Monday, November 2, 2009

Reptile Care - Handle them with ease

Whenever a thought of keeping a pet at home comes in anyone’s mind, then it is not necessary to tame only dogs or cats. Just broaden your thinking and concentrate on the lizards, frogs, turtles.You can also tame them. They all are reptiles. So anytime you can pet those reptiles following all the necessary needs and taking a good care of them.

Many people I have seen keeping reptiles without having any knowledge about them. Not only the customers but also the shopkeepers give the wrong information while selling them. But this should not happen. It will risk he life of that innocent reptile.

The most important advantage of keeping a reptile is that they hardly occupy any space and also their regular grooming is not necessary. But the space where you are keeping is should be clean enough for its hygiene.

Another point of reptiles which is very different from the other pets is that they don’t need the food daily. They can survive even if they miss out two three servings. Another reason of not giving the food regularly to the reptiles is their tendency to grow fat. Then it becomes very difficult for them to survive. It is also a very significant point of the reptile care.

Reptiles are very calm in nature but you need to handle them with extra care. They don’t have any body odor also. You should be fully aware of its nature, behavior and activities so they you will be able to deal with it properly

Reptiles are famous as they are cold blooded. It becomes very difficult for them to feel the sudden temperature changes. So preferably they are mostly kept away from the abrupt temperature changes. This also comes under the reptile care tips.