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Sad News: Percy, our Panther Chameleon died today
Posted on15. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Extremely sad times this morning at the Northampton Reptile Centre when Percy, our shop pet, was discovered this morning, passed away in his vivarium. He had been ill for a few days after experiencing a problematic compacted sperm plug. Even a trip to our local exotic vet yesterday was not enough to save him. He [...]
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Want to Win a Year’s Subscription to the Newest Reptile eZine!?
Posted on09. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Regular contributor to this blog, John F. Taylor will be familiar to many of you already. But did you know he has just started his own reptile eZine? What’s an eZine? It’s basically a magazine, but online instead of on paper. John’s eZine is called Herpetoculture House and has a strong emphasis on content rather [...]
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Reptile Centre YouTube Channel gets an upgrade. What do you think?
Posted on03. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Since you told us you like videos, we’ve been trying to post videos more regularly to our YouTube channel. So, I thought we had better have a better looking channel, and here it is… As with anything on this blog, if you like it, click like. If you really like it, share it (sharing is caring). [...]
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The Answers, and Winner to our February Reptile Quiz!
Posted on02. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
153 of you entered our February reptile quiz, but nobody got 100%! I knew there were a few tricky ones in there that would catch you out. Anyway, you’re only reading this to get the answers and find out if you won, so I’ll get on with it! The Answers (in red): How many legs [...]
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Here’s some recent reptile videos you may have missed. You choose what’s next!
Posted on09. Feb, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
How better to get a feel for reptiles on the internet than watching videos of them? I try to upload as many as I can to our YouTube channel, but, thanks to somebody (Lois) breaking the video camera I haven’t been able to do any for a couple of weeks while it is being repaired. [...]
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If you’ve never seen an Atlas Moth, you need to see this, they’re amazing!
Posted on26. Jan, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Many insects start life as grubs, maggots or caterpillars before metamorphosing into more glamorous adults. As reptile keepers, we generally only see the larval stage of these insect’s life cycle. Waxworms, mealworms, morios and Pachnoda all change form, if they avoid the mouth of a hungry lizard that is. Some people do keep insects as pets in their [...]
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Northampton Reptile Centre, now open on Sundays!
Posted on26. Jan, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Well, we’ve done it. We’ve finally persuaded part of the reptile centre team to give up their hard earned Sundays off! They’d much rather be playing with the snakes and lizards anyway! So, from this Sunday forward, our Northampton store will be open from 10:30am until 3pm. So come along and say hello! How to [...]
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Natural reptile habitats are not always the best. Why?
Posted on19. Jan, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
I was asked a question recently on one of our YouTube videos that really got me thinking about they way we keep our reptiles. It was a question about the best substrate to use with Bearded Dragons. I don’t want to open this debate again, but my personal preference is for beech woodchip. I was told [...]
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Lucky Reptile Tropical Fruit Jam, a great Crested Gecko diet, available NOW!
Posted on07. Jan, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
Whilst the variety of food for Crested Geckos has improved recently, I’ve been eagerly waiting the arrival of Lucky Reptile’s Tropical Fruit Jam for a few months now. This is a food that is truely different to any of the others. Well, the good news is, it’s finally here! This ‘jam’ is not just a blend [...]
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Let us pay the VAT increase for you
Posted on05. Jan, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
As I’m sure you’re aware the government has already raised VAT from 17.5% to 20% this month. What does this mean? It means that everything you buy, that has VAT on it, has increased in retail price. Like many other people, the last thing I need after Christmas is the price of everything to go up! [...]
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Free live food if you use Foursquare
Posted on24. Nov, 2010 by Gary Rolfe.
If you don’t already know what Foursquare is, let me briefly explain. Foursquare is a location-based social networking website. Users ‘check-in’ at venues they visit using their mobile phone. They are then awarded points and sometimes ‘badges’ upon check-in. If you check-in regularly enough at our place, you may even become the Mayor of Northampton [...]
