Here’s some recent reptile videos you may have missed. You choose what’s next!
Posted on 09. 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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Want your very own piece of Royalty? Get a Royal Python!
Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by John F. Taylor.
Whether you know them as Royal Pythons or Ball Pythons, Python regius seem to have been just about everybody’s first step into the realm of Pythons. It’s easy to see why; relatively speaking, they are an inexpensive snake & not demanding for a responsible keeper. Their captive care is now something which is almost standard, [...]
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If you’ve never seen an Atlas Moth, you need to see this, they’re amazing!
Posted on 26. 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 on 26. 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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The Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula – is there a better looking spider?
Posted on 19. Jan, 2011 by John F. Taylor.
The Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata), or Giant White Knee as it is sometimes known, is native to the Brazilian rainforest and are so named due to the striking colouration of their legs. They were, or are, one of the more popular Tarantula species being kept in captivity today. This particular species is generally thought [...]
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Natural reptile habitats are not always the best. Why?
Posted on 19. 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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200 free boxes of livefood being given away to celebrate shop extension. Get yours!
Posted on 11. Jan, 2011 by Sam Shapter.
2010 was a busy year for everybody at Northampton Reptile Centre. In fact the shop got so busy we had to extend it! Smashing down a few internal walls has made the shop, I guess, 50% bigger! I really, really, really, REALLY want everybody to come and see the changes we’ve made. So, we’ve decided [...]
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Lucky Reptile Tropical Fruit Jam, a great Crested Gecko diet, available NOW!
Posted on 07. 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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Fancy an unusual pet? How about a Flat Rock Scorpion?
Posted on 06. Jan, 2011 by John F. Taylor.
You’re looking for something different, but you don’t yet know what it is. You know you want a cool new pet, but which one? Northampton Reptile Centre has so many awesome species to choose from. You see millipedes & Praying Mantis but they just don’t strike you as that cool. You see the Bearded Dragons, Leopard [...]
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Let us pay the VAT increase for you
Posted on 05. 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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Every Milk Snake is a Kingsnake; but not every Kingsnake is a Milk Snake
Posted on 06. Dec, 2010 by John F. Taylor.
What’s in a name? The genus of Lampropeltis has 14 recognized species comprising what are commonly known as the Kingsnake species. Within the species of Lampropeltis triangulum we have 25 subspecies collectively known as the Milk Snakes . From all the research I have done I have come to the same conclusion as many of [...]
