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| + | Lifespan varies enormously across the hobby. Some species live for a handful of years, while tortoises and larger lizards can live for decades under good care, potentially outlasting the keeper' | ||
| + | Enclosure space is the second consideration, | ||
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| + | Hides matter more than new keepers often expect. Most reptiles need at least a warm-end hide and a cool-end hide so they can thermoregulate by choosing where to sit, and a nervous animal without anywhere to retreat to will show it in its behaviour. | ||
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| + | Substrate is another area worth checking line by line. Some kits include a starter bag suited to the enclosure' | ||
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| + | As with any feeding routine, matching quantity and feeder size to the individual animal is worth checking against a care sheet or with the in-store team, since appetite and feeder size needs vary considerably between species and between individual animals of the same species. | ||
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| + | Minimal handling is the starting point. However tempting it is to interact with a new arrival straight away, most reptiles settle better with little or no handling for the first few days, left instead to move around the enclosure and find its hides and basking spots in their own time. Handling can begin gradually once the animal is feeding normally and showing settled behaviour, rather than on a fixed schedule regardless of how the animal is actually responding. | ||