Lizards, snakes, turtles, newts, spiders, and frogs—they all come from very different places and habitats. About the only thing they have in common is that they are all frequently kept as pets. The key to keeping a pet reptile healthy is to duplicate as closely as possible the conditions he would be found in the wild.
When you are choosing a habitat for your reptile, it is important to think about what is in his natural environment. We will start at the bottom and go up from there. Substrate is the bedding in the bottom of the habitat that the reptile resides on. There are many types of substrate: sand, wood chips, reptile carpet, bark, water, gravel, and so on.
The most basic and important detail when choosing a reptile as a pet is knowledge. Understanding a reptile’s wants and needs throughout its entire life from hatching to developing into adulthood is very important.
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