Author name: Exotic Reptile Care

day gecko care, Giant day gecko clinging to a bamboo stalk among green leaves inside a planted glass terrarium

Exotic Species Care

Day Gecko Care: Setup, Diet, and Reading the Calcium Sacs

Exotic Species Care / Exotic Reptile Care

Most geckos in the hobby sleep all day. Day geckos don’t. They’re bright green, fast, awake when you are, and

uromastyx diet, Uromastyx eating chopped dandelion greens next to a small dish of dry split lentils and millet

Uromastyx Diet: Greens, Dry Lentils, and the Foods to Skip

Reptile Diet / Exotic Reptile Care

A uromastyx diet is built on dark leafy greens and weeds, with a small dish of dry lentils and seeds

uromastyx care, Uromastyx lizard basking on a flat stack of slate under a bright heat lamp in a desert enclosure

Exotic Species Care

Uromastyx Care: Heat, Light, Diet, and Why Hotter Is Healthier

Exotic Species Care / Exotic Reptile Care

Most uromastyx problems come down to one mistake: the keeper set the enclosure up like a bearded dragon tank. It

russian tortoise diet, Russian tortoise eating dandelion leaves and flowers on a flat stone in its enclosure

Reptile Diet, Tortoise & Turtle Care

Russian Tortoise Diet: The Weeds to Feed, the Foods to Skip, and a Weekly Plan

Reptile Diet, Tortoise & Turtle Care / Exotic Reptile Care

A Russian tortoise should eat mostly weeds and leafy greens, high in fiber and low in protein, with no fruit

tokay gecko care, Tokay gecko clinging to cork bark inside a tall planted terrarium at dusk

Exotic Species Care

Tokay Gecko Care: Setup, Feeding, and Living With the Bite

Exotic Species Care / Exotic Reptile Care

Everyone who keeps a tokay has a bite story. Usually it goes like this: you reach in to top up

panther chameleon care, Male panther chameleon gripping a branch among pothos leaves inside a screen enclosure

Reptile Husbandry

Panther Chameleon Care: Setup, Feeding, and the Daily Checks That Matter

Reptile Husbandry / Exotic Reptile Care

You bought a panther chameleon because of the colors, and fair enough. Nothing else in the hobby looks like a

western hognose snake care, Western hognose snake with its upturned snout resting on aspen bedding inside a reptile enclosure

Western Hognose Snake Care: Setup, Feeding, and the Drama Explained

Snake Care / Exotic Reptile Care

The first time a western hognose flattens its neck, hisses like a leaking tire, and then flips belly up with

kenyan sand boa, Kenyan sand boa with only its head poking out of sandy substrate inside a glass enclosure

Kenyan Sand Boa Care: Setup, Feeding, and Why Males and Females Differ

Snake Care / Exotic Reptile Care

You bought a Kenyan sand boa because everyone said they were easy, and mostly they are. Then it vanished into

Russian tortoise enclosure, Russian tortoise walking across deep soil substrate in an open-top wooden tortoise table

Tortoise & Turtle Care

Russian Tortoise Enclosure: Build It Right the First Time

Tortoise & Turtle Care / Exotic Reptile Care

Most of the problems people have with a Russian tortoise enclosure come from buying one instead of building one. The

box turtle care, Eastern box turtle walking through damp leaf litter in a planted outdoor enclosure

Tortoise & Turtle Care

Box Turtle Care: An Honest Guide for New Keepers

Tortoise & Turtle Care / Exotic Reptile Care

Box turtle care gets recommended to beginners constantly, and it shouldn’t be. They’re not difficult exactly, but they’re demanding in