Mothman’s Cryptid Morphs

09/08/2025

Running a deal on the stripe boys! If you get a sibling with them, an additional 50 off the pair!

08/31/2025

This baby has strong opinions today, but wanted to show everyone how you can actually see through a lot of small light colored snakes

08/31/2025

I'm heading down to a wedding in southern Ohio this week! If you're on the way and want to meet up we can drop 25 off these :)

I like no miss pairings and I also do wet specimens!

08/27/2025

Good news! Seems I was right that dad was fire! Bad news? Mom isn't vanilla like we were told 😬 solved one mystery by getting another.

08/27/2025

We went ahead and made page on ship your reptiles! All the corns we have available are now listed!

https://findyourreptile.com/reptile-stores/mothmans-cryptid-morphs/

08/24/2025

I got to peak my photography skills today

08/23/2025

A day of chaos but another shed! IDing these is hard lol

08/23/2025

We just dropped off two additional wet specimens to donate! Head to Asylum Pets - Wyoming, MI to find the thread on how to get your hands on them!

Ball python by Mothman’s Cryptid Morphs

08/23/2025

First nakey baby 😍

08/22/2025

Get cool things and support an awesome rescue!

08/20/2025

Sometimes I see requests online of people looking for aquatic turtles or large tortoises. My response is always the same.

Aquatic turtles are one of the hardest non-giant reptiles to manage the care of, because their water needs are great, and they are pooping *machines*. A general rule of thumb is 10 gallons per inch of shell, and to have a filter system rated for several times the capacity of system. This means that a red ear slider, that starts life as a 1inch little buddy, will require at LEAST 100gallons (the classic 2x2x4), proper heating and lighting, and a pump and filter system for at least a 300 gallon system, and you're probably still going to be doing a LOT of maintenance to keep that clean.

Smaller tortoises like a Russian Tortoise are generally much more attainable to give a good setup for... But they also get into a humans retirement age with relative frequency! And when you get things bigger like a sulcata they live as long or longer, but also become 3ft 150lb boulders who have no concept of a fence.. or toilets like the photo here shows. I've seen with alarming regularity massive tortoises lost or found because that 150lb boulder does not care what you think it's enclosure looks like. If it wants to try the neighbors grass you're going to struggle to contain them.

It's so tempting to get a small reptile and have a small setup, but a small setup is not going to last. You will be sinking tons of money into getting them an adequate setup. Many don't seem to understand that. And since animals should be a lifelong commitment (barring absolute emergencies, not here to yell at someone for suddenly falling ill or anything) you need to be prepared for tort-hulk to smash. And honestly this is all surface level.

So many of these animals are impulsively gotten when they are small and cute, and rescues get slammed with requests to take them in, which is hard to do alone, let alone when you've got multiple animals you're already taking care of. They require a ton of space and resources that rescues are always tight on.

If you're dead set on getting one, prepare for them at their biggest and strongest, and consider adopting. These guys are generally very long lived critters and it's not unheard of for someone purchasing them in their late 20s and early 30s being outlived by their animals by a decade or more.

08/17/2025

We have many babies looking for digs both sexes. Anyone who’s not a visual stripe or anery is 66% for it, all are 100% diffused. Lots of masque and rf! Expecting more color on them as they grow and everyone’s well started. These pics are finally true to life, now you can see what I mean by my camera couldn’t compare 😂