Reptiles West

10/01/2022

Our sale is still on this weekend!

All animals are 20% off including these beautiful Panther Chameleons.

To check out the list, https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

09/16/2022

Can you spot it???
The rain has brought out our local amphibians in full force. ❤️

Plains spadefoot toadlets (Spea bombifrons)
Great Plains toadlets (Anaxyrus cognatus)
Blotched Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)

09/16/2022

We have had a few calls about these cute lil guys. Check out their site for more info on those and other species. Pickup at the shop available.

We will have a limited number of these dairy cow isopods at the Calgary Reptile Expo on September 24 and 25! There will be a good variety of other isopods to choose from as well! 🐍❤️

09/09/2022

We figured it best to postpone the field trip as the cold front we are currently in will be gone very soon. This should result in better findings and activity levels amongst the scorpions when we do hit them at the right temps.

We will try again next week! 😊👍

09/01/2022

🎉Weee!! It's our first birthday and we are so excited to be on this journey with you that we've slashed all the prices for a week!

Are we crazy?!... um... have you met us? 😉😜😅

Opening shop amidst the pandemic has come with its own trials and tribulations, but we are thankful for still being able to do what we do.

09/01/2022

🎂It's our birthday and I'll cry if I want to. Cry if I want to. 🤣

Can't believe it's been a year since we moved into our space and came into being. It hasn't been an easy ride to say the least, but the journey has been amazing.

To everyone who has been instrumental in any form or way to our success, this toast is to you too. 🍾🎉🎊❤️

08/27/2022

Love how this shot turned out. Playing with blacklight photography and our dearest "Klondike", a Leucistic Ball python.

Left is the UNedited blacklit pic.

Don't forget about our weekend sale that's on until Monday. Check out our crazy prices on some cool critters right here https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

08/26/2022

From now until Monday we're dropping our prices on all animals in store! Stop in and ask us about the best pet option for your family this weekend.
https://www.canadianophidiophile.com/availability/

Pic: Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula (Caribena versicolor) and her prey

08/24/2022

To our dear Redcliff residents, we now carry live crickets for your reptile! 😃😄

08/17/2022

Baby season is coming up for rattlesnakes! Have you heard that a bite from a juvenile venomous snakes is more dangerous or toxic than adults, because they can't control how much venom they inject? We have heard this myth many times and it has been passed down through the generations. But, for every myth, there is sometimes a sliver of truth.

Venom is extremely biologically expensive for snakes and consumes energy every time they use it for a prey item, which is why biting a human or pet is usually a last line of defense when the snake feels it has no other option. Even if a younger snake injected the entire amount of venom they have stored, the volume of venom injected compared to an adult is significantly less.

However, often younger snakes have different venom than adults. Juveniles do not necessarily have more toxic venom than adults, but they have different venom and undergo a shift in venom around sexual maturity. The differences in venom between adults and juveniles may not result in higher toxicity to humans, but may be more toxic to the prey items they eat. The changes are likely due to the prey differences of snakes at that age and venom components may be more efficient in incapacitating prey items at that size. In most cases, these venom components do not pose more risk to humans, even if may be more toxic, due to the volume injected, as mentioned above.

The Rattlesnake Conservancy always recommends seeking medical treatment for a venomous snake bite, regardless of whether or not you think it was a juvenile, or may have been a "dry bite", where no venom is injected.

Mojave rattlesnake image by Travis W. Reeder on iNaturalist

08/12/2022

Thank you to the sumer camp kids and coordinators from the Big Marble Go Centre for stopping by this morning! What a fun and inquisitive group that was. Everyone did so good with the safe handling of reptiles.

Hope to see everyone again next time! ❤️🙏