Husbandry, Done Right

Species Care Library

Fifteen keeper-written husbandry guides — the same sheets handed out at our shows. Read them before you buy; then come meet the breeders who wrote the standard at Tinley Park, IL, October 10–11, 2026.

Snakes

Ball Pythons

Python regius

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Cornsnakes, Kingsnakes & Colubrids

Colubridae

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Sand Boas

Eryx spp.

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Geckos

Crested Geckos

Correlophus ciliatus

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Leopard Geckos

Eublepharis macularius

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Day Geckos

Phelsuma spp.

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Lizards

Bearded Dragons

Pogona vitticeps

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Blue-Tongued Skinks

Tiliqua spp.

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Arboreal Alligator Lizards

Abronia spp.

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Ackie Monitor

also sold as Ridge-Tailed Monitor · Spiny-Tailed Monitor

Varanus acanthurus

Guide coming soon

Chameleons

Veiled Chameleons

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Panther Chameleons

Furcifer pardalis

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Jackson's Chameleons

Trioceros jacksonii

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Tortoises

Sulcata Tortoises

Centrochelys sulcata

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Russian Tortoises

Testudo horsfieldii

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Redfoot Tortoises

Chelonoidis carbonarius

Care Sheet (PDF) ↓

Full on-page guides with photos and current husbandry practice are on the roadmap — the PDFs above are the show handouts, unchanged.