Reptasia Farnborough

Reptasia Farnborough We are a Reptile and Exotic specialist shop based in Hampshire/ Rehoming Centre
Open 7 days a week
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🐍 WE’VE BEEN A LITTLE QUIET… BUT THE INCUBATORS CERTAINLY HAVEN’T! 🥚🔥We haven’t posted as much recently, with some of ou...
29/08/2026

🐍 WE’VE BEEN A LITTLE QUIET… BUT THE INCUBATORS CERTAINLY HAVEN’T! 🥚🔥

We haven’t posted as much recently, with some of our key staff away for much of the month — including one disappearing off on his honeymoon! 💍🌴😂 — but behind the scenes, Reptasia has been anything but quiet!

We’ve now welcomed OVER 100 HATCHLINGS across our breeding projects, and somehow we’ve barely shown you any of them! 😅

So it’s time to start changing that…

Here are a few photos from some of our Royal Python clutches, including one of our favourites so far:

🤡👻 PASTEL GHOST CLOWN ROYAL PYTHON 👻🤡

Combining Pastel, Ghost and Clown, this little one is already looking incredible. The Clown pattern combined with the brighter Pastel influence and softer Ghost appearance makes for a seriously beautiful animal.

And believe us… this isn’t even the one we’re most excited about! 👀🔥

There have been some VERY special Royal Pythons emerging this season, including a few we’re desperately trying to contain our excitement about! 😂

With Instagram limiting us to 10 photos, consider this Part One. Plenty more hatchlings will be getting their moment soon!

🌿 AND THERE’S MORE…

With a whole new shipment of snakes due to arrive, we’re also diversifying and expanding our future breeding projects.

Keep your eyes peeled for some spectacular arboreal species, including:

🌿 Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boas 💚 Green Tree Pythons

These are projects we’re incredibly excited to develop over the coming years.

100+ hatchlings. New species. New breeding projects. And some VERY special animals still waiting for their big reveal… 👀

🐍 Keep watching — we’ve got a LOT to show you! 🦎🥚🔥

💙🦎 TONY MONTANA — 28 YEARS OLD AND OFFICIALLY RETIRED! 🦎💙Our incredible male Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei), Tony M...
29/08/2026

💙🦎 TONY MONTANA — 28 YEARS OLD AND OFFICIALLY RETIRED! 🦎💙

Our incredible male Blue Tree Monitor (Varanus macraei), Tony Montana, has officially moved into his retirement home. 🏡💙

And when we say retirement… Tony has definitely earned it.

Tony is now an amazing 28 YEARS OLD! 🤯

We have had Tony here at Reptasia for well over a decade, and during that time he has lived in a large enclosure with his girlfriend. But as he's reached his senior years, we've started noticing that the big enclosure simply isn't the best environment for him anymore.

Tony has developed cataracts, meaning his eyesight isn't what it used to be. He's also become noticeably slower and is finding it increasingly difficult to see, chase and catch his food.

So the old boy has now moved into his own specially adapted retirement enclosure. ❤️

This isn't about giving him less — it's about giving him an environment that works better for the animal he is today.

His food can be presented much closer to him, we can monitor exactly what he's eating, his important basking and resting areas are easier for him to reach, and we can keep a much closer eye on his overall condition.

As reptiles get older, good husbandry sometimes means changing the enclosure around the animal rather than expecting the animal to continue adapting to the enclosure.

🌿 A little about Blue Tree Monitors…

Blue Tree Monitors are an absolutely stunning arboreal monitor lizard originating from Batanta Island in Indonesia.

They're famous for their incredible blue and black colouration, long prehensile tails and extremely agile climbing ability. In their younger years they're fast, alert and incredibly capable hunters — which makes seeing Tony slowing down after so many years particularly noticeable to us.

They're also highly intelligent animals. Monitor lizards are renowned for being inquisitive, responsive and surprisingly good at learning routines and recognising what is happening around them.

And that's one of the things we love about keeping reptiles long-term.

You don't just see an animal grow.

You see it age.

Their behaviour changes. Their abilities change. Their nutritional requirements can change. Their mobility can change. And eventually the husbandry that worked perfectly for them when they were younger may need to change too.

At 28 years old, Tony is a fantastic example of why taking on a reptile can be a very long-term commitment.

For us, responsible reptile keeping doesn't stop when an animal becomes old or starts requiring additional care.

That's when they need us the most. 💙

Tony has spent more than a decade of his life with us, so now it's our job to make his later years as comfortable and stress-free as possible.

No more trying to keep up with the youngsters.

No more struggling to chase dinner around a massive enclosure.

Just comfortable basking spots, easy-to-reach food, plenty of monitoring…

…and the reptile equivalent of room service. 😂

Enjoy retirement, Tony Montana.

After 28 years, we think you've earned the VIP treatment. 👑🦎💙

14/08/2026

🦎 JOB VACANCY – FULL-TIME TEAM MEMBER AT REPTASIA! 🐍

**UPDATE - Applications are now closed **

We’re growing our team at Reptasia and are looking for an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and reliable full-time staff member to join us! 🦎🐢🐍

This role would suit someone who has a genuine passion for reptiles and wants to build a long-term career working within the reptile industry.

🐍 Who are we looking for?

A formal qualification in Animal Management, Zoology, Herpetology or a related subject would be preferred, but it is not essential.

We also highly value genuine, hands-on experience and a broad knowledge of reptiles. In many cases, years of practical experience, keeping and working with a wide variety of species can be just as valuable to us as a formal qualification.

We strongly encourage continuous personal development and further learning. Reptile husbandry is constantly evolving, and we want team members who are keen to continue developing their knowledge alongside us. 📚🦎

🔍 Your duties will include:

🐍 Daily animal care and husbandry
🌡️ Recording temperatures, UVB levels and daily health checks
🦎 Monitoring the health and welfare of reptiles in our care
💬 Advising customers on appropriate reptile care and husbandry
🏠 Helping customers choose the correct enclosures, heating, lighting, UVB, substrates, diets and other equipment needed to keep their reptiles healthy throughout their lifetime
💻 Operating our EPOS till system
📝 Carrying out general administration duties
🖥️ Using basic computer programs such as Word and Excel
🧹 General shop duties including cleaning, tidying and maintaining high standards throughout the store

Customer service is a large part of the role, so applicants must be confident, approachable and comfortable speaking with customers, while being able to provide accurate and responsible reptile-care advice.

⏰ Hours

This is a full-time position of approximately 42–45 hours per week.

Our working hours fall between:

Monday–Saturday: 9:00am–6:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am–4:00pm

Applicants must be able to work at least one weekend day each week.

💷 Salary

Salary will exceed National Minimum Wage and will be discussed at interview, with the rate offered dependent upon the successful applicant’s knowledge, qualifications and experience.

📩 Interested in joining us?

If you think you’d be a great addition to the Reptasia team — or you know somebody who would be — we’d love to hear from you!

Please send your CV and/or covering letter to:

📧 [email protected]

Please feel free to share or tag somebody who might be perfect for the role! 🐍🦎🐢

14/08/2026

📢 CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Just a quick update for everyone! 🦎🐍

⏰ We’re closing for 45 minutes and will REOPEN at 12pm today.

We’ll then be closing early at 3pm this afternoon.

📞 If you need anything, please give us a call between 12pm–3pm and we’ll be happy to help!

📱 After 3pm, please feel free to message the page and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. 😄

🕙 We’ll be OPEN AS NORMAL tomorrow! 🎉

Thank you for your understanding! 💚🦎🐍

06/08/2026

We will be closing at 4pm today but back to normal tomorrow.

Kerry is on the mend 🤞

06/08/2026

📢 Shop Update

Just a quick note to let everyone know that the shop will be open from 11:00 AM today.

Looking forward to seeing you all! 😊 And thank you too everyone for been understanding and wishing our poorly member of staff better 🧡

05/08/2026

📢 Customer Notice

Although a member of staff will be at the shop from 1:00pm today, this will be for boarding drop-offs/collections and Live Food Subscription collections only.

During this time, all of the essential animal care jobs need to be completed, so the shop will not be open for general browsing.

If you're coming to collect a subscription or need assistance with a boarding animal, please call us on 📞 01252 371111 when you arrive. A member of staff will come out and help you.

Thank you for your understanding and support while we make sure all of our animals receive the care they need. 🦎🐍❤️

05/08/2026

Customer notice

Apologies but we have had to rush a staff member to hospital so we have had to close until 1pm when another staff member is in.

🐛🪲 GRUBS UP🪲🐛
04/08/2026

🐛🪲 GRUBS UP🪲🐛

We haven’t shared many of this year’s Royal Python hatchlings yet, but we just had to show you these little ones! 🐍🤍Beli...
29/07/2026

We haven’t shared many of this year’s Royal Python hatchlings yet, but we just had to show you these little ones! 🐍🤍

Believe it or not, all of these babies are from the exact same clutch — but there’s one very noticeable little difference!

One of the hatchlings is absolutely TINY compared with its siblings. All of the eggs were laid together and have been incubated under exactly the same conditions, but for whatever reason, this little one simply hasn’t developed or grown at the same rate inside the egg. When you see it alongside its chunky siblings, the size difference is incredible.

Sadly, this clutch also had another tiny baby that never made it out of the egg. It had developed, but unfortunately passed away before hatching. It’s one of the harder sides of breeding that people don’t always get to see — not every egg results in a healthy hatchling, even when everything appears to have gone perfectly throughout incubation.

For now, though, this tiny little fighter is here and we’re going to give it every opportunity to thrive. 🤞❤️ It may have started life considerably smaller than the rest, but hopefully it’s just got a bit of catching up to do!

We’ll be keeping a very close eye on its progress, and hopefully in a few weeks we’ll be able to share an update showing just how far it has come. 🐍

Come on little one — you’ve got this! 🤞🤍

Address

34-36 Peabody Road
Farnborough
GU146EY

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441252371111

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