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Product Review: Custom Reptile Habitats Alice Springs 4′ Reptile Décor Kit

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Custom Reptile Habitats is a new reptile product distributor with an innovative new idea: naturalistic enclosure décor kits! So far they have released arid environment kits for both 36”x18” and 48”x24” enclosures, and ReptiFiles had the opportunity to give one of them a test run: the Alice Springs 4 Foot Reptile Décor Kit. Sure, the pictures look good, and it’s an exciting concept, but it must be too good to be true…right? Read the review to find out! Continue Reading

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Product Review: Custom Reptile Habitats Essential 4 Enclosure + Hood

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As reptile care experts and conscientious reptile owners have clamored for higher standards, both new and existing reptile enclosure manufacturers have stepped up to oblige. One of these new manufacturers is Custom Reptile Habitats. Although CRH is new to the hobby, its creator, Paul Barclay, is not, and his website boasts that “Maximum Reptile™ enclosures are built up to a standard, not down to a price.” Let’s see about that. Continue Reading

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Is it Inhumane to Keep Exotics as Pets? — The Ethics of Reptile Keeping

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In light of another inflammatory and argumentative article written by known PETA sympathizer Clifford Warwick, “Many animals across all classes are increasingly becoming victims of folklore husbandry,” many reptile owners (and exotic animal keepers in general) find themselves asking a controversial question about the ethics of reptile keeping: Is it inhumane to keep exotic animals as pets? My answer — Only if you don’t care for them properly. Continue Reading