Have your lizards tried fruit beetle grubs? Tasty eh?
Posted on 27. Apr, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
We all deserve a treat from time to time. But how do you treat your pet reptiles? What in the world is there to make your lizard feel loved? If your bearded dragon is like any of hours, the way to their heart is always through their stomach! A lot of our smaller lizards have [...]
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How to turn your Reptile Hobby into a Business, big NRC news.
Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 by Lois Hook.
When my husband and I started Northampton Reptile Centre 16 years ago, it was the biggest decision of our life. The reptile hobby was relatively small back then, the equipment used was nothing like it is today and many of stores displayed miserable looking pets that were, in all honesty, not very well cared for. [...]
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Have you planned your livefood deliveries around the bank holidays?
Posted on 14. Apr, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
There are lots of bank holidays this month! It’s great that so many people get time off work (not us though, we’re open) but our couriers and our postmen are not working, meaning there are certain days that you will not be able to receive your orders from us. The calendar below shows the upcoming [...]
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Reptile videos you may have missed recently
Posted on 06. Apr, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
I have been a bit slack recently in updating our YouTube channel, I’ll admit that, but there are still a few that you may have missed recently. You don’t want to miss any reptile videos do you? I certainly don’t want you to, especially after going to all the effort of putting our logo watermark [...]
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Bearded Dragon Care – How to set up a bearded dragon vivarium
Posted on 06. Apr, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
As bearded dragons are our most common reptile companion it’s important that we know the correct way to care for them. This mini series of bearded dragon care articles will cover everything you need to know to take the very best care of your beardie. One of the most important factors in ensuring good bearded [...]
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Now’s Your Chance to Review Northampton Reptile Centre
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
How do you know that a company can deliver the promises they make to you? It’s difficult, and at some point in the past we’ve all been let down by companies, so naturally, we’re all weary when looking at trying somewhere new. Luckily, in an era when it seems everybody has the internet, there are independent websites [...]
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Reptile Sale Now On – Discounted Vivariums, Cabinets, Incubators & Powersuns!
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Gary Rolfe.
If you haven’t checked our special offers page in the last week or so you may have already missed some of the very special deals on there. But, do not fear! There are still lots of discounted reptile products on there waiting to be snapped up! These are good quality, modern items. Not ‘end of [...]
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Sad News: Percy, our Panther Chameleon died today
Posted on 15. 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 on 09. 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 on 03. 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 on 02. 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 [...]
