Reptile Adventure

Reptile Adventure Hands-on, interactive reptile education We are extremely hands-on, allowing participants to touch and even hold most of our animals.

Reptile Adventure, based in NY's Capital Region, is an educational organization that brings live animals to classrooms, libraries, festivals, and birthday parties.

Hey friends, one of the things I often am asked is what things are safe to feed to your reptile. Specifically in this ca...
10/03/2025

Hey friends, one of the things I often am asked is what things are safe to feed to your reptile. Specifically in this case I'm going to talk about fish. Some fish species contain thiaminase, which can cause thiamine deficiency. You don't want that happening to your reptile, so I suggest avoiding those species. The main fish that we would feed here, include salmonids (salmon, trout, char) and tilapia (any cichlid is ok). If you fish or have someone who does fish, anything in the sunfish family (bluegill, pumpkinseed, crappie) is okay.

I'm going to post a link here that has a list of both fish that contain it, which you should avoid, and a list of fish that do not contain it, so you can figure out what to feed your fish. Avoid goldfish, and anything else from the carp family including minnows and koi. No catfish. No herring family. The list is very long, but few people will have Brian access to this many species.

I often tell people to only feed cooked eggs to your pets. I figured I'd explain why!Raw eggs contain a substance called...
10/01/2025

I often tell people to only feed cooked eggs to your pets. I figured I'd explain why!

Raw eggs contain a substance called avidin, especially in the whites. This is useful to the developing animal as an antibiotic, but if eaten, it can bind to biotin (aka vitamin B7), which is needed for several things in your cells. Eating too much avidin can cause a biotin deficiency, which leads to multiple problems, the most noticeable being skin problems.

For wild animals, it's not a big deal because:
1. As the egg develops, the avidin gets used up, so the egg is likely not as high in it as the eggs we eat, which are either very fresh or unfertilized

2. The diet is generally varied enough that they're not getting a high percentage

Cooking the egg can denature the avidin, so we suggest doing that. We prefer hard boiled for convenience (and the tegus eat the shells as well), but any cooking method is fine, just don't add anything.

✨Make sure the egg is properly cooled before feeding though!✨

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

Please join us for this seminar!
08/10/2025

Please join us for this seminar!

We're a little damp, but we're here at Moxie's Ice Cream
07/20/2025

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

Today we will be at Moxie's Ice Cream in Wynantskill for their National Ice Cream Day celebration! We'll be in the back ...
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 😆

What have we been up to? Communication issues are mostly resolved, although our voicemails still get randomly not delive...
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.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to the rising costs of animal food, we are changing our programs to consist entirely of plus...
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!

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

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

Hey friends, our voicemail has apparently been broken for a while now. We were not aware of this, so please text us if y...
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.

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