Relic Exotics

17/11/2024

This absolutely gorgeous creature is Loverboy and he'll ve staying with us for a couple of months as part of a collab! He'll be paired with Jaeger this year for some stunning dark based splotchy tricolour 🥰

07/11/2024

If you don't bring food, you get the hood. Mister Zoops is all attitude in his viv, but I love that about him

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06/11/2024

If I stand over my bowl and wink at mum, maybe she'll feed me? 🤔

Oh Odin, you've already begged a bowl full from dad, it won't work again.

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02/11/2024

Saturday snoozes. Lady showing us how it's done.

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02/11/2024

Just a note - When we ask to see an enclosure or ask about care, it's not a personal attack on you, your experience or your care standards. We just want to make sure that everything is perfect for your baby, and check that with everyone who contacts us.
Meeting our questions with defensiveness or even aggression is not acceptable for someone who just wants to make sure their animals are getting the best start, not just for their sake, but for yours too.

Thank you.

31/10/2024

🎃Happy Halloween 🎃

Much love from Spooky may your day be extra scary and full of good snacks.

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30/10/2024

The prettiest girl in world 🥰
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29/10/2024

Like father, like baby.

Rhino came out an almost clone of their daddy, right down to the break in the pins (Which has infuriated me for years 🤣) and the enormous head that looks like they should be tipping over when they walk!

What a baby...

Chroma is from Kirstys Cresties who I adore, and mum Vienna is from Apex Predator who also have incredible geckos! I'm still humming and hawing over whether this one is a keeper or not. I'll let them grow out a bit first.

26/10/2024

Zen - gecko extraordinaire.

He's such a pretty boy 🤍

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24/10/2024

SOme little changes in the geckos who will be available this year! They're still all growing out and some are getting close to leaving weight now.

Lovely mix of yellow dals (some looking like super deals possibly) yellow based babies with massive heads, and then a nice dark based tri-colour lily too.

21/10/2024

The bullsnakes have been put down for brumation. I miss them over winter, but it shaves a little off the lecky bill 🤣

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19/10/2024

Baby Brimstone, one of my keepers this year! The red spots coming out on this baby are amazing. Mum Echo comes from some beautiful lines with red and green spots too, but I didn't expect one baby to take them all 🤣 they're also a phantom and came out of the egg maroon coloured instead of yellow.

Definitely a favourite this year I think.

16/10/2024

All of our 2024 babies so far!

We have 3 more eggs left to hatch but they won't be ready this year :) Any baby with a gold star will be available when they reach an appropriate size (Most are nearly there!)

There's definitely some favourites this year. Apocalypse 'Pocky' is such a d***y, laid-back baby who I could hand to anybody and they'll chill.
Brimstone surprised us by hatching out almost black - a phantom from two bright yellow parents, and the only one from this year and last. They've also got some fantastic red spots from Mum's side.
Frost's bright orange/red and cream is super eye-catching, and the loss of their tail is mourned since it was almost completely cream.

It's also the first year we've lost baby tails... Mammons was lost whilst moving them into their enclosure, and Frost legged it when I opened the egg box and took me catching them quite personally.

We will not have many Crestie babies next year at all whilst we focus on the Bullsnakes

15/10/2024

Who's the handsomest bitey creature in all the lands? Zeppelin is.


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13/10/2024

I don't often get involved in reptile world drama, but this is important to all keepers, from ones who keep DWA species, right down to your everyday keeper.

Just to note our page is not US-based and we don't keep any medically significant venomous species. However, this could end up being important for us over here as well.

For those who don't know, on September 5th, a US venomous keeper, Jeff Leibowitz, posted on his Instagram as he free-handled a young Inland Taipan snake, claiming it couldn't bite him because of how he was holding it. This is arguably the most venomous snake in the world, with the highest lethal dose of venom. He was bitten shortly after.

This is a man who has posted "antivenom is for p*ssies." And proceeded to use up a great deal of the country's antivenom to save his life. As a result of his actions, his animals had to be destroyed as nowhere could take them.
He's been back out of hospital for about a week I believe now, and is having animals that were 'hidden' returned to him, and straight back to free-handling a forest cobra.

In case you're wondering why this is of any relevance at all, Netflix now wants to do a documentary similar to Tiger King and a few others on Jeff. These previous documentaries have led to legislation being brought in against even the respectable and careful keepers of exotic animals. The antis in the UK have already been nipping at the heels of the hobby, closing down reptile shows, and putting pressure on keepers in a variety of ways - Look up the Scottish Government's push for a 'White List' that would control the species we keep, and yes, it's still important if you aren't in Scotland as they've historically been used as a testing point for legislation across the rest of the UK.

Please don't support people like this.

Support places like REPTA and https://www.facebook.com/ResponsibleReptileKeeping who fight both for our rights to keep our reptiles, and for the welfare of the reptiles themselves.

If you want to get into DWA keeping, then find a reliable, trustworthy mentor who will show you the ropes, or somewhere like The Creature Cabin who do DWA handling courses

There is also a petition to Netflix to stop the creation of the documentary, I don't know how much weight it hold, but if it helps at all, then its worthwhile: https://chng.it/kgwkt9zCN5

Gladly resharing this because Jeff’s actions are quite literally risking the venomous snake keeping hobby in the United States. I have had him blocked for awhile so I can’t share links to his profiles, but searching his name and his Facebook group will easily bring you to them to report them for animal abuse. Responsible keepers in this industry truly do not support him.

I am posting this in agreement with the entire United States venomous keeping community. Jeffrey Leibowitz (creator of Venomous Snakes Classifieds) is a liability to us all: not only venomous keepers but reptile keepers as a whole.
Many of us share this view, and are posting this today.
There is no ignoring him or hoping he will go away. Jeff and a few other infamous members of the reptile keeping community have signed a deal with the producers of Tiger King and Chimp Crazy to go on Netflix.
The Big Cat Public Safety Act and the Captive Primate Safety Act shortly followed these two documentaries.
If you care about the future of our community and these animals, take five seconds to report his profile and his group. We can get his profile banned and his group deleted with group cooperation. We do not want Jeff and these other individuals representing the entirety of our community because they are the loudest idiots in the room.
Please report both of these. Share this. Let’s stand against Jeff’s behavior and those who support him or this film.
- Venomous Keepers everywhere.

Inland taipan photo for tax

12/10/2024

12/10/2024

Nearly ready for a new Pangea provider too! You can message me on Instagram or my page for more information ☺️
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11/10/2024

The one who ate all the pies. Lady is on a serious diet at the moment as she's turned from Ackie monitor, to Sausage.

Lots of exercise and out time now, and very little food. Chunky monkey.