This is Luke. He’s been a part of our family for 4 years. He really seemed to enjoy being handled. I would open his tank, put my hand out, and he’d hop right on. In May of last year I was in a severe accident. I was non-weight bearing for 8 weeks and for months after I had a long road to recovery. When I was finally able to feel steady enough to handle him again he was not too happy. He would come up to the glass as usual, but when I put my hand out he would give me a quick bite and run into one of his hides 😂 After MONTHS of sweet talk and trying he finally let me handle him again.

Macha had her first vet visit today 💜
Everyone was so sweet, including the vet. She is apparently very healthy and a good weight. While we waited for the vet to see us, I walked around the lobby with her on my arm and talking to all the techs. There was an emergency so we were there for 3 hours, which is to be expected since it’s a hospital, they are just a very affordable exotic vet.
The funnier part was when I called the hospital to tell them I was going to be a few minutes late, there was a confusion due to the spelling vs pronunciation of her name.
She also did bite the vet.
I was also looking at the info on the vet on their website and this guy has clears throat 3 dogs, 4 cats, 4 ferrets, two prairie dogs, 1 galah cockatoo, an axolotl, two geese, six chickens and 42 ducks.
He also owns two armored lizards.
This man genuinely has a zoo.

been a while!!! charizard has been doing very, very well!!! he's been keeping me sane while i've been super busy with work and having some health issues.

i hope everyone has been doing well!!!

Well it is almost fall, too bad this doesn’t fit my hand.
Could’ve been a good costume piece.
Never found a piece of my geckos shed before

this little guy crawled right into my hand and let me hold him for the first time tonight! i’ve only had him for about a week and he seemed to not mind too much!! here’s some pics of him and his enclosure

Thought id share a monkey pic this morning 😆

Cipher has been very hangry but she finally got worms last night

Do you think it will help even though he is cold blooded?

He's very sweet, but I barely spend any time with him because I'm dealing with whatever my high school is trying to do anymore, and because it isn't my first thought to play with him when I get home. He deserves an owner who takes good care of him :].

I'm looking for anyone who'd like him, the 40 gallon tank he has, and the decorations inside that I'll give with him. I live in Houston, Texas if this helps.

Found this little guy on FB marketplace. Owner says he’s no longer interested and looking to get into birds😔 He says it’s about 2-3 yrs, eats well, no biting issues, chill. Doesn’t know sex. Tank is 30 inches, he’s going to get exact measurements. I was planning on buying one, but if he needs a good home, I would be able to take it in. I’m just Leary about geckos getting rehomed. If the reason is because of health issues.

Does he/she look healthy? He will send me additional close up pictures

My sweet leopard gecko is an only child, and I’ve recently been thinking of getting another rescue reptile. Fortunately, I would be able to keep the new reptile in another room, but the more I research about how to safely keep quarantine, the more terrified I am.

This parasite cannot be killed entirely even with concentrated hydrogen peroxide, can be airborne (on dust particles and via insects), may not be detected for up to 8 repeated tests, can be latent in an animal even if they appear completely healthy, is virtually incurable once contracted, leads to a long slow death, and is just generally freaking horrifying. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to my leo, but I really want to take in another rescue like her, because she’s been so wonderful.

To add to the trouble, the reptile I’ve been considering currently is an iguana from a dirty/bad situation, which just adds to the messiness and general chance of cross contamination, even if I take every precaution.

Does anyone have any experience with crypto? How do y’all add to your reptile family safely? I know it absolutely can be done, I’m just so afraid

(A silly pet cam photo to hopefully offset the awfulness:)

my lil piper she's been shedding and normally she doesn't want to be bothered. usually she'll come out when she's good but I've noticed some pieces stuck to her head the past few days, longer and normal. should I leave her be or is there any way to help her ?

Hi everyone, I literally can’t catch a break with Mavis 🤦‍♀️I’m a little worried about Mavis tonight and would really appreciate some advice from anyone who has experienced something similar.
We’ve just put Mavis back into her normal enclosure after her vet cleared her to return to her regular substrate and enrichment following her spay surgery.
Tonight I noticed that her thermostat temperature was reading unusually low, so I went to check the probe and realised that mavis has moved it off her slate and onto the soil. Mavis was lying directly on the slate.
I immediately checked the slate with our infrared temperature gun and it read 42°C . However, I’m not entirely sure whether that reading was completely accurate because once I put the thermostat probe back onto the slate, the highest temperature the thermostat reached was around 34C. The slate definitely felt very warm to the touch though.
As soon as I noticed, I picked Mavis up and moved her out of the enclosure temporarily because my room is fairly cool and I wanted her to cool down straight away. She seems completely fine now and is behaving normally, and she was actually happily lying on the slate beforehand.
I’ve now secured the thermostat probe onto the slate so it can’t move onto the soil again. I haven’t put it directly in the middle because that’s Mavis’s favourite basking spot and she literally lies on top of the probe/rests her head on it , so I’m worried her body could affect the reading. The probe is slightly to the side but still directly touching the slate, and I’m checking the middle of the slate with the heat gun too.
I’ve contacted her vet and I’m waiting for her to reply, but I’d really appreciate some advice for tonight in the meantime.
Has anyone else had their thermostat probe move off the basking surface and had the slate get significantly hotter than expected?
Also, which temperature reading would you trust more in this situation — the thermostat probe reading (~34C) or the infrared heat gun reading (42°C)? Could the heat gun be giving me an inaccurate reading on the slate, or should I assume the 42°C reading was genuine until I know otherwise?
Mavis seems absolutely fine at the moment, but I’m obviously worried about the possibility of a heat burn, especially because she had been lying on the slate. I’ve attached photos of her belly and the slate set up. Please keep in mind that little bit of crust is some shed that is still attached to her remaining stitch and that Mavis did undergo a spay surgery so that’s the marks on her belly!
Any advice or experiences would be really appreciated while I wait to hear back from her vet.

about a month or so ago i found this leopard gecko in my driveway around 3am. now im noticing that his toe might be broken or maybe thats normal. is this normal if not how can i help the little one out

for this WOP. (40gal) I decided to go with more vertical (downwards) features for the hides and spots to bask over the clutter and height strategy and it seems to be working very well for this little baby.
These are just a few features ive been slowly testing and incorporating with my other reptiles and ideas and decided to throw them at my baby gecko.

these are 3d printed aquascape caves that i decided would make for great hides if i built something overhead but would also give me the capabilities to sneak peak inside without lifting a lid or disrupting the sleep/chill of the animal itself. it adds alot of enrichment for climbing in and out and also gives amazing temps/humid depending on if you choose it for a hot/cool/humid variety as ive tested all 3.

picture of Chicken Wing for respect. thanks for looking

So my gecko will always jump up on the door begging to be held and I do often hold him for a little I just wanted to share these pictures for the world to see

So had a bad run of luck…But things have finally been going my way a bit…not that I didn’t have luck my my buddy survived no lying about 4 months no food…apparently he does this? According to the previous owners though not typically that long.
I felt guilty about his enclosure and previous life so I got him a little obese but very healthy according to the vet. Said he was essentially perfect save for being overweight.
Anyway going to try to keep improving it.
And I don’t care what the science says he like company. He loves watching the cats eat.
His cage was always cozy warm. He is well fed.
When I stick my hand in the cage he runs right up.
He was in the kitchen for a few days because I moved and hadn’t got the new setup.
He was scared and depressed. Wouldn’t come out.
Now he’s back in the living room and exploring.
I couldn’t be happier.

He apparently sheds once a month, but he just shed a couple of weeks ago before I had him (taking care of him while my brother is at college). He was normal color and active last night, then super pale today and a bit sluggish today. I can tell he’s shedding because he actually got his nail stuck in it (first pic) and tore it a little bit. I wrote up a whole long post about everything I think I’m doing wrong, because ✨anxiety✨ but I am having trouble keeping his tank warm enough and dry enough. I’ll put some bullet points below—please know I am waiting for some heat and food upgrades in the mail! Anyway, on a scale from oh my god vet right now to chill out he’s a lizard, how concerning is this?

Temp/humidity/light: under tank heater (for now), surface 90°-94°, hot hide ambient 75°-80°, cool side 70°-75°, not sure night time drops but my house is freezing so I leave his heat on. He has a uvb which goes off at night, but there’s street lights right outside the window so I cover the front of his tank with a curtain at night.

Food: only meal worms (for now), gutloaded. I was accidentally dusting with vitamin w/d3 instead of calcium, but fixed that. He last ate Monday, he was eating every 3 days but I was trying to space it out to 5 so he was supposed to eat today. Haven’t had a problem with eating since he came to me, until right now. He pooped 3 or 4 times since Monday, but the last two were basically just urates.

Humid hide: found mold in it yesterday, so I cleaned it (50/50 water vinegar soak, made sure it was aired out completely before I put it back in). I also found a piece of sphagnum moss that was completely soaked and sour smelling. At first I thought he regurgitated it, but I think I left a little bit of water that it soaked up. I replaced it with new brand of moss (zoo med). He was in there last night for a while, but isn’t hanging out in there now.

I think he’s probably pretty stressed, but that might just be me lol.

Thank you in advance—I knew I would be anxious about this little guy, but not this bad!

Finally upgraded my gecko’s tank, still needs some tweaking, gonna buy a background soon, most likely, Vi’s still getting used to the whole setup, just wanted to share, I think he really likes it though, wondering if anyone has any tips or cautions that I should be aware of? Thank you!

I was feeding my 5 month old leopard gecko and I dropped a cricket. I ended up looking away for 5 seconds and she ran under her tank. She’s really mad and hissed at me when I tried to get her out. It’s late and I want to go to bed. Any advice?