Lovins Reptiles

05/12/2024

I havent posted this Banded Banana pectinata in a long time, his hatchling picture popped up on my timeline today so I figure it's time for updated pictures.

13/11/2024

I have been kind of quiet lately, I have not been focused much in producing animals and instead have focused on habitats and observation which have led me in some different directions within my own collection. I have lots of exciting projects lined up for next year. Below is a list of some of those projects.

Black Pine Snakes
San Diego Gopher snakes -Bechtel and Klumpers albino
Mexican Black kingsnakes
Mexican Bairds ratsnakes
California king snakes
Knoblochi mountain kingsnakes
Bull snakes- various morphs and locales
Nephrurus levis levis-smooth knobtail gecko
Nephrurus cinctus -rough knobtail gecko
Blue beauty Anoles
Cuban knight anoles
Cuban X Blue beauty hybrids
Calotes calotes
Calotes versicolor
Mexican Spinytailed iguanas
Albino Mexican Spinytailed iguanas

There are some others that are in the early stages that I hope to be ready for next year breeding season but we will see how it goes.

21/10/2024

Very happy collard lizards in a large enclosure, still have some work to do, but they are loving it.

05/09/2024

This weekend we will be vending Texas Reptile Expo in McQueeny, TX. My friends over at B.A.R Reptiles will be vending NARBC in my place. My inventory is very limited and I will be selling some project animals I have decided to let go of. Can't wait to see everyone there.

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.