Herpnotiq

01/08/2024

Be like Steve ❤️

21/07/2024

Although we have only prodoced ball pythons here at Herpnotiq, we also keep several other species. Here are all the colubrids we keep.

06/07/2024

The baby we produced this year, eating and doing great!

29/06/2024

Just some of my beautiful ball pythons!

03/06/2024

Hello all! This video brought to my attention that the government has essentially banned the production of heat producing lights. This is a problem for those who keep and/or raise reptiles, amphibians, certain plants, chickens and potentially other things. I'm sharing this video for those of you who have animals or plants that need heating and lighting. So you can either stock up on lights, or potentially I'd you have ideas on a solution reach out and let others know!

Information is still a little scarce on this subject, but we wanted to at least make you aware of what was going on. This has the potential to be VERY bad fo...

30/05/2024

Here's the baby I hatched out. Shed yesterday can't wait to watch this little one grow!

28/05/2024

"It's just a snake, I hit him in the head just enough to knock him out."

No what you did was crush his skull enough that he was still alive but brain damaged.

People please educate yourselves and your children!

Snakes who are not venomous (the majority) are as harmless as sticks. Your Unfounded and learned fears shouldn't cost them their lives.

This snake would have kept this families property under control of rodents for years!

22/05/2024

Look at this gorgeous baby all out of the egg!

17/05/2024

So this incubation period had a lot of downs. Unfortunately I lost all but 1 egg. Bit that one egg is due to hatch any day. And today I cut the egg. This beautiful baby is inside, I can't wait for it to emerge so I can fully see it's beauty!
I have learned many lessons to apply next year!

11/05/2024

Do you want a reptile but don’t want a snake or know what to get? A leopard gecko might just be what you are looking for! Leopard gecko is a great lizard for a beginner or experienced reptile keeper, they don’t get super big, tolerate handling great, and are pretty hardy. Leopard geckos come in many colors, have easy dietary needs, and need a relatively small enclosure size compared to many other reptiles.
If you are looking to pick up your first leopard gecko, you are in luck because they are super easy fine. They can be found at almost every pet store that sells live animals. However, I advise to stay away from large pet stores because they have often have outdated care and you may end up getting an animal that is sick, and get misinformation on their care. Going to reptile expos and talking to breeders will help give you better insight to their care. Expos also are the best place to get a leopard gecko.
Speaking of care, make sure you’ve done adequate research and have a proper set up before getting one. Leopard geckos need a minimum enclosure size of a 20g long terrarium, or custom built enclosure. These terrariums can be picked up at expos and pet stores. Front open enclosures are best with reptiles due to the easy of getting them out of the cage, and being able to come from the front versus from above, which is threatening to them. Now that you have a front open 20g enclosure or bigger now what do you need? Well for a beginner you need to choose a substrate. Substrate is one of the most difficult things to get a good answer on. Reptile carpets are bad because they hold in bacteria, and can get nails stuck in them, cause injury to your gecko. Some place may suggest using sand, like the bags you can buy at the pet stores, which are often unsafe as well. What you can use is paper towels. Paper towels give you and easy clean up and keep their toes from getting stuck. However, if the gecko ingests any paper towel it can cause impaction, so do your best to make sure there are no areas of paper towel that would be easy for the gecko to accidentally grab when hunting. Paper towels are a bit boring and blah looking so what if you want something more natural looking. Doing a coco fiber mixed with a play sand is a great natural looking substrate.
Now that you have the tank and substrate chosen what do you need otherwise. A heat source is needed. You can use an under the tank heat pad, a heat emitter or an overhead light. It’s important to know that albinos have light sensitivity so bright lights may cause them to have trouble seeing and hunting while the light is on. You’ll also need a few different places for the gecko to hide, including at least one humid hide. A humid hide is a hide that has damp moss to help the leopard gecko during shedding. In addition you will need a water dish.
As babies and juveniles, feeding live insects 1-2 days is recommended and adults 2-3 times a week. Leopard geckos are strictly insectivores, meaning that they eat only insect. Crickets, dubia roaches and mealworms are all great sources of nutrition and are pretty easy to find at pet stores, at expos, or online. Waxworms and calciworms are high in fats and should only be fed as treats. In addition you should light dust your feeder insects with calcium powder, and for leopard geckos it’s ok to have vitamin D3 in the calcium powder.
For ADVANCED keepers, leopard geckos have been shown to thrive well in small groups. Groups should only consist of females and cage sizing does need to be increased when having multiple geckos together. It’s very important to not put multiple males together because they are likely to fight, causing severe injury to one or both geckos involved and could end up with one or more of the geckos perishing. It’s also important that when having multiple geckos together that you have multiple places for geckos to hide, heat up, drink and feed. It’s also important to do frequent checks when first introducing new geckos, and watching for signs of stress or fighting. Please do TONS of research and be very knowledgeable on sign or stress and behavior before attempting to cohabitate. Leopard gecko do not NEED cage mates, and do perfectly well alone.
If you have further question feel free to reach out to me, as this is not a full care guide. Like, share and follow this page and Exotic Enthusiasts, and be sure to keep an eye out for the next one. Thank you all for taking the time to read!

11/05/2024

Check out these awesome baby Madagascar giant hissing cockroaches! These guys make amazing pets for beginners and children! They are quite hardy and can live off of your waste vegetables and fruit!

06/05/2024

In celebration of Star Wars Day, we have enlisted the Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu to share an important message.

As we move on through spring more turtles will end up on the road as they search for food, suitable habitat, mates or to find a dry and sunny area to nest. The good news is that you don't need to use the Force or be a trained intergalactic warrior, anyone can help them! If you see a turtle on a road or about to cross, you can help it to the side of the road it was heading towards once it's safe to do so. It's important to do this because once a turtle has its path decided, it is likely to keep trying to head that way even if you place it in what seems like better habitat. Turtles should never be taken from the wild to become pets, if a turtle is injured you can contact us or a local wildlife rehabilitator to get it proper care, taking a healthy animal from the wild is never "saving it", but hurts the chances of that population surviving into the future. We know many of you are turtle heroes and already help them every chance you can!

**Larger turtles like Snapping Turtles require additional safety measures like not holding them by the tail, avoiding their powerful bite, and securing them by holding the very rear of their shell or dragging them across the road on a floor mat, container or other flat object **

We love when you help save our turtles but YOUR safety is always the most important thing so please use caution. Roads are dangerous!

May the 4th Be With You!

22/04/2024

🪲 Mites are tiny parasitic arachnids that feed on your reptile's blood. They can be more than just a nuisance; causing irritation and stress to your reptile, even anemia, blood borne illness, and death in severe cases. Most keepers go right to chemical warfare against these blood sucking pests, and trash the beautiful enclosure they worked so hard to establish in the process.

Thankfully, there are natural ways to combat parasitic mites using the power of beneficial insects and nematodes! Best of all, these beneficial bugs will not harm your reptile! Click the link below to read more on how you can rid yourself of these pests and help your mini ecosystem thrive. 👇
https://www.zenhabitats.com/blogs/reptile-care-sheets-resources/treating-mites-in-your-reptiles-terrarium-the-natural-and-safe-way

08/04/2024

It's time to put these ridiculous snake myths to rest.

Rattlesnake Solutions

31/03/2024

Happy Easter everyone!

26/03/2024

The video of me collecting eggs, was expecting to get bit, but luckily Echidna was in a good mood

26/03/2024

Exciting news! We got 5 eggs from Echidna. 4 of the eggs look great, and have great vein structures going on. One egg does look questionable and we will keep a close eye on it. We got about 50 days before egg cutting and hatching! Im so excited to see what these eggs have growing inside!

23/03/2024

Exciting news everyone, Echidna has laid her eggs! Unfortunately the clutch is early and I was unprepared. The incubator is bot seeming to work, so some investigation is being set to see if we can get it running. If not well have a new one here monday, and until then she will continue to incubate the eggs herself. Once the incubator situation is figured out there will be pictures ans egg count!

18/03/2024

Good afternoon! So if you have been keeping up with us you should know we were expecting eggs. Our female pied, Persephone was due to lay eggs the 14th. As the weeks went on from her shed, she looked a bit more swollen but ultimately big enough for eggs. Today we took her for x-rays and she is empty. No eggs from her.
However on the bright side Echidna, our bamboo cinny is look swollen and mighty lumpy! She is due to have eggs around the 29th so fingers crossed!
Have a wonderful day everyone, and i look forward to updating yall next week!

02/03/2024

This beautiful girl exhibited signs of ovulation and shed out a couple weeks ago. If all go as planned we should be expecting a clutch from her towards the end of March, fingers crossed!
This beautiful girl is a bamboo cinnamon and she was bred to a banana pied. Keep an eye out for an update!

07/02/2024

Hey all!! Exciting news, this girl here has shown signs of ovulation, and shed this past Saturday! So if all things worked out, that shoulda been her pre-lay shed, and wr could be expecting some eggs in March! I'm extremely excited and hopeful to see what this girl produces. So stay tuned next month ans hopefully I'll be posting some eggs.

28/01/2024

Hood afternoon all! I know i have been pretty silent on posting here, but in the absence on here there has been a lot of work put into the breeding. I just wanted to come on here to give an update that both of my girls are showing signs of both physically and behaviorally of having eggs! I have always been told not to count my chickens til they hatch, but one looks as though she is going into shed, and with that being said, lets hope that in the next month or 2 I'll be posting eggs! Until then, take care all!

11/12/2023

First confirmed lock for these 2. Banana pied X pied

01/11/2023

The first lock of the season! Banana pied x Bamboo cinnamon, fingers crossed this is the start of a great breeding season!

30/09/2023

Hey everyone! Its coming uo on the most wonderful time of the year, ball python breeding season! This year we are planning a couple pairings. First we are pairing Orion, the banana pied (first picture) with the beautiful Enchidna (second picture) who is a bamboo cinnamon. Orion is a lucky guy, 'cause we are expecting Persephone (the last picture) to make weight this year and also be able to breed!
Keep an eye, as the season gets further in we will be posting more about these, and hopefully some clutches!

04/07/2023

Got our first clutch last night! A pastel clown het pied x fire

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, from us here at Herpnotiq

17/12/2022

This is one of our pairings this year. Our banana pied male. To our female superblast, with no known hets. Can't wait to see what spectacular babies will be produced!