Northampton Reptile Centre

Like to grow your own tortoise food?

Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by Gary.

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As a tortoise keeper you already know how important it is to give your tortoise the best diet possible. Mediterranean tortoises thrive on a diet of leafy green plants and whilst some are available to buy in the supermarket, you can now grow a bigger selection at home for a fraction of the price. Pro [...]

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How Many More Beardies Will Hatch?

Posted on07. Jul, 2010 by Gary.

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I cannot believe how many Bearded Dragons have hatched out here this year. I gave up counting a long time ago! Maybe this would make a good competition for next seasons breeding? Here’s a few photos of some babies that hatched a few days ago. Don’t forget we are still giving the babies away free [...]

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Baby King Snakes Hatching

Posted on07. Jul, 2010 by Gary.

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King Snakes make great pets and are very easy to keep. They’re not as popular as Corn Snakes, mainly because you can only keep one per vivarium, but I think they have a little more personality. I was lucky enough to catch some hatching the other day in our incubator so I grabbed the camera. [...]

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Baby Crested Geckos Hatched – see the pictures

Posted on14. Jun, 2010 by Gary.

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Crested Geckos are cute as adults, so imagine what they’re like as new hatched babies. No need to imagine, we had some hatch a couple of days ago so I took some pictures for you. Cresties usually only lay a couple of eggs at a time so they also hatch in twos. Currently we having [...]

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Who are the exotic animals supporting this world cup?

Posted on09. Jun, 2010 by Gary.

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I’ll make no secret of it, I’m quite excited about the world cup! BUT, this is a reptile blog, not a football one. Just so I could indulge in a little football, I thought I’d wright a bit about an animal that is native to each of the competing nations. Some of these reptiles and [...]

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Ever Seen a Scorpion Glow in the Dark?

Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by Gary.

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It has been known for a long time that scorpions will glow a fluorescent green/ yellow when exposed to ‘black light’. But it’s still really cool to see, and many of you may not have seen it before. This very strange colouration is caused by the scorpion reflection UV light. Why? It’s thought that they [...]

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Can you link World Cup memories to reptiles?

Posted on01. Jun, 2010 by Gary.

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As a nation we love the football world cup, and even if you don’t like football it’s impossible not to get caught up in the frenzy. The other day I was thinking about some of my world cup memories and before long my mind had drifted to reptiles (this happens a lot!). The end result [...]

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Have you ever seen a freshly hatched Leopard Gecko?

Posted on19. May, 2010 by Gary.

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Everybody loves baby animals, so when these guys started popping out of their eggs I thought I’d better grab a camera and share them with you guys! These are Leopard Geckos that have literally just hatched. The eggs had been in the incubator for 2 months. The interesting thing about these lizards is that you [...]

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How good are these reptile photos!?

Posted on07. May, 2010 by Gary.

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Firstly, thank you to everybody who entered our reptile photography competition. We’re still in the process of judging them all, there are 143 entries in total! Good luck if you entered. Whilst we’re working through them all, I thought I’d share with you some photographs we have had taken of some of our animals recently. [...]