The Happy Little Herpetologist

03/25/2023

Due to confirmed heart condition all must go, if seriously interested please pm.

Located in 30040 area code exit 16 can have totes and enclosures they are in.

02/08/2023

Unfortunately due to Georgias new laws this upcoming spring we will be selling all our reptiles and getting out of the hobby.

It’s been very good run ! Thank you for all your support for this little page it’s been tons of fun !

01/27/2023

His little look at the end, with the head cocked.

So much character for a little dude. 🤣❤️🐍

01/26/2023

The best boy !!! Being handled without a problem now. 😭💚🦎❤️

01/25/2023

01/25/2023

Arguably the most colourful spider in the world.

Chrysilla Volupe is a jumping spider native to Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Thought to be extinct for 150 years, it was rediscovered in 2018.

01/24/2023

She’s lost most of her puppy dog face now and is 13 months old.

She has to be one of the sweetest souls in a dog you’d ever see.

Olde English bulldogs ❤️

01/21/2023

Happy happy Saturday Herpetology family!!

Do something you love today. ❤️🐍🙏🏼😍🦎

01/21/2023

Excuse me Mam ,your going about this the wrong way….🙈

Gummin that tail to death!! 😂🐍😭

01/20/2023

Should I wake him up ?🤣❤️🦎

01/20/2023

You guys, denning season is not far from us..

Please do not hurt me or my mom. ♥️🦊♥️
We just temporarily moved to the neighborhood so we could be “safe.”

If you have suddenly seen a fox in the yard near your home, there is a good reason for this.
It is denning season. Between the end of March and early April, a mother fox will give birth to between 4 and 5 kits (a baby fox is called a kit).
A coyote will often find a fox den, dig out the babies, and kill them.

A mother fox knows this and will frequently choose a den site close to people, away from where coyotes generally go.

A fox will often den under a porch, shed, garage, barn, or side of a hill, trying to keep her little family safe.

Please offer them a short-term rental because this is not a permanent situation.

If you are lucky enough to see how beautiful an adult fox is, or witness the kits playing (at a distance of course), you will be glad you did!
It is not uncommon for Red Foxes to change dens several times during the season, so you may not see them for long.

Kits are slow to develop and will not leave the den until they are about a month old. Foxes do not live in a den year-round, only when a mother has babies.

During the summer as the kits grow older, you will see less and less of them, and by September everyone will have packed up and moved on. Please do not call a service to “relocate them”, they will often be killed.

If you see a fox during the day, it does not mean she is rabid. A mother fox works tirelessly to feed her kits and will often be out during daylight hours foraging for food.

Foxes are omnivores, generally feeding on berries, grasses, and small rodents. They are solitary and prefer to be left alone.

They do not want to hunt and eat your children, mate with your dog, or kill your cat.

A fox just wants a place to raise her family safely, just like us, please allow her to do that.”

01/18/2023

Love this exotic store and the owner ! He has amazing monitors !

01/17/2023

Biak Tree python 😍

01/17/2023

01/16/2023

Example of why you never leave live food items in your snakes enclosures.

They can and will kill or seriously injure your snake if left unattended.

01/16/2023

A recurring question I’m often asked about snakes is how exactly do they taste the air with their tongue??

This is a great picture of a puff adder’s mouth.

You can see the Jacobson’s organ clearly (in biology it’s called the vomeronasal organ - VNO)

Snakes use its tongue to collect molecules from the ground and air and deposits them on the organ to smell.

Most animals have this organ but it’s inside their nose.

01/16/2023

Who else had a big ole’ Sunday dinner???

Thor doesn’t care whose vegan or vegetarian he said pass the PIG!

01/15/2023

In the name of science !!!

But doubts remain about whether cell reprogramming technique could one day help humans

01/15/2023

This is called the Oniscidae. You may find them under a brick or a damp object. You may have felt disgusted and wondered why they exist in nature. Well, let me tell you, the oniscidae , better known as cochineal, is a subgroup of isopod crustaceans whose function is to remove harmful heavy metals from the earth such as mercury, cadmium and lead. They contribute to the cleansing of soil and groundwater to reaffirm the wisdom of nature.

Do not damage them or spray pesticides! We desperately need these tiny helpers!

credit to:Sheher Yar

01/15/2023

01/14/2023

Cupid is finally taking pinkies like a champ and definitely does not mind being palm fed!

Now the growth really starts!

01/14/2023

If Derp had a face! I can’t handle this Texas Rats never ending judgment eye.

01/14/2023

Adorable BIG fella !!! If he was yours what would you name him? Black Dragons are a big favorite for a lot of people!

01/14/2023

Guess who is getting a new meal option and some variation in his diet! Saturdays are for stuffing face at our house! Stay tuned for some awesome feeding updates!

01/14/2023

This guy is not camera shy! 😂😂😂

01/14/2023

Monitors are a whole mood!! Look at this beauty!!!

01/08/2023

Really important information

01/06/2023

01/06/2023

Dwarf boas are entirely too adorable !

The new species is unusual for having a "vestigial pelvis", a characteristic of primitive snakes, taken as evidence by some that snakes descended from lizards that lost their limbs over millions of years.

01/06/2023

It’s feed up time for everyone in the house tomorrow!
On the menu we have :
🦗 on tap
pinkies , 🐷 and a variety of different sized 🐀’s! Can’t wait to show y’all!

01/06/2023

As our followers expand I wanted to offer anyone to share and/or save these. Snakes can be found out all year long in the South especially the Gulf of Mexico areas. These cards aren’t perfect but they are meant to inform you in times of need especially if your having troubles identifying venomous species.

Please do not ever under any circumstances pick up a snake that you cannot identify. Often times Cottonmouths can easily be mistaken for a common water snake, not a fun mistake for anyone.

Some of these species range several states over not just in Mississippi and Georgia, please keep that in mind when saving. This was originally a project to help the South Mississippi areas and some areas of Georgia better learn to scientifically identify these species.