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Proper heating and lighting for nocturnal tropical forest herps

Brad Chambers

In many ways these animals (reptiles) are simpler and more straightforward to provide for, as one characteristic of the tropics is stability. Read more….

Managing Vivaria Light Cycles

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How should we handle heat and light cycles for these animals? Well, we can make some pretty accurate generalizations based on habitat of origin. Read more…

Put ‘Em Outside!

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I believe there is no better way to truly observe the natural behaviors of reptiles than to provide large, naturalistic enclosures outdoors. Read more….

Look to the Wild

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Instead of trying to teach the needs of each individual species (an obvious impossibility in the few hours one can allot to employee training), I merely taught my staff that they should find out where a particular species lived in the wild, and in what kind of habitat. Read more….

WATER (includes Poll)

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HN Blogger Brad Chambers discusses the importance of water, as it relates to keeping reptiles. Everything from freshness to the types of containers used, Brad covers it all.

Ball Pythons – An Embarrassment of Riches?

A gorgeous juvenile Lavender Albino Ball Python, truly "living art". Photographed by Brad Chambers.

Immensely popular, loved by many and despised by just as many, the Ball Python (Python regius). Brad Chambers blogs his perspective on the emotions that surround this industry-dominating snake.

“Pippers!” Adrenaline Flows, Life Begins

Tangerine Albino Honduran Milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis)

“What reptile breeder can honestly say that they don’t get an adrenaline rush when they open an egg box and see those little noses poking out of a cluster of creamy-white eggs?” Read more about pipping with HN Blogger Brad Chambers.

A Herper’s Story – Brad Chambers

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A life of field herping, herpetoculture, and all-things reptiles and amphibians begins at a young age for many people, including HN Blogger Brad Chambers.

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