Choosing one
Find species that fit your space, time and budget, then compare what their care really involves.
Your keeper’s notebook
Feeding, weights, care routines and saved plans, in one place.
The keeper’s field guide
Free care guides with sources you can follow, enclosure planning tools, and a notebook that remembers feeding day for you.
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Find species that fit your space, time and budget, then compare what their care really involves.
Plan and build the enclosure, then work through the arrival checklist before your animal comes home.
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Browse 92 care guides. Check each guide’s scope and sources.

Eublepharis macularius
Arid terrestrial · Plan for 20 years or longer · 8 min read

Pantherophis guttatus
Temperate terrestrial · May live 20 years or more · 17 min read

Python regius
Tropical terrestrial · Potentially 30 years or more · 18 min read

Pogona vitticeps
Arid terrestrial · Around 10–15 years or longer · 9 min read

Testudo horsfieldii
Arid terrestrial · Several decades; 60 years or longer is possible · 9 min read

Trachemys scripta elegans
Freshwater semi-aquatic · Around 20–30 years; longer lives occur · 9 min read
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Build your enclosure
Wooden enclosures from local hardware-store materials, with a shopping list, cut diagrams, step-by-step pictures and a 3D model you can turn in your browser.
Every species has its own way of living. Our guides connect those natural behaviors to the choices you make at home, from a secure hide to a well-placed branch. Every guide links the published references it draws on and shows when they were last checked.
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