Best Terrarium Bedding, Sand & Substrate
All you have to do is soak in hot water every 2 to 3 months for fresh, clean bark. Smaller chips provide better moisture retention (increased surface area). Prevents live food from hanging out in your substrate (small pieces interlock). All Natural green" product".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Got this for my Chinese Water Dragon and he does great on it, I have to clean it out of his water but it holds humidity really well."
"I like that this can be reused, I have taken it all out and soaked it in hot water then rinsed with cool water and placed it back in his home with no problems."
"For a bark it has a lot of dust."
"smells great, holds humidity- sometimes reptiles can eat substrate, i have bigger animals and if they eat this by mistake it passes easily, unlike backyard mulch that you would need to call a vet."
"We have a 20+ year old turtle and she loves this bark!"
"Great bedding material."
"Smells great, always free of insects."
"Love the product I order every month the only issue I have is I can only order 3 at a time.i need 4 , 2 for each of my habitats."
Provides a safe, naturalistic substrate that allows snakes, lizards, and small animals to form burrows and nests as they would in the wild. Green product made from a renewable resource.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A little dusty for being "low dust" but otherwise, a great product."
"This bedding along with an above surface hide box or cave gives them an alternative."
"It also is still easy for to clean up the snake feces for our older corn."
"We get our feeder rats at a mom/pop local pet store, which we love supporting, but their substrate can be super expensive :(."
"My nelsons milksnake loves this bedding!"
"It's light enough to allow him to tunnel but strong enough to hold the tunnels form even when he digs under his hides."
"Lasts forever."
"Big bag, seems to be of good quality."
Ground to a uniform size, this bedding provides a comfortable home for desert-dwelling reptiles by retaining heat. Ground to a uniform size, this bedding provides a comfortable home for desert-dwelling reptiles by retaining heat. 100% Natural ground English Walnut shells replicate natural habitats and create an attractive desert environment.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A perfect medium for cleaning brass...In my experience cheaper than corn, and provides much better shine and cleaning."
"use in buzz bucket to shine ammo brass and works great cheap too."
"I use this for tumbling media to polish my brass cases."
"Works well in a vibratory bowl cleaner for shell cases and cheaper then walnut shells advertized specifically for that purpost."
"I used this for my parts tumbler."
"Makes brass and nickel cases nice and clean."
"Sticks to my beardies feet if it he gets wet at all."
"I called the manufacturer who indicated possible hazardous to my specific sub-species/breed reptile."
Best Terrarium Bedding
Zoo Meds Forest Floor is a natural cypress mulch substrate. 100% natural cypress mulch.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My tortoises LOVE this product!"
"Doesn’t hold humidity as well as reptichip but was okay while reptichip was out of stock."
"I mix it with rehydrated coco coir to add volume, and he burrows to his heart's content."
"Love it!"
"Using this for my sulcata hatchings."
"Read other reviews."
"Wish the material in the bag was dry."
"Only downside, I've noticed some variability between bags - some bags containing mostly large chunks, others the whispy strands."
Best Terrarium Sand
Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Natural White #0 Live Sand 10LBS (Grain size: 0.1-0.5mm). Immediately removes nitrogenous waste (Ammonia, Nitrite and helps remove Nitrate).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The grain on this sand is very fine and will blow around if you have a powerful powerhead or wavemaker."
"Excellent live sand."
"Love this stuff, so easy to add to my tanks, cloudy for a little while but no real issue."
"This is some great sand."
"Accidentally bought this for a freshwater aquarium but ended up using it for my brackish tank looks great."
"Tank has been up and working 3 months now with fish and urchins, snails, shrimp, and crabs."
"A must buy for any & all salt water aquariums ..."
"Perfect."
Best Terrarium Substrate
Watch as your animals THRIVE in Reptichip Premium Coconut Substrate! The BEST reptile substrate available.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I absolutely love this substrate."
"After having pulled apart the block the amount nicely covered my Greek tortoises outdoor enclosure (3×6ft)."
"This is the Best Reptile Bedding."
"This is a good product made great by the value getting a lot of substrate for you money it also works extremely well with maintaining humidity and absorbing odors."
"Follow simple directions to wet each side of the block in a container for 20 seconds per side."
"It was recommended by MATTS (Mid-Atlantic Turtle and Tortoise Society) that we could use Coconut so we ordered this one on line very easily."
"Smaller bag than i expected but its supposed to expand when wet so im hoping i can get atleast 3 or 4 substrate changes with it for my 40 gallon."
"Good stuff and great value but I wish someone had told me how hard it is to break apart, I couldn't do it with my injured wrist when I first got this brick."
Best Terrarium Bowls
Now you can make sure your pet always has access to drinkable water all winter long with a Thermal Bowl. The thermostatically controlled K&H Thermal-Bowl features a 5.5' steel wrapped abrasion resistant cord and electronics are safely sealed inside the bowl. - 8"L x 8"W x 3.5"H heated dog bowl helps keep your pet hydrated, no matter the weather. Keeps drinking bowl free from ice down to temperatures to 20 degrees below zero F. Electronics are safely sealed inside the bowl; steel wrapped cord ensures pet's safety.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this for my outdoor cats."
"They are typically out in the pastures, but we often pull them into the barns in the dead of winter to keep warm with our flocks! Most of them are partnered with another dog depending on the size of the flock or herd they are protecting. For the ones paired up, this size was big enough to hold enough water for 2 (120#) dogs all day."
"That meant that I was constantly filling the bowls throughout the day, sometimes up to 4 times per day, and it bothered me that when I was gone all day, the kittys would be without water in frigid temperatures. I spent a good day's worth of time really doing some serious research on the right heated water bowl for our current kitty count and finally settled on THIS model, vs. What that means is that if you have a pet (cat or dog) who is one of those critters that constantly "paws" at the water before drinking it, they WILL TIP THE BOWL OVER, as I've witnessed in Summer with water bowls that I've bought that are a similar design."
"If you happen to let one go dry it doesn't take long tor the kittens to figure out it make a pretty nice heated Bed!!"
"I feed the cats living on the street and this worked great this winter when temperatures dipped as low as 18 degrees."
"***Note: When I purchased these bowls, the price was $28.99 each."
"However, it appears the heating coils towards the top of the bowl have gone out & the top half of the water is freezing while the bottom half is still free of ice."
"this is a great bowl - FOR THE SUMMER - the moment the temperature falls below 32 it trips the GFCI and the water freezes solid - I bought it to provide water to wild birds at my birdfeeders, not to further my knowledge of ice crystals - please don't waste your money!"
Best Terrarium Heat Lamps & Mats
☀ 110V E27 socket: Fits all standard US sockets which is the most common light socket you see in your home. ☀ No light emitted: makes a non-light heater not disturb their normal Sleep Schedule (day/night). ☀ Safe and Resistance to humid areas & terrariums: Water proof design of ceramic heater allows them to work effectively in humid environments without burning out. Specifications. ☀ Ceramic Emitter Heater - E27 Socket. ☀ Voltage: AC 110-120V Power: 150w. ☀ Material: Ceramic, Metal. ☀ Color: White. ☀ Diameter of heating surface: 9 cm. ☀ Height: 10.6 cm (Approx). ☀ Usage Suggestions: Heating, chicken coops, brooding, grow light. ☀ This non-light emitting heater bulb offers an excellent 24 hours heat source and will thoroughly heat any reptile without the disturbance of an additional light source.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I would also not enclose this in a small area (someone put it in a cinder block and it failed."
"I use it along with Woods 0166 18/2-Gauge SJTW Brooder Clamp Lamp with Bulb Guard and 10-Inch Reflector, 250-Watt, 6-Foot Cord and Farm Innovators Model TC-3 Cold Weather Thermo Cube Thermostatically Controlled Outlet - On at 35-Degrees/Off at 45-Degrees to give the chickens a warm place to sleep at night, should they want it."
"This did not emit much heat."
"We use these in our chicken brooders, and they work great."
"Works very well using it to keep chickens warm."
"No way to know if the bulb is on except to get close to it."
"Got this to keep my hedgehog warm during the winter months."
"works great, reliable heat and an ideal type of heat on top of that."
Best Terrarium Covers
Screening promotes the healthy exchange of air needed to keep cold-blooded reptiles healthy and active, with a metal mesh tough enough to withstand the clawing of the largest pets. For added security, purchase Zilla Locking Screen Clips, Non-Locking Screen Clips or Heavty Duty Screen Clips.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very nice well fitting aquarium cover for a deep blue 20 gallon long."
"There is no point on bashing this product becuase of the poor delivery, thats what the delivery review is for..."
"I paired it with Zilla Reptile Terrarium Covers Heavty Duty Screen Clips, Lg 30G+, 2-pk and it stayed on even with the two inch overhang."
"Works exactly as I hoped it would."
"I got the 5.5 gallon tank screen cover for my baby garter snakes' enclosure, it fits so snugly I don't think even an adult garter could push it off easily, but it's not so snug it's hard to take off."
"However, I was able to make the humidity tube pass through one of the corner openings and the lid still stays on tightly enough that there are no escapes."
"This wasn’t for me but it allows my pet turtle to have more water in its tank and for the sake of my reptilian friend I wanna say thanks for making the perfect sized cover for this little dude."
"Works perfect... keeps our gerbils in their aquarium."
Best Terrarium Hygrometers
Add a Temperature Controller to maintain a pet's terrarium at any preset temperature between 60° and 105°F. Simply place temperature probe inside terrarium and plug in a heat source up to 500 watts.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It's great."
"Arrived quickly with no issues."
"We have a sulcata tortoise and this works wonderfully to keep his box at the right temperature all the time!"
"The suction cups are useless on the probe."
"I have a 20 gallon tank with a California king snake and I work a lot so I looked at something to maintain a constant temp while not overheating."
"i bought this thermostat to run my zoomed under tank heater it works great just have to play with the temp dial as is off but its within 5 degree gap like thermostats should run also i bought this because i,m planning to put this on a timer and most digital thermostats when you cut power you lose your temp settings so this is great."
"Failed after 3 months of use."
"Quit working exactly 30 days from purchase."
Best Terrarium Thermometers
Allows precise monitoring of both the temperature and humidity of your terrarium from one unit.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I wanna be spot on with my ball python."
"I kept spraying my gecko cage not knowing if it was humid enough."
"I am sure there are higher quality products but after all, we are trying to duplicate a natural environment so for me it is good enough."
"They don't seem to be very accurate but they are close enough to keep the snakes comfortable."
"We have a yellow belly and we put this on the back of her tank, and it seems to be in line with our other thermometer so I'd say it's very accurate."
"Junk, did not work well and broke within a week or so, the the digital one they have instead."
"Does not work."
"This is not accurate at all."
Best Reptile Terrariums
In order to meet the needs of the hobbyist and more importantly, the needs of reptiles and amphibians, Exo Terra developed a wide range of terrariums. All of these terrariums can be used for several applications and set-ups; from sterile housing to a state-of-the-art natural terrarium, from a desert terrarium to a tropical terrarium. The Exo Terra Natural Glass Terrarium is the ideal reptile or amphibian housing designed by European herpetologists. There are 12 different sizes of the Exo Terra Natural Glass Terrariums, all built with the same great features that help provide your reptile or amphibian with a durable and comfortable environment to live in. The front opening doors (single door on the Nano terrariums) allow easy access for maintenance and feeding. The top has built-in closable inlets on both sides to securely run wires and tubing inside the terrarium and keeps small reptiles and feeder insects inside the terrarium. Waterproof Base: The extra high fixed front lower panel allows for deep layers of substrate, provides space for glass mounted decor like the Exo Terra Reptile Den or can be used to create a water feature as high as the ventilation strip. Raised Bottom Frame: The bottom glass panel of the terrarium is raised to facilitate the mounting of a substrate heater or heat cable, and prevents heating accessory problems normally associated with standard “aquarium style” terrariums. Exo Terra Natural Terrariums Dimensions (WxDxH) 1. Optional Accessories (NOT included) Exo Terra Compact Top Canopy Exo Terra Dual Top Canopy Exo Terra Monsoon Exo Terra Hygro, Thermo, and Combo-Meters Exo Terra Lock to prevent access. Raised bottom frame in order to fit a substrate heater; Waterproof bottom.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I read a whole variety of reviews for decorations about how people's geckos lovvvvvved this bush or how their tree frog lovvvvved to sit on the vine they got."
"I have seen numerous broken locking mechanisms at pet stores - I really hope they rethink this design."
"Haven't started using it, but I've heard good things about this brand from personal friends and pet stores."
"Fast shipping, was delivered before it's expected date."
"Lovely, quality terrarium, and front opening doors make caring for you critter so much easier."
"I love this item for my tree snakes."
"This is actually about the same size as the cage she was in before."
"Very well designed, I'd recommend it to anyone who's a first time reptile/amphibian owner."
Best Reptile & Amphibian Health Supplies
Time-release sulfa block helps to control a variety of disease-causing organisms, including salmonella, for the safety of pets and owners. Protect Your Pet From A Variety of Disease-Causing Organisms.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"We used it in our small turtle aquarium it disolves in 2-3 weeks."
"I cannot tell if it works or not, there is nothing to see, but assume it does."
"I suppose if it lasted more than a day, I could say if it worked or not, however my RES thought this was an AMAZING snack and viciously tore it up in minutes."
"we bought these when we introduced our yellow bellied slider to the koi pond."
"Great product."
"seemed to work fantastically."
"Keeps my water clear and my tiny turtles babies love to play with it!"
Best Reptile & Amphibian Habitat Lighting
Two fixtures in one for maximum convenience. Deep Dome extends beyond the face of the lamp, preventing the lamp from sticking out".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very happy with the duality of this dome lamp fixture - using on crabitat for day light bulb and night light bulb with timers. With the reflective silver-tone aluminum interior, it does create a surprisingly bright illumination with the 60 watt bulb - one bulb has it's light reflect off both sides of the dome, which is ideal for my use. It does state "Polished aluminum dome increases light and UV output up to 30%" within the description - but I just hadn't given that much consideration. "Deep Dome extends beyond the face of the lamp, preventing the lamp from sticking out". There is at least two inches from the bottom of the dome fixture to the bottom of my incandescent "day" & "night" bulbs."
"I think this fixture would be awesome for a small enclosure (and I would give it five stars if it' sitting directly on top of a cage)."
"Perfect for my aquatic turtle."
"Arrived in time!"
"These lamps are not what you would call sturdy or well built but then again reptile lamps are all mostly like this."
"Nice lamp but the handle does not stay straight up to hook on perfectly since it is not that thick."
"I have the timer outlet that has 2 spots to plug in the lights and this duel fixture makes it hands free to use."
"I did not receive the product in the image."
Best Reptile & Amphibian Habitat Décor
The docking ramp creates an effortless climb to the upper level where they can bask under a heat lamp (not included) or eat. Each Turtle Topper comes with a hanging platform that sits just below the water line so your turtle can rest while being partially submerged. Platform has a clear top with ridges for mounting two clamp-style heat lamps (not included).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Some turtles get spooked and will run away when your approach so the clear turtle topper may not give some turtles the comfort they need. There's no way the turtles can get out the top unless you have a Houdini turtle but I have to force mine open and closed because of this but it still works fine. The one thing I wish was made different about the turtle topper would be the ramp. I also ike the water level about the same size as the bottom hang out bar because my turtles like to sit on top of each other under there and take in the window sunight as well but when its around that level its not far enough for the ramp to make it into the water."
"My turtle loves it! My complaints are the ramp is kinda steep for large turtles , the suction cups are useless but unnecessary on a 55 gal tank , and the clear top needs to be secured if you have a large turtle."
"If you don't need such a large platform, I would recommend somthing else, as this one adds a lot of size to your tank, and it is rather homely."
"This thing is awesome-I can't believe I've had turtles for five years without it."
"This is pretty big, I feel like he has plenty of time to enjoy it. On a side note, if you have to cut through mesh the opening area is large & our ninja turtle made a couple of escapes."
Best Reptile & Amphibian Food
Kaytee Mealworms are an excellent, high-protein food source for many wild birds. Attract bluebirds, wrens, robins, chickadees, woodpeckers, cardinals.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"They are the only bird that will go in the feeder."
"Well, I don't neccessarily love them but my birds do."
"We put in a dome feeder on the lowest height and still the occasional starling will make it in."
"I also add some to the wild bird feeder and it really does attract different colorful birds to my feeder."
"I have seen other brands provide broken dried mealworms in the container, and these are whole and in great shape."
"Even better, now that it's summer and the insects are back, they're STILL coming to my feeder to eat mealworms!"
"Can't go wrong with these, they are a staple item for me feeding the birds in my yard."
"I can see how being larger worms would be great for chickens, but my little quail were having a heck of a time with them."
Best Reptile Houses
The Evergreen Pet Supplies fog system (also known as a vaporizer or terrarium fogger / terrarium humidifier) is perfect for pets requiring a moist environment. Perfect for those looking for an aquarium fogger, reptile tank humidifier, snake terrarium humidifier, tortoise humidifier, etc. Perfect for a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians, including bearded dragons, geckos, snakes (pythons, boas, etc. Compatible with a variety of enclosures, including vivariums, tanks, cages, terrariums, vision cages, aquariums, reptariums, and plastic/PVC/glass cages.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We use either distilled or RO water, and there has been zero build up on the tank glass, nor inside the mechanism. For reference, the ZooMed fogger has a removable bottle that is smaller, replaceable, and easy to fill without disturbing the hose or potentially spilling or splashing water. If you design a top opening, make it large enough for easy filling from a jug and so it can be cleaned."
"I've gotten the humidity in the tank to be around 80, but I cover the screen top on my exo terra with something to help even more. I didn't want to cut a hole in my screen, so I ended up popping a baby bottle nipple onto the end of the tube. I cut the end of the nipple off and stuck it into the back vents on the top of the exo terra and it works perfectly."
"If the fog is close enough to a stick or twig it will eventually build up and start dripping a little."
"The humidifying effect lasts for about 24 hours at the 65% tank level we need and it works well and is simple for my 7 year old to refill and maintain as he cares for his pets."
"I have a Brazilian Rainbow Boa and I have been misting the tank at least half a dozen times a day and it still doesn't seem to hold consistent humidity."
"The top lifts off very easily so you can refill the water, & it sits nicely into the base when you put it back."
"Works fine, but VERY hard to refill!"