Reptile Garden

18/08/2025

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18/08/2025

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06/08/2025

This pair of Gaboons are basking nicely under their heat projector. This is an arial view of their tree trunk hide.

Gaboon Vipers are not too concerned about hides a lot of the time. Some love them while others dont really care for them. They so camouflage in the wild they just bury themselves in some leaves and stick, then they are happy. Built for the kill, these guys are serious ambush predators.

I have an idea for other hides, but to find the time to make them is a battle.

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28/07/2025

Baby Rock Monitor (Varanus albigularis) holding onto my thumb. These little guys are just too cute. It is amazing that something this small can get to 1,8m in length with the tail.

16/07/2025

Happy world snake day! I am so glad snakes have at least one day of appreciation, although this is the year of the snake, too. It's a shame we really do give snakes a bad wrap. For E.g, he is a snake in the grass. To me, that means he is a shy guy sneaking around to avoid becoming prey/confronted.

Snakes are amazing, shy creatures that just want to do their thing. We humans go lable them as evil and aggressive creatures, which is absolute nonsense!

They have no ear openings to hear sound, but they make audible noises to say back or don't step on me. What a considerate animal. Why do snakes have venom? To secure prey, not go around to bite people. Yes, it can be a good defense, but the main reason is to hunt. Snakes bite as a last resort because they think you're going to eat them.

You don't have to like them, but they have their place in this world being keystone species in many areas.

02/07/2025

LeBonheur Reptiles & Adventures are having a snake school these holidays where you can learn all about reptiles.

27/06/2025

We going to be at the Cape Pet Convention so be sure not to miss this event! Give the page a like and follow to stay upto date and learn about all the other exciting exhibitors. There is going to be so much on offer so don't miss it.

12/05/2025

Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) stunning patterns to help them camouflage. Heavy bodied snakes are ambush hunters. These guys have one of the fastest strikes.

05/05/2025

Yesterday was a long day but what an awesome day it was. We had Dāv Kaufman and Clint from Clint's Reptiles around for a meet and greet. Then myself and good friends did a photo shoot with a new friend also from the USA.

I was spinning for 19 hours but what an awesome day with good people and loads of amazing animals.

These are the only pictures I took with my phone the whole time. This shoot started at sundown and went well into the evening. We had some amazing heavy hitters we were working with. In picture is a Cape Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus)

22/04/2025

Ra and Rosie chilling together ☯️ Albino and Het Albino West African Gaboon Vipers (Bitis rhinoceros).

21/04/2025

For those interested in the Albino Gaboon Vipers and the full story. My friend Bryce put together this video and short documentary on it. He did all the filming, lighting and editing himself and I must say what a good job. Give him a follow for more educational content.

This is one of the craziest stories of how Bjorn from Reptile Garden made a joke about being the first one to breed albino gaboon vipers and then to his surp...

21/04/2025

Ultra one of our Albino Reticulated Pythons (Malayopython reticulatus), laying just like a Green Tree Python on this tree trunk we suspended at an expo.

We don't allow people to often hold our large constrictors unless it is like 7 people or more at one time. The reason being is they can hurt and even break ribs if handled incorrectly. With a lot of mass, you want to spread out the weight as best you can.

This option allows the snake to lay comfortably and people to still get close and have the opportunity for pictures, etc.

Ultra is a twin as we hatched 2 from one egg. Her sister's Mel, so we got Ultramel like the custard.