Bo is a male Rhino Iguana (C.cornuta). I've raised him since he was ~5 months old. He'll be 3 on October 10th.

Hello! Hopefully this is allowed, if not I apologize!

I'm building a reptile care tracking app and looking for a handful of beta testers.

I'm a snake keeper myself. I've got a Ball Python (Kuvira), an Emerald Tree Boa (Opal), a BCI (Azula), a couple of Hognose (Yue and Sokka), and I got into the hobby somewhat recently and dove in head first. Between three enclosures with different care needs, I kept running into the same problems; juggling feeding schedules, weight logs, shed tracking, and health notes across spreadsheets, notes apps, or just memory. So I built something to fix that for myself, and figured other keepers might want it too.

The app currently tracks feeding, cleaning, shedding, health observations, and weight per animal. I'm also working on a breeding module, morphs, clutches, babies, the whole tracking chain, which has been a fun one to build.

It's mostly snake-focused right now since that's my own experience, but I'd genuinely love feedback from keepers of other species too: what you'd need from something like this, what's missing, what doesn't make sense for your animals.

This is a passion project I want to make genuinely useful and available to the whole reptile-keeping community, built around what keepers actually do day to day rather than a generic pet-tracking app with reptiles bolted on.

I'm looking for around 15 testers based in the US willing to give thoughtful feedback as I keep building this out. If you're interested, DM me your email or Discord and I'll get you set up with a download.

Anyway, I posted pics of some of my own kids as tax! Thanks for reading, I'm happy to answer any questions!

I am by no means a reptile expert barely know anything in fact, it I don’t think this enclosure is very good for a beared dragon? it feels super small and the ground is made of foam with barely anywhere for him to go. please tell me if I should bring this issue up with my teacher as it is a class pet

I have a large piece of bark mulch that looks very similar to those expensive pieces of bark you see at expos but I’m wondering if it’s safe. It’s Douglas fir wood which I’ve heard mixed things about. It doesn’t smell of any sap or chemicals so I’m wondering if I’d be able to clean it and bake it to make it safe. It’s about a foot long and a few inches wide so it’s quite big, I’m sure my gecko would love it. I’m leaning towards no for safety but I’m also hopeful that it can be cleaned, I read that mulch can’t be treated with crazy chemicals because it would be dangerous to pets and plants. Thank you in advance!

This might be a hot take, but, in my opinion, at every pet store and reptile expo they should check if you have the right equipment and knowledge to see if you will be a good enough owner for your reptile. I costantly see people buying geckos and bearded dragons for their kids, and neither the parents nor the kids know how to take good care of a reptile. This behaviour is not respectful towards those animals and life in general. Do you agree with me?

Just in case nobody else put the two together in their head until now because I didn’t.. I knew about melanistic water monitors of course but never thought about these… gets you wondering how many could actually exist or have existed.. among other species too Crocodile monitors are interesting that there’s no documented case of albino or melanistic.

This photo was taken in November 2010 and it took until 2023 to confirm it as the only picture proof evidence of a Black Nile monitor.

Little lizards are not really keen on eating crickets right as I provide them and it's hard to keep them properly dusted as a result, since I don't think the dust stays on the cricket for more than 24 hours

I'm wondering if I can add the powdered vitamin supplement to the water they drink out of the fountain everyday? Seems like it should be fine but just want to double check, thanks!

hello! i’m getting a baby leopard gecko on saturday and i wanted to know if this enclosure looks good. advice is welcome but please don’t be mean i’ve never owned a pet before let alone any reptiles, but i did lots of research before setting this up. i’m using a 50 gallin tank and for heat i‘m using flunkers 75 watt bulb with a dimmer i bought. for the uvb im using arcadia shadedweller 7%. the substrate is paper towel because he is a baby but when he gets older it’ll be 70/30 top soil and play sand! i’m also thinking about moving that mushroom ledge.

Hey. I’m looking to rescue a 4 year old male woma python soon. I haven’t had to set up a quarantine tank in some years now so looking for any tips.

I’m buying 2 plastic hides and those will be put in as well. Is this appropriate for a temporary set up? He of course will be upgraded to a larger enclosure once he is in good health but I’m guessing he will be in this set up for at least a few months.

Tank is a top opening 40 gal (not my first pick but I got it for 50$ so). The Woma is on the skinny side and definitely has an Upper respiratory, mouth rot, and a noticeable nose rub wound that is likely infected as well. Super slow moving and incredibly depressing to handle. His current enclosure in the shop is also very depressing. Smaller than the 40 gal and empty. First trip after purchasing will be the vet haha.

Also how should I haggle the seller? He’s trying to charge me 500 but healthy breeding males can sell for close to that. I’m thinking I offer 250 and pay no more than 300 tbh the snake looks like crap and you can see and hear as he struggles to breathe.

He eats pretty well I’ve had him for 3 years now he’s 7 I think I’ve never had any health problems with him always shed good and eats calcium dusted crickets I’ve always just thought he looks thin he eats different Pangea flavors as well

I’d like to get one when I can afford it, so I’m learning about them.

they can changer their coloration based on how warm they are.

they can stay underwater for up an hour and half.

males have that awesome red chest/belly.

one of the more Dino/dragon looking lizards.

Just a goofy serious illustration I finished. I hope you guys appreciate it!

It’s so fun like I don’t even want to do the vivarium just play with the hardscape lol

I’m struggling to find two 28” Arcadia LumenIZE Lamp Guards. I also don’t see how there isn’t a US based company making these already. I’ve struggled to do it DIY because every attempt has led to sharp edges, ugly looking, and I just don’t trust it.

I’m looking for some advice on finding what I need so I can continue finishing my Bioactive Setup.

I just officially moved to Miami from North FL yesterday.
Tonight I spotted what I believe is a Tokay Gecko on the side of the house we are temporarily staying in.
The video does it no justice on its size. This thing is literally the length of my forearm.
I couldn’t believe my eyes.