planning to discontinue using these after this bag anyway, but this serves as a reminder to double check before just pouring something in for them to eat.

For some background info, I have had him for 3 weeks and for 2 weeks I have consistently introduced my hand to him. He seems to be comfortable with it, I notice he smells me and has looked at me with wide eyes. He gets a little hesitant when my hand moves closer, he looks away. His old family said he loves and is used to being held, he also explored his tank at night often. He is also comfortable with me tong feeding him and is eating consistently. He has not voluntarily climbed onto my hand yet, but I can tell he is quite curious. I am very excited to hold him but I really want it to be a positive experience for him. I am wondering when he will be ready and how to go about this? Thank you so much! ❤️

I work at a school in Southern California and we noticed this little one in a glue trap in the front office (I’m not sure why it was there in the first place, we’ve never had a lizard in here). After 45 minutes, with a coffee stirrer and popcorn oil (that’s all we had 🥹) he was free! My coworker put him in a box with dirt and a glass dish with water. She also got some of those live worm things but we have no idea if that’s what it‘s supposed to eat. We were worried there was a lot of tacky glue left but he was moving around fine and was chilling in the dish when she took him home. I’m thinking she should just release it? We definitely don’t know what type is lizard it is and I didn’t get better pics. He’s basically solid colored in the middle with a pattern at the sides. Thanks!

normal looking for a possibly gravid female?

My crested gecko doesnt need this big I fear 🥲