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“Happiness [is] only real when shared.”

– Jon Krakauer

On a rare Sunday post, I wanted to share the story of my dad recently taking his first step into becoming a reptile keeper!

About this time a year ago our world was turned upside down. After a whirlwind of uncertain weeks in the ICU, surgeries, and hospital visits followed over the next 8 months he got to spend some time with our reptiles.

Now, he is no stranger to them; my parents were the champions of my love of reptiles and he grew up catching wild snakes in rural Texas as a boy. But he’d never kept a reptile in his life.

Stephen, me, and some close friends had the wonderful opportunity to begin his choice of builds recently in preparation for his new reptile!

Once we decide on when his new family member arrives we’ll get live plants and a clean-up crew added, but he is oh so proud of his new setup and that is the fundamental reason why we do this. Keeping reptiles is a whole experience!

Whether it be with your family, friends, or pets…take a moment to share some joy together.

Feature Friday!

Reptile rooms are an experience. A way to bring the beauty of these amazing creatures into our homes. A zen space for some, a place of excitement for others.

Over the last three years we’ve prototyped and tested our models in the pursuit of making not only enclosures that function well, but ones that create an experience.

Where do they go?

Welcome to our reptile room!

Well…one of them at least. Here you can see a progression of models and working prototypes we’ve built over the years. At half completion, Stephen and I are thrilled to continue testing ideas that will benefit keepers like you and the animals you love.

They may not know it, but our reptiles have quite an important career. Some take the day shift, some prefer the night shift – and all of them have great benefit packages