Lovins Reptiles

14/08/2024

Carl J. Vargas at and myself at Lovins Reptiles have decided to release a small amount of female albino pectinata once we have them established and feeding well. If you have any interest message me, I will be handling that side of things. We are extremely excited to bring this project to the public. Solstice will make an appearance at NARBC Dallas, we can also arrange pick up at any of the following shows - NARBC: North American Reptile Breeders Conference , HERPS Exotic Reptile and Pet Shows, Texas Reptile Expo, Lone Star Reptile Expos, Reptilian Nation Expo -Houston, Show me reptile show and other select shows in Texas.

14/08/2024

The future looks bright...

10/08/2024

It's that time of year again.. Come out and see many local breeders. I am sitting this one out for the 1st time since I began vending but Huff's Herps will be there with some of the highest quality geckos in Texas.

Join us August 10th and 11th at the RMB Fairgrounds in Robstown for the largest and only exotic reptile and pet expo in the coastal bend! Over one hundred tables will feature thousands of reptiles, amphibians, insects, feeders, small mammals, and supplies all available to the public!
Concessions will be on hand, so make an entire weekend out of it. You don't want to miss this one!

Time:
Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Tickets can only be purchased at the door. We accept cash or credit/debit cards.

Ticket Prices:
$10 for adult 1 day. $15 adult 2 day

$5 kids ages 5-12 1 day. $8 kids ages 5-12 2 day

4 and under are always free!

Location:
Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds
1213 Terry Shamsie Blvd., Robstown

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30/07/2024

Another beautiful Ctenosaura pectinata growing up nicely, this is a sibling to the patterned baby, it developed bars earlier than I expected and the yellow color is already coming in. In my opinion, this one has an amazing pattern forming and will be impressive at it gets older.

29/07/2024

I usually keep my page reptile related but I am also a huge Comic fan. Yesterday, I picked up some amazing artwork from . I know there is a lot of crossover in the hobby, so if you're a comic fan, check out his work. You won't be disappointed.

11/07/2024

I opened up a shipment of animals yesterday and these bearded dragons were in it and they shouldnt have been...lol. They will be going back to the sender on Monday but for now they are getting some natural sunlight and ,well, rained on. I could have kept them and they never would have known but it is important to me to set the example and do the right thing. Plus I don't want to feed 6 bearded dragons..lol

10/07/2024

I am so intrigued by this pectinata, the first 5 pictures are of the hatchling that hatched out fully banded, it has oranges and gold/ yellows coming in between the bands the bands are breaking up a little into specks but still holding the overall pattern the last 3 pictures are of its sibling that hatched out completely normal (green) is now entering the "ugly" phase where the black bands come in and it will go through several color changes before the oranges and yellows show up which is what is to be expected, I can not wait for this boy to be ready to breed next year. He will be line bred and outcrossed to see what, if anything, may carry over and if it proves out to be a "morph" it's offspring will go into other projects in the works.

01/07/2024

A couple of months ago, I was expecting a very gravid Calotes calotes to lay eggs, but instead, I came home and found her with an injured front leg and on the bottom of her cage. I moved her to a smaller cage and checked on her the next day. Unfortunately, when I came home from work, I found her dead and still full of eggs. I decided to remove the eggs by carefully opening her abdomen. The eggs looked good, so I put them in the incubator. Today, the first egg hatched, 10 more to go, hopefully. Losing her was a huge loss, but being able to save the eggs and have them hatch ensure her genetics are not lost.

18/06/2024

This is interesting, after he shed he has light oranges coming through, I tried to get more pics but he wasn't in the mood.

09/06/2024

Horrible pictures but Uromastyx habit outside has been mostly completed.

08/06/2024

HERPS Conroe Exotic Reptile and Pet Show is happening this weekend, stop by and see my friends. Heartbeat Reptile has some amazing animals.

Come out to HERPS Exotic Reptile and Pet Shows in Conroe this weekend to check out all the cool animals and say hi to us!

07/06/2024

For the past several months I have been using Grubco.com for my cricket orders. I have been extremely pleased, flat rate shipping and they add cool packs for summer shipping at no extra charge. Even in Texas with us hitting 100 degrees I have very few dead crickets upon arrival.

05/06/2024

It's been a while since I posted any pics of the striped pectinata baby.He did have an injury on his back where either a spider bit him or a cricket bit him, it had me pretty stressed out for several weeks but i kept it clean and used antibiotic cream to keep any infecrion down. It has healed up, and the banding came in again when it healed. I can not wait to see what looks like when he is full grown.

03/06/2024

Changing up gecko enclosures to hopefully reduce or eliminate the use of racks with all geckos. Hopefully this works out as planned. Still need to add some more hiding areas but happy with it so far.

26/05/2024

Wow I just noticed I have 1000 followers on this page, thank you everyone that has given me a like or follow.. I know I don't update this page as often as I should but between my full time job and time working with animals I don't often have time to update here. I am producing less animals this year as I continue to shift my focus to giant Anoles and other unique projects. I do still have some gecko projects that will continue but on a very small scale because of this shift my show schedule will be very sporadic. Thank you for your continued support, I can't wait to see what the next year has in store.

22/04/2024

I am not a big fan of care sheets, too many people treat care sheets like a Bible and think they must do whatever is written on it and don't bother to do further research so at every sale I give my business card so the customer can contact me and I give links to information, information is free. With that said, I would recommend one of the most thorough care sheets for leopard geckos and African fattailed geckos I have ever seen that comes from my buddy Seth Hoffpauir at Huff's Herps. Watch the video, I actually use a version of his caresheet when I do have them.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=o0aYbLFCjanwt-_R&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1j2c1blGWgOTSgqOnqnG3o5lz9UV_Of8LcmYYZnjmzi55NDApstQHqtYc_aem_AWVIEQp0YF8JR56X7WJ7lF96U6vE3U4VhQN-0_MJs73foOTVfySCcUe9BzDcYHXs8QXWiIEzuY-BWOxwI4jxXfIe&v=iRjNmFIDF8A&feature=youtu.be

This video is a simple explanation of our basic care sheet. This is designed for beginners, to provide the most critical and accurate information possible.

19/03/2024

It's been a while since I posted this little guy but the bands/pattern I still there so far.

01/03/2024

For some reason I am having issues sharing events to my page. I will be vending the Texas Reptile Expo in McQueeny this weekend. I can't wait to see everyone at one of my favorite shows.

27/01/2024

STG Bacon line Gargoyle gecko....

27/01/2024

Come out and see us Conroe, TX. We have some awesome Kingsville Bullsnakes, California kingsnakes, various geckos and 1 2023 banana pectinata.

01/01/2024

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Brian Barczyk and his family.

14/12/2023

Quick pictures Carl at sent of the albino pectinata next to it's poss het albino clutch mate. He is growing well and looking great. We do have a page that details the journey to get here that we will bring online very soon.

14/12/2023

Quick update picture of the banded Banana Pectinata. I am anxious to see how he turns out.

16/11/2023

A couple of updated pics on the banded banana pectinata hatchling. He was getting bullied by his siblings, so I separated him to his own enclosure.

17/10/2023

Some updated pics of this beautiful boy. The only known albino Ctenosaura Pectinata, commonly known as a Mexican Spinytailed iguana or banana pectinata, hatched in the United States. Joint project between and

07/10/2023

Here is an update on the banded banana pectinata that hatched out, the bands or stripes are still present and it looks amazing, it will be interesting to see what this one looks like as it gets older. Definately keeping this one.

24/09/2023

Swing by the .pro booth at Arlington and talk to Zac, the program sounds awesome and I plan on delving into it when I get home.

24/09/2023

Do you have green forest lizards (Calotes calotes)? If not, come see me at Arlington. These little lizards are amazing and very rare in the hobby. I have 1 left at the moment, and don't forget everything I have is bred right here at Lovins Reptiles.