DOM’S Reptile Rescue

04/18/2024

Beardie farts lol 😂

03/21/2024

The monitor’s saliva contains over 50 bacteria that infect and kill their prey slowly. Is this true?
The carrion meat that get stuck in the monitor’s teeth are teeming with bacteria that can cause infections in the bite wound. However, the main cause of death of preys is the venom secreted by the monitor.

Are monitor lizards venomous?
Contrary to previous beliefs, most lizards do possess glands that secrete venom. While the monitor uses its venom to kill its small preys (symptoms include rapid swelling, drop in blood pressure, and blood clot inhibition), it has a relatively mild effect on humans.

Are they dangerous?
They are naturally shy and would rather stay away from humans. Like most wild animals, they do not attack unless provoked. As long as you keep your distance and leave them alone, you will be fine.

03/07/2024

BLUE TOUNGED SKINK
In addition to having bright blue tongues used for defense purposes ,the adults are relatively small reaching only about 18 inches long making them easy companions.

03/06/2024

Chinese cave geckos are a group of 13 species of geckos under the genus Goniurosaurus. All of them are nocturnal, insectivorous, semi-arboreal lizards native to Asian from northeast Vietnam through southwest China to Japan. They prefer primary and secondary forest habitats with small bodies of moving water near rock formations.

These geckos range from as small as 5.5″ to as long as 9.5″ (14-24cm). Although exact appearance varies by species, there are some consistencies across the Goniurosaurus genus:

orange/red eyes
vertical pupils
eyelids
bumpy skin
pink-gray belly
no sticky toes
subtly segmented tail
Coloring is generally dark brown to black with white and/or yellow markings. Most have a banded pattern on the body, but some have stripes and others are almost completely patternless.

G. hainanensis is the most common Chinese cave gecko species in the pet trade, but there are others available. They tend to be fairly hardy pets, but this is not an excuse to slack on their husbandry. If you pay attention to providing high-quality Chinese cave gecko care, you may expect your pet to enjoy a lifespan of 10-12+ years.

03/06/2024

The Reptile Sanctuary is almost complete.
Here at Doms Reptile Rescue we love anything with scales and will gladly help rescue your Reptiles in need of rehoming. We don't sell the reptiles given to us and they all stay here with us at the sanctuary for years to come. Please recommend us to anyone you know with reptiles that need a home. Thank you so much

02/12/2024

What do they look like?

Bearded Dragons have spines under and around their throats that give them their distinguishing feature and name. These spikes are actually quite rubbery, not sharp, and fool predators into thinking that this is a dangerous lizard. Both male and female Bearded Dragons have beards.
Bearded Dragons can change colour very quickly to blend in to their surroundings or to make themselves less appealing to predators. When threatened, a mature male changes the colour of his beard to black and puffs it up so that the spines appear rigid and his body looks bigger. He also opens his mouth, revealing a bright colour that surprises predators.

Where are they found?

Bearded Dragons only live in Australia, and right across the mainland. If you live near woodlands or dry eucalypt forests, you may see Bearded Dragons coming to investigate your garden, looking for food or a good spot to sun themselves. They can live in many different kinds of habitats such as subtropical wetlands, scrublands, savannahs, shore areas and even in deserts.

The Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) lives in Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia.

The Dwarf Bearded Dragon (Pogona minor) lives in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia.

The Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) lives in Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.



Fast facts

Bearded Dragons can drink when it is raining by standing on their back legs with their heads and tails hanging low. As the water runs down the head towards its mouth, the Bearded Dragon simply laps up the droplets.
The long, low, wide body shape of the Bearded Dragon helps it hug to the ground and remain relatively camouflaged when it is still – but it can move quite quickly if disturbed.

02/12/2024

India is home to four Monitor lizards – the Bengal Monitor (Varanus bengalensis), the Asian Water monitor (Varanus salvator), the Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) and the Desert monitor (Varanus griseus).
The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis), also called the common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard distributed widely in the Indian Subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia. This large lizard is mainly a terrestrial animal, and its length ranges from about 61 to 175 cm (24 to 69 in) from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Young monitors may be more arboreal, but adults mainly hunt on the ground, preying mainly on arthropods, but also taking small terrestrial vertebrates, ground birds, eggs and fish. Although large Bengal monitors have few predators apart from humans who hunt them for meat, younger individuals are hunted by many predators.
Two subspecies of the Asian monitor can be found in India, namely the Andaman monitor, which dwells only in the Andaman islands, and the Southeast Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus) residing in east and north-east India, and the Nicobar islands.

The yellow monitor is a medium-sized monitor, measuring from snout to vent between 45 cm and 95 cm including the tail and weighing up to 1450 gm. It has subcorneal teeth, scarcely compressed. Its snout is short and convex, measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the anterior border of the ear; canthus rostralis distinct. Its nostril is an oblique slit, a little nearer to the end of the snout than to the orbit. The digits are short with the length of the fourth toe, measured from its articulation with the tarsus to the base of the claw, not exceeding the length of the femur. The tail of the yellow monitor is feebly compressed and keeled above. The head scales are small and subequal; the median series of supraocular scales slightly dilated transversely. The scales on upper surfaces are moderate, oval and keeled. Abdominal scales are smooth and in 65 to 75 transverse rows. Caudal scales are keeled; the caudal keel with a very low, doubly toothed crest. Adults are olive or yellowish brown above, with irregular darker markings which are generally confluent into broad cross bars; a blackish temporal streak; lower surfaces yellowish, with rather indistinct brown cross bars, which are most distinct on the throat. Young individuals are dark brown above, with yellow spots confluent into crossbars; lower surfaces yellow, with dark brown cross bars.
koniecznyi (Indian desert monitor) has three to five bands on its back, 13-19 bands on its tail, a plain tail tip, 108-139 rows of scales on its midsection, and a broader and flatter head when compared to the other subspecies. This subspecies has the smallest body of the three. Desert monitors normally display a variety of body coloration from light brown and yellow to grey. They average about one meter in length, but can reach total body lengths of almost two meters. These lizards can also have horizontal bands on either their backs or tails, along with yellow spots across their backs. Their young are normally a brightly coloured orange and have distinctive bands across their backs which may be lost as they mature. Their nostrils are slits located farther back on their snouts (closer to the eyes than the nose), and their overall body size is dependent on the available food supply, the time of year, environmental climate, and reproductive state. Males are generally larger and more robust than females. Those differences allow males to be distinguished from females. Like all lizards, they go through periods of molting in which they shed their outer layer of skin to expand their overall body size. For adults, this process can take several months and happens around three times per year. Their skin is adapted to the desert environment where they live, and they are excellent swimmers and divers and have been known to enter the water occasionally to hunt for food. They are found in barren areas of mainly sand and/or clay soils, and occasionally in wooded areas. Their diets include numerous invertebrates, small lizards and birds, bird eggs, young turtles and tortoises (and their eggs), rodents, and even cobras and vipers. They are strong diggers and can easily build burrows that are several feet long.

02/12/2024

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02/11/2024

(Creature feature)
THE SAVANNAH MONITOR

02/09/2024

What happens when a monitor lizard bites you?

What happens? You get wounded. Sharp, little teeth puncture skin. If you remain still, you can lessen the severity of the wound. But yank out of the bite, and you'll shred flesh.
Any opening in the skin is an opportunity for harmful bacteria to enter. You could contract a staphylococcus infection or flesh eating bacteria could enter through the torn flesh and wreak havoc or even become systemic.

So please exercise caution when handling these lizards

01/24/2024

I created a savannah monitor enclosure for my new arrival on the 30th. I'm super excited I need to add more plants to add more realism. Dw the hygrometer will be moved. It's just there to make sure the temps were proper.

01/17/2024

Sailfin dragons are a unique species of lizard from Indonesia and the Philippines. These dragons can grow to about three feet long, have vibrant coloring, and a large “sail” down their back. Unfortunately, a few types of sailfin dragons have become vulnerable due to the exotic pet trade and the destruction of their homes. There are currently five species in the Hydrosaurus genus:

Hydrosaurus amboinensis: Amboina sailfin lizard or Moluccan sailfin lizard
Hydrosaurus celebensis: Sulawesi black sailfin lizard
Hydrosaurus microlophus: Indonesian giant sailfin dragon, Makassar salfin lizard, or Sulawesi giant sailfin dragon
Hydrosaurus pustulatus: Crested lizard, Philippine sailfin lizard, sailfin lizard, sailfin water lizard, or soa-soa water lizard
Hydrosaurus weberi: Weber’s sailfin lizard
Hydrosaurus means “water lizard,” a good name for these creatures who love to swim. They use the water as a place to escape from predators.

01/16/2024

Below you will find a list of Reptile safe Plants that can be used in your terrariums at home to spice things up.
Common Name / Scientific name

ABELIA (Abelia grandiflora)
AFRICAN VIOLET (Saintpaulia ionantha)
SWEET ALYSSUM (Allyssum sp.)
ASPERAGUS FERN (Asperagus setaceus plumosis)
ASTER (Aster sp.)
BABY TEARS (Helxine soleirolii)
BIRD'S NEST FERN (Asplenium nidus)
BOSTON FERN (Nephrolepsis exalta)
BOTTLE BRUSH (Callistemom)
BOUGANVILLEA (Bouganvillea)
BRIDAL VEIL (Tripogandra multiflora)
BROMELIADS (Aechmea; Bilbergia; Cryptanthus)
CACTUS, SPINELESS (Astrophytum)
CAMELLIA (Camellia japonica)
COLEUS (Coleus)
CORN PLANT (Dracaena fragrans)
CREEPING CHARLIE (Pilea nummulariifolia)*
CROTON (Codiaeum sp.)
DRACAENA (Dracaena)
EMERALD RIPPLE (Peperomia caperata)
EUGENIA (Peperomia caperata)
FUSCHIA (Fuschia)
GERANIUM (Pelargonium sp.)
HEN AND CHICKS SUCCULENT (Echeveria)
HIBISCUS (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
HOYA (Hoya exotica)
ICEPLANT (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
IMPATIENS (Impatiens)
JADE PLANT (Crassula argentea)
JAPANESE ARALIA (Fatsia japonica)
JASMINE (Jasminum officinale: J. grandifloum)
LAVENDER (Lavandula officinalis)
MARIGOLD (Calendula officinalis)
MONKEY PLANT (Ruellia makoyana)
MOTHER OF PEARL (Graptopetalum paraguayen)
NATAL PLUM (Carissa grandiflora)
PAINTED NETTLE (Coleus)
PALMS (Areca sp.)
PAMPAS GRASS (Cortaderia selloana)
PARLOR PALM (Chamaedorea elegans)
PEPEROMIA (Peperomia caperata)
PETUNIA (Petunia)
PHOENIX (Phoenix roebelenii)
PIGGYBACK PLANT (Tolmiea menziesii)
PILEA (Pilea sp.)
PINK POLKA-DOT PLANT (H. ypoestes sang.)
PONYTAIL PLANT (Beaucarnea recurvata)
PRAYER PLANT (Maranta leuconeura)
PURPLE PASSION: PURPLE VELVET (Gynura)
SPIDER PLANT (Chlorophytum comosum)
STAGHORN FERN (Platycerium bifurcatum)
SWEDISH IVY (Plectranthus australis)
TREE MALLOW (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
UMBRELLA PLANT (Eriogonum umbrellum)**
VELVET PLANT (Gynura aurantaca)
WANDERING JEW (Tradescantia albiflora)
WARNECKII (Dracaena deremensis)
WAX PLANT (Hoya exotica)
ZEBRA PLANTY (Calathea zebrina)
ZINNIAS (Zinnia sp.)
* Not to be confused with another "creeping charlie," Glecoma heteracea which is toxic

** Not to be confused with another "umbrella" plant, Schefflera actinophylla which is toxic.

01/14/2024

Savannah Monitors are honestly super underrated they are an amazing choice for the experienced Reptile Keeper due to their full grown size and rate of growth. But they also need specific care guidelines followed to ensure they live a great life in captivity. For example you will need a huge enclosure roughly 8 ft by 4ft by 4ft to ensure proper room to roam and move around, but you also must include a warm basking area of up to 120 Fahrenheit. The cool side should be 85 farenheight to allow a place to cool down. Your monitor will needs loads and loads of hides, a substrate depth of approximately 3 inches deep or more to allow natural digging behaviours. They have sharp and long claws and Love to climb things so be sure to add a nice climbing perch or even multiple to promote exercise.

01/13/2024

The Gila monster is one of only small number of venomous lizards (including the Mexican beaded lizard, the Komodo dragon and some Australian species). It can bite quickly and hold on tenaciously. Rather than injecting venom through hollow fangs like venomous snakes, Gilas have enlarged, grooved teeth in their lower jaw. When they bite, their powerful jaws chew the venom in through capillary action along the grooves in these teeth. Gila monster venom is about as toxic as that of a western diamondback rattlesnake. However, a relatively small amount of venom is introduced in a Gila bite. Gila monsters may hold onto a predator for more than ten minutes. There is no antivenin for Gila bites. Gila monsters most often raid nests to prey on small birds and eggs. They also catch small mammals, lizards, frogs, insects and carrion. They can eat up to one-third of their body weight in one meal. Their large size means they can store more energy than smaller lizards. They store fat both in their tails and their bodies. Their low metabolic rates and ability to eat large meals combined with their capacity to store fat, make frequent searching for food unnecessary. Therefore, Gila monsters often stay hidden underground. It has been suggested that Gilas can consume all the calories they need for a year in three or four large meals. Their top speed is only 1.5 miles per hour (2.4 kilometers per hour).

01/13/2024

With a total length averaging 1.4 m (4.6 ft) for males and up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) for females, Cuvier's dwarf caiman is not only the smallest extant species in the alligator and caiman family, but also the smallest of all crocodilians.

01/13/2024

Tegu lizards are a large powerful species that can have a bite force of over 1,000 Newtons, a measurement calculation that is equal to a large breed dog bite.

01/13/2024

Monitor lizards, such as the Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) or the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus), are inherently solitary creatures in the wild and aren't commonly associated with the displays of affection observed in more social animals like dogs or cats. Nonetheless, certain monitor lizard species can develop bonds with their human caregivers or exhibit behaviors that may be interpreted as affectionate.This perception may arise for several reasons: through bonding with caretakers, monitor lizards can develop trust and familiarity with regular, gentle handling, appearing more comfortable and occasionally displaying behaviors suggestive of enjoyment during interaction. With proper socialization and positive reinforcement, some monitor lizards can become more tolerant of handling, appearing calmer and less stressed, which is often construed as a form of bonding
If consistently provided with food, comfort, and a secure environment, monitor lizards may form positive associations with humans, resulting in behaviors that seem affectionate, such as seeking attention or interacting with their owners. Recognizing individual variation in behavior and temperament among monitor lizards is crucial, as some may naturally be more curious, interactive, or less aggressive, contributing to the perception of affection. Proper care for a pet monitor lizard necessitates a comprehensive understanding of their natural behaviors, adhering to appropriate husbandry practices, and a commitment to providing a suitable and enriching environment. Respecting the individual needs and preferences of pet monitor lizards and handling them gently and responsibly is paramount for ensuring their well-being.

01/10/2024

Everybody meet Gidget she's our 9 month old cockatiel parrot she is just starting to bond with her new friend a yellow budgie named tweety.

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