Care guides
What each animal needs, in the order you'll need it: before you buy, setting up, the first weeks and the years after. Start with the handbook.
A £50 royal python costs around £4,850 to keep over its life.
Before You Keep a Reptile
Start here, whatever you keep. Five short chapters on what every reptile has in common: the cost, the setup, the first weeks, the daily routine and keeping it healthy.
Start with chapter 1: Before you buy →Now pick your animal
First reptile: written for you if you've never kept one. Some experience: keep a first reptile before this one. Specialist: daily care most homes aren't set up for.
Snakes
First reptileRoyal Python
Python regius90-150 cm long, lives 20-30 yr 9 min read
First reptileCorn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus120-150 cm long, lives 15-20 yr 8 min read
First reptileHognose
Heterodon nasicus40-90 cm long, lives 15-20 yr 9 min read
Some experienceBoa Constrictor
Boa imperator / Boa constrictor180-250 cm long, lives 20-30 yr 9 min read
Lizards
First reptileBearded Dragon
Pogona vitticeps45-60 cm long, lives 10-15 yr 9 min read
First reptileLeopard Gecko
Eublepharis macularius18-25 cm long, lives 15-20 yr 8 min read
First reptileCrested Gecko
Correlophus ciliatus18-23 cm long, lives 15-20 yr 8 min read
SpecialistChameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus · Furcifer pardalis35-60 cm long, lives 5-8 yr 10 min read
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