Care Guides

Caecilians are probably one of the least familiar animals on the planet – and don’t feature particularly highly on the list of most commonly kept...

Despite the generally unpleasant connotations that usually surround them, some of the world’s four-and-a-half thousand species of cockroaches can...

Crabs have been gradually developing a strong fan-base amongst exotic pet-keepers over recent years and have gone from being occasionally seen...

Frogs and toads are probably two of the most instantly recognised characters in the British countryside, but while our native species aren’t really...

Coming in a variety of colours and a range of sizes – from a few inches in length to over ten feet – and with some kinds that scurry, some that...

Although centipedes and millipedes look fairly similar and in both cases, most of the species commonly sold come from the world’s warmer climes, as...

Newts are a familiar animal to most of us, especially if we have a garden pond. There are three species to be found in the UK – the Smooth Newt...

Ranging in length from little more than 1 inch (25mm) to approaching 5ft (1.5m) – and often erroneously thought to be a kind of lizard –...

Snails make great pets and caring for them is seldom a difficult task. With a little effort to get their housing, general conditions and diet right,...

Spiders and scorpions are well established favourites in the world of exotic pets and if properly cared for, they do well in captivity. Both kinds...

Caring for both stick insects and praying mantis is seldom a difficult task, since their needs are fairly straightforward, which has undoubtedly...

Tortoises are probably the most recognisable – and certainly most loved – of all the world’s reptiles and, together with their largely aquatic...

As unusual pets go, they don’t come much lower-maintenance than Triops or Sea Monkeys – asking for little more than the simplest of containers as...

Few animals have taken a single body design – little more than a long and relatively thin cylinder – and used it so well in such a wide range of...