Rocking Reptiles and Rescue

05/11/2023

🤣🤣🤣🤣

11/10/2023

This company is extremely moralistic and very ethical! Great quality feeders and great prices on enclosures!

11/10/2023

Would you like to be subscriber 300,000? I think you’d be a neato burrito like a giraffe in a Speedo!

11/10/2023

11/10/2023

Our big girl gaining weight finally and loving her superworms 😌 This is Lexa ^_^

25/08/2023

Shelf Liner—An Unnatural Substrate Q&A:

1) Q: Is shelf liner a good option for a sterile (bare floor/non-loose substrate) setup?
1) A: No. Adhesive shelf liner is toxic because of the glue, and non-adhesive shelf liner is less dangerous but still not a good option. We would advise using paper towels instead, or rough-textured slate or ceramic tiles for a long-term “bare floors” setup, though we always push for loose substrate for healthy animals!

2) Q: Why isn’t shelf liner a good option even if it’s non-adhesive?
2) A: Shelf liner is not made to be used as flooring for our animals. Tile would be much more natural, would last a lot longer (forever, even if you break tiles you can still reuse them), and is made to withstand all kinds of weather and temperatures. Shelf liner, specifically Duck Brand (the most popular brand for non-adhesive shelf liner), is NOT food safe and is NOT temperature resistant—we are firm believers that if it’s not safe to eat off of and it’s not built to be heated, it’s not safe to go inside your enclosure.

3) Q: What about keepers who’ve used shelf liner for a long time with success?
3) A: “Success” would simply mean the animals are still alive even though they live on it, but this doesn’t mean it’s still not risky and especially doesn’t mean it’s good for the animal. While keepers may use whatever they’d like for their setups, we hope our recommendations and the statements from the biggest brand that makes shelf liner will change your mind.

4) Q: Why does it matter if shelf liner isn’t food safe and heat resistant?
4) A: Shelf liner is made from materials that can release toxic chemicals when heated (usually vinyl and various plastics to make it more malleable), they’re typically meant to go in drawers or cabinets where it’s cool and dark. Using a surface to eat off of that is not food safe (such as using a ceramic cup that wasn’t waterproofed) can make you very sick. Most reptiles will scent their environment by licking it, so your animal is constantly “tasting” a material that is potentially dangerous. Please listen to the Duck Brand rep who responded to our question!

Thank you for reading! We hope this clears up some confusion as to why we don’t support the use of Shelf Liner(:

- advancing husbandry

29/07/2023

Patience is key!! 😍

05/06/2023

Great info graphic

01/05/2023

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19/04/2023

Beautiful snake

23/03/2023

Don't forget we have several reptiles available for adoption! :)
Everything comes with and they are free but you will need to know how to properly care for them. If you are willing to learn I can print out information

17/03/2023

04/03/2023

Plz, don't do this. This setup is absolutely disgusting at best. And it'd not like this person isn't in groups specifically for iguanas, so he's def ignorant on the best day. Don't house reptiles together unless you have such a massive enclosure and they all have seperate environments to bask and handle their daily business in. Iguanas travel a decent distance from where they are born, and this guy may be free to roam but I guarantee his outside of enclosure area isn't even set up for iguanas. Yo have to toddler-proof EVERYTHING and make sure you have a spot outside the enclosure that has UVB and basking spot Temps of 105-115. Iguanas are one of the hardest advanced species and one of the MOST neglected/uninformed about reptiles out there. Most pet shops (yes even local ones smaller mom n pip places ) tell you the wrong info and say things Like "oh I had reptiles for x amount of years " ....sorry that doesn't mean you're doing it right. Plz ask if you don't know! I have no problems with coming and helping yall with setups!

17/02/2023

Anyone else experience dirty side eye looks if you don't have the reptile's veggies in their enclosure by seven a m??? 😂🥹🫠😏🥰

17/02/2023

Getting there!

09/02/2023

We were all ignorant at one point

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18/01/2023

Added some more stuff to his temporary enclosure until his other one is built . He came to us as a rescue his name is Yoshi

17/01/2023

Photo cr3dit: Taco The Tegu
Get a tegu they said.
It will be fun they said.
Well they were right lol
Welcome to Beggars of the reptile world 😂❤️ episode one.

17/01/2023

New bug order will be here end of this week beginning of next. I will begin offering frozen thawed rats, guinea pigs and chicks starting in March!!!! All sizes will be available!
Bug order will consist of Hornworms, wax worms, BSFL, crickets of two sizes (1/2 inch and adult), supers and small & giant mealworms !
Will begin selling vitamin supplements and pre-made veggie kits foe your omni/herb eaters!
For the summer I will be offering ground whole prey for dogs and Tegus as well!

17/01/2023

Had to make do with what i have on hand. He came as a rescue and now has proper Temps, a fogger and misting three times a day until his new one is built! Meet Yoshi ^_^

17/01/2023

💯😈

17/01/2023

Here are some proper iguana enclosures! NOT TANKS unless they are big like these and have proper ventilation! They need to have height as they are climbers!

09/01/2023

The tiniest of snakeys..... Loki was found In someone's basement, and normally this time of year these snakes in Iowa are burrowed under the soil, sleeping until it warms up again. He pulled a sneaky snake and tried to seek out warmth in someone's basement....so here we are lol. He has a small infection by his mouth but nothing some ointment can't clear up :) I'm not for keeping things from the wild but putting him outside would have been an inhumane death sentence. So he gets to hang out with us now lol. Welcome to the family little one!

08/01/2023

TRIGGER WARNING.
This is a very sad sad situation. This reptile came from a pet store *this is not mine nor is it in my care- it has been taken to the vet by the people who saved him* and goes to show, that not all small pet shops are innocent either. She came from a small local pet shop (not in our area) and was housed with other reptiles. Smh. SHAME ON THIS SHOP! This is why I do what I do.

26/12/2022

Anyone else miss their Tegus when they go down for the winter??

11/12/2022

I mean If the shoe fits....