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Health advice for reptiles, written from real experience.

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Why UVB and heat matter so much for reptiles

Get the lighting and heat wrong and a reptile slowly develops crippling bone disease, the most common preventable illness in captive reptiles. Here is why they matter, and how to get them right.

Hannah Cole

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Why won't my reptile eat

A reptile that stops eating panics new keepers, but the cause is usually the enclosure, not illness. Here is what to check first, and when it really is a vet job.

Hannah Cole