Elm court reptiles

10/10/2025

🦗 NEW LIVEFOOD OFFER! 🦗

We’ve got a fresh deal for our reptile keepers! 🐍

Get 3 Pre-Pack tubs of locusts, mealworms, silent crickets, black crickets or banded crickets for just £7.50! 🪳✨

👉 This offer is exclusive to our Loyalty Card holders and replaces the usual 5% discount on these items.

Don’t have a card yet?
🟩 Loyalty Cards are completely FREE!
Just sign up at the tills today and start saving on your reptile’s favorite snacks!

📍 Elm Court Reptile House

06/10/2025

🎃🦎 Halloween Reptile Event! 👻🐍

Back again for spooky season — we’re hosting another amazing reptile event with the brilliant RDJ Reptiles! 🐍✨

Join us for a fun-filled, hands-on Reptile Handling & Education Event that’s perfect for all ages.

💚 Don’t worry — there’s nothing scary about their lovely ambassador reptiles!

They’re here to show that reptiles are gentle, fascinating, and far from frightening. Come along to learn, handle, and fall in love with these incredible creatures.

📅 Dates: 22nd – 23rd October
🕒 Time: 10am – 4pm
💰 £2 handling fee per handle
📍 Location: Garden Cafe, Elm Court Garden Centre

🕷️ Come dressed in your best Halloween outfit, take some spooky-cute photos, and enjoy a day packed with education, interaction, and reptile fun for the whole family.

✨ Because this Halloween, it’s not about the scare — it’s about sharing the love for reptiles!

05/10/2025

🐢💡Understanding UVB: The Key to Healthy Tortoises and Reptiles💡🐢

This lovely Hermann’s tortoise has just come to us as a hand in from a lovely couple who found him abandoned. This is a heartbreaking example of what happens when reptiles don’t receive proper UVB lighting or the right vitamins and minerals in their diet.

Without UVB, tortoises can’t produce vitamin D₃, meaning they can’t absorb calcium properly. Over time, this leads to metabolic bone disease (MBD) soft, deformed shells, weak bones, pain, and often a lifetime of suffering. 💔

UVB isn’t optional — it’s essential for every tortoise and reptile species that basks in sunlight in the wild.

🌞 What they need:
✅ A quality UVB bulb (replaced every 6–12 months)
✅ Daily access to natural sunlight whenever possible
✅ Calcium supplementation with vitamin D₃ (species-appropriate)
✅ A varied, natural diet rich in leafy greens

If you keep tortoises or reptiles — please take this seriously. They depend on us to recreate the environment nature designed for them. 💚

⚠️ This post isn’t to shame — it’s to educate and prevent. Share this so others don’t make the same mistake.

💚 The good news: This tortoise is now in safe hands and will be going to a local tortoise sanctuary, where it will receive the proper care, UVB lighting, nutrition, and love it deserves.

04/10/2025

🌊✨ Species Spotlight: The Amazing Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)! ✨🌊

Meet the axolotl, also known as the Mexican walking fish — though it’s not actually a fish at all, but a type of neotenic salamander! 🦎💧 Native to the ancient canals of Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City, these smiley amphibians are true icons of resilience and regeneration.

💡 Fun Facts:
🌱 Axolotls never fully metamorphose — they stay aquatic with feathery gills their whole lives!

🪄 They can regrow entire limbs, parts of their heart, spinal cord, and even brain tissue.

🌸 Their name comes from the Nahuatl word āxōlōtl, meaning “water monster” — though we think they’re more like water angels.

💧 Once common in the wild, axolotls are now critically endangered due to habitat loss, pollution, and invasive species.

🫶 Why they matter:
Axolotls aren’t just adorable — they’re helping scientists understand tissue regeneration and healing. Protecting them means protecting both biodiversity and future medical breakthroughs.

📸 Swipe to see their stunning gills up close and learn more about how you can support conservation efforts for the Axolotls!

01/10/2025

🦎 Species Spotlight: Toad-Headed Agama

✨ Desert masters of disguise
📍 Range: Central Asia & the Middle East – from Kazakhstan to Iran
🏜️ Habitat: Dry deserts, sandy plains, and rocky steppes
📏 Size: Small! Around 4–6 inches (10–15 cm)
🌞 Adaptation: These lizards bury into sand to escape the desert heat

🔍 Fun Facts:
- Named for their broad, flattened heads that look a bit like a toad.
- Some species can “dance” on hot sand, lifting their feet in turns to avoid overheating.
- They rely on camouflage, blending into the desert so well they’re nearly invisible.
When threatened, some raise their tails and open their brightly colored mouths as a warning.
- Their fringed toes help them run quickly across loose sand without sinking.

💡 Why They’re Amazing:
Toad-headed agamas are tiny survivalists, thriving in one of the harshest environments on Earth. They’re a reminder that desert life is full of surprising adaptations!

06/09/2025

🚀 Introducing the NEW Arcadia Snake Food EVO-RX 🐍✨

Feeding snakes has traditionally meant rodents… but not every keeper feels comfortable with that. The Arcadia EVO-RX is a groundbreaking alternative, created for keepers who want a safe, balanced, and rodent-free diet without compromising their animal’s health.

Formulated by reptile nutrition experts, EVO-RX is packed with carefully selected proteins, vitamins, and minerals to support:
🌿 Healthy growth and body condition
💎 Strong scales and vibrant coloration
🐍 Natural feeding behavior

For many snakes, EVO-RX offers all the benefits of a complete diet — without the need for whole-prey feeding. That means less stress for you, while still giving your animal the nutrition it needs to thrive.

✅ Complete, high-quality nutrition
✅ 100% rodent-free 🐭❌
✅ Convenient and easy to store
✅ Backed by Arcadia’s trusted research and development

Whether you’re a first-time keeper or a lifelong herper, EVO-RX makes reptile care easier, cleaner, and more compassionate — without cutting corners on quality.

👉 Available now. Level up your reptile care with Arcadia EVO-RX.

29/08/2025

We’re all set up at Elm Court and ready for 2 amazing days of reptile handling experiences and education! 🐍🦎🐢

Come along, meet our incredible animals up close, and learn some fascinating facts about the world of reptiles. Perfect for families, animal lovers, and anyone curious to get hands-on with these amazing creatures.

Elm court reptiles Elm Court Garden Centre

27/08/2025

🐍WE ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN!🐍

The incredible RDJ Reptiles are back at Elm Court Garden Center for the last reptile experience this summer holidays!

All reptile events are hosted inside the beautiful garden café Located next to the FREE children's play area from 10am-4:30pm.

27/08/2025

🦎LIZARD SALE🦎

We are running a sale on some of your favorite lizards as a thank you for the amazing turn out at the events we have been running this year!

The sale will be running from the 28th to the 31st of august. The lizards listed below are included in this sale!

CB Red Monster Bearded Dragon
CB Angle Headed Dragon
CB Juvenile European Eyed Lizard
CB Mexican Spiny Tailed Iguana
CB Butterfly Agama M/F Pair
CB Male Rhino Iguana

Pop instore to see these new crazy prices! 🦎

26/08/2025

05/08/2025

🦎 Species Spotlight: Ambilobe Panther Chameleon 🦎
Vivid, bold, and full of attitude! Ambilobe panthers aren’t just reptiles, they’re living artwork. 🎨🌿

📍 Where They’re From:
Straight out of Ambilobe, a region in northern Madagascar, where the forests are as wild as the color palette.

🎨 Coloration:
These chameleons are famous for their explosive color combos think reds, greens, blues, yellows, and everything in between.
🩵Males show off intense, shifting hues that respond to mood and environment.
💛Females keep it more subtle with soft peaches, pinks, and tans.
No two Ambilobes look the same!

📏 Size:
Males: Up to 50 cm
Females: Around 30–35 cm

🐛 What’s on the Menu:
Strictly insects. Keep it varied and gut-loaded:
Crickets
Dubia roaches
Silkworms
Locusts
Dust regularly with calcium and multivitamins to keep them in peak condition.

🌿 Enclosure Basics:
They need height, airflow, and humidity — and zero roommates.
✔️ Female: 45 x 45 x 90 enclosure
Males: 90 x 45 x 90 enclosure
✔️ Full-spectrum UVB
✔️ Daily misting or a drip system
✔️ Temps: 24–29°C (basking up to 32–35°C)
✔️ Humidity: 50–70%
Live plants = Bonus points for both aesthetics and function.

⏳ Lifespan:
Males: 5–7 years
Females: 3–5 years (due to egg-laying, even without breeding)
⚠️ Temperament:
Solo creatures — don’t house together
Curious and bold, but best appreciated visually.
Handle with care (and respect)

💡 Why Ambilobe?
Among all panther chameleon locales, Ambilobes are the head-turners.
High contrast, wild patterns, and tons of personality.

Perfect for keepers who want a showstopper species with a bit of an edge!

02/08/2025

🔥🐍 SNAKE SALE ALERT – 25% OFF! 🐍🔥 Running until the 4th August!

Ready to expand your collection or start your reptile journey? We’re offering 25% OFF on a stunning lineup of Royal Pythons and a few seriously sleek Mexican Black Kingsnakes – including our fan favorites Obsidian, Jet, Randal, and Pluto! 🖤

✨ Available at 25% OFF their current prices:
🔹 Mexican Black Kingsnakes (Obsidian, Jet, Randal, Pluto)
🔹 Pastel Pied Royal Python
🔹 Cinnamon Pastel Motley Het Clown (F)
🔹 Banana Cinnamon Pastel Het Clown (M)
🔹 Enchi Het Clown (M)
🔹 Classic Het Pied (F)
🔹 Fire Hypo Het Clown (M)
🔹 Classic Royal Python
🔹 Enchi Orange Dream Fire Het Clown (M)
🔹 Banana Enchi Orange Dream Motley Clown (M)
🔹 Butter Enchi Bongo Clown (M)
🔹 Sub-Adult Pastel Royal Python
🔹 Mojave Hypo Het Clown (F)
🔹 Enchi Gravel Leopard Butter (F)

🛑 These genetics are no joke. Perfect for breeding projects or simply raising a showstopper.

📦 DM us for pricing, pictures or to reserve your favorite!