Welcome to our Collection

Welcome to the Draco2 website, I hope you will find it both interesting and informative. I plan to add new things continuously, including video footage and new photographs, and basic information on the species that I keep and plan to keep. All the news will be posted here on the front page. Websites are always a work in progress even when you think you have done everything, so hopefully I will be able to keep it fresh and interesting for everyone visiting. Although the primary library of knowledge is mine, my whole family are involved in the keeping of reptiles in one way or another, whether it’s scrubbing out dishes or feeding snakes, and our youngest member being only 7 years old is already a knowledgeable herpetologist, and very involved with the Leopard Geckos and snakes.

A little about me

I have always been in love with animals, and almost from the time I could stand there was at the very least a dog or goldfish around. My real love affair started with reptiles about 3 years ago, I have always been in love with Dragons, and not being able to own a Komodo Dragon, I acquired myself a pair of Bearded Dragons Pogona Vitticeps, and from there on the love has grown, I now own 17 Royal/Ball Pythons Python Regius of various morphs, 2 Corn Snakes Pantherophis Guttatus, 7 Crested Geckos Rhacodactylus Ciliatus, 3 African Fat Tailed Geckos Hemitheconyx Caudicinctus, 3 Leopard Geckos Eublepharis Macularius and 2 Gehyra Marginata. I am currently planning to add 2 more species of Lizards and 3 species of Geckos, which will be shown under ‘Up Coming Projects’. In between caring for these I manage to find the time to run a business with my husband Paul, attempt to raise children and run a household, and care for the hairy species of the family. Life is never dull, and there are always visitors that want to view the critters and learn a little about them.

I am a firm believer that you can never do too much research on your reptiles, whether it’s your first or thirty first. I have found a couple of forums that I have regularly used for information before I’ve added something to my collection or after for comparing notes. It’s a good place to start and give you the opportunity to talk with other keepers and learn from them. It’s never a good idea to impulse buy any reptile, it usually only makes for problems for both or you. I have to confess however that not being perfect I have been known to do this myself, but then found that I was frantically worrying about whether I was doing everything right at a time when I should have been enjoying my new family member. I have added forums to my links page that I actively use myself, and everything listed on there I have good first hand experience of in one way or another and more will be added as we go along.

There are no right or wrong ways to keep your reptiles, and many breeders, hobbyists and pet owners keep their animals differently, what works for some doesn’t work for others, and the best way to gauge this is by following your individual animals. As long as you follow the basic rules in regards to security, safety and general care conditions everything should be fine.

The best advice? Before buying and bringing your reptile home, always find out how it was kept by the person that you are purchasing it from, what it was eating, how it was eating, it’s housing etc, this will make for a far simpler and less stressful transition period for both of you, and then you can get on with enjoying each others company, in simple terms research, research and more research.

I hope that you enjoy your visit to my website, and you can contact me on the contacts page if there is anything else that you would like to know, I’ll answer all questions honestly and to the best of my ability.

Best Regards

Claire