How Much Space Do Reptiles ACTUALLY Need?
Listen to Mariah Healey discuss how she calculates minimum enclosure size recommendations for reptiles and current best practices in reptile heating on the Animals at Home podcast! Continue Reading
Why I Developed Uro Grit: Rethinking Seeds, Roughage, and Natural Diets for Herbivorous Reptiles
(Sponsored post by Phillip Lietz of Arids Only) A nutrient-rich seed and roughage component is missing from the vast majority of captive diets for desert herbivores and omnivores. By adding seeds back into the captive diet, we create a feeding system that better mirrors ecological reality rather than convenience-driven tradition. Uro Grit emerged from that mindset. Continue Reading
Product Review: Blue River Diets Crested Gecko Diet
Several brands have developed their own versions of crested gecko meal replacement powder since its invention. Some seem to just be looking to get their piece of a lucrative market, while others have been determined to refine the original concept for better gecko nutrition and wellbeing in captivity. The latest to step onstage is Blue River Diets. Continue Reading
Product Review: Toad Ranch Bask N Hide
Providing both a basking area and a warm hide helps reptiles do what they do best, which is taking care of themselves and their needs when they have the resources to do so. Toad Ranch scored a rare perfect ‘5’ star review for their enclosures in ReptiFiles’ comprehensive review. Are they as good at building hides as they are enclosures? Continue Reading
Product Review: Toad Ranch Luxury Reptile Habitats 4’ x 3’ x 2’ Reptile Enclosure with Dimensions Background
Toad Ranch is a US-based luxury enclosure manufacturer. Their enclosures are made of a combination of PVC, HDPE, and aluminum mesh, and customization is their specialty. They display an impressive number of 5-star reviews on their website, but are they really that good? After all, an enclosure manufacturer can “talk the talk” all day, but it’s quite another thing to “walk the walk.” Continue Reading
Product Review: Kages Hide Box
It’s a little strange to be reviewing a reptile hide, since at first glance, a hide is a hide, right? But upon closer inspection there’s a lot of little things that can influence a purchase decision, and make or break the resulting experience with the product. This was my experience with the Kages hide box. Continue Reading
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing the Best Reptile Heat Lamp
(Another guest post by Thomas Griffiths!) At this point you know that you can provide a UV lamp to help replicate those all-important UVB rays that animals get from the sun. And of course, your heat lamp replaces the heat from the sun. But that’s not the entire picture… Continue Reading
Product Review: Kages Premium White PVC Reptile Enclosure — 4′ x 2′ x 2′
Recently Kages has come under new management, and they’re eager to make Kages the best PVC enclosures on the market by bringing a formerly stagnant design into the modern day. Do they have what it takes to earn 5 stars from ReptiFiles? There’s only one way to find out: Continue Reading