Reptile Adventure

08/11/2025

New sticker design coming in 2 weeks! Who can guess the species? We've blurred it and put a couple stickers on to make it a little more tricky for you.

08/10/2025

Please join us for this seminar!

07/20/2025

We're a little damp, but we're here at Moxie's Ice Cream

07/20/2025

Today we will be at Moxie's Ice Cream in Wynantskill for their National Ice Cream Day celebration! We'll be in the back left corner. Please come visit with us, and remember to support the wonderful local business that makes this possible!

We promise to bring one of our well behaved dragons (sweet, angelic Silas) instead of Fireball here 😆

06/26/2025

What have we been up to?

Communication issues are mostly resolved, although our voicemails still get randomly not delivered sometimes. The other issue was our owner having been sick for over two months starting in mid April. Fortunately she's mostly better now and more functional!

We recently adopted two of the ball pythons from the Queensbury SPCA; they'd taken in over 120 snakes from an abuse situation in April, and they did a great job getting them healthy again (they were severely underfed and mite infested). Cavatappi (pictured) is a very young pastel, while Udon is a normal female who is at least 6 feet long (we measured!).

We also adopted a beautiful male tegu named Goji; he is big, and a hybrid of the black and white tegu and red tegu. He's not unfriendly, but he needs a lot of socialization before he'll be ready to travel. He also appears to be going through "guberty" which makes a tegu extra difficult to deal with socially for a while until their hormones settle down. Goji brings our tegu count to 10, although Callisto is still fostered out for training.

Another adoption was two beautiful corn snakes.

We also accepted a big, heavy redfoot tortoise. He is heavier than Violet, although he appears a bit smaller. He's got pretty severe pyramids, and we're watching to see if he's got long term health issues. So far he's starting to trust us. Thank you to the volunteer who transported him to Albany from Ithaca!

Lastly, we took in a HUGE northern blue tongued skink named Sapphire. Sapphire is sweet and beautiful. He'll be traveling very soon.

Taking these animals in required a great deal of rearranging. It helped that the corn snakes and tegu came with enclosures, although we had to really scramble for space to put the tegu habitat.

04/01/2025

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Due to the rising costs of animal food, we are changing our programs to consist entirely of plush reptiles. Not only will this save us money in food, it will also lower our insurance rates significantly and allow us to feature any and all species, not just limited to reptiles. We can even feature mythical creatures in this new format! We hope you enjoy the new program!

03/11/2025

The 2025 calendar is starting to fill up! Please send us a text if you need to book! 518-495-8684

The sooner you get in touch, the more likely you'll get your preferred date!

03/10/2025

Hey friends! We've been asked this a bunch: we won't have a booth at the Saratoga Expo. Please enjoy the weekend responsibly!

Visit https://reptifiles.com/ to review care sheets for the species you're considering. Sulcata tortoises are sentient, walking wrecking balls, and tegus and iguanas need big, hot, humid habitats to be healthy. Chameleons are really really hard to keep.

UVA/UVB lighting is *vital* for most reptiles; DON'T wait to get it after getting the animal if you can't buy it at the same time. Each species has different needs, so research first!

03/07/2025

Hey friends, our voicemail has apparently been broken for a while now. We were not aware of this, so please text us if you need anything, and we will do our best to get back to you in a timely fashion. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we will be visiting the phone provider today to see if they can sort this out for us.

In the meantime, please enjoy this photo of pink tongued skink Marvin as he has a snack of egg yolk.

02/15/2025

Saturday March 1 is the Kidz Expo at the Empire State Plaza! We are reaching out to see if any of our fans would like to come and help out at the event! You can hold a lizard or snake, and help the guests interact with the animal you choose! Please message us if you're interested!

12/21/2024

11/20/2024

The other day, we got a call from the DEC asking is of we could help with this stray alligator. I let them know that we don't have the license or facility for crocodilians, and gave them Mr. Perpetua's number. I'm glad this guy was found and captured safely before winter.

PLEASE do your research before getting a pet! Baby gators (and their kin) are very cute, but they grow up into a dangerous adult that is expensive and difficult to house. In NYS, you can't have them as pets. Licenses are only available to legitimate exhibitors and educators.

If you choose to illegally keep one of these animals (or any other prohibited species), know that the state can and will take them away, fine you, and potentially euthanize the animal (this alligator was very lucky). It's not worth it, and it's totally unfair to the animal. Whoever dumped this creature in the cold climate of NY State is a cruel and thoughtless jerk.

The American alligator could've frozen to death had he stayed in the cold creek, said his new owner Mark Perpetua.