We all know that animals should be in their natural habitat but herptiles born into captivity will, sadly, never get a chance to do this for many reasons. Therefore, our priority should be to provide them with a fulfilling and healthy life by getting close to the real thing - here's how..

Keeping herptiles, up north in the UK, can be a rewarding adventure, but it’s not without its challenges.

Moss is given the praise it deserves as a building block for a herptile bioactive enclosure

It can be a hard decision to choose a particular scaly or moist-skinned friend for a forever home. Luckily, there are simple ways to uncoil this complex thought-process and we will list them, in some kind of order, here for you!