The futures bright - the futures Halogen!

Recently I decided to update my bearded dragon vivs at home, Brand new vivs, lighting, thermostats the lot. The biggest problem we tend to have in this area is wires! wires wires wires - oh and plugs! You create a nice looking set up only to have the view slightly ruined by a spaghetti like mass of cables, one for the spotlights, one for each strip light etc etc, This problem has now been partly solved by the new Exo Terra Light Unit - terrarium light controller.

Its a Lighting controller that controls two flourescent strip lights from one control unit - meaning only one plug. So far I have been impressed by these units they are an electronic controller meaning no ballast, no starter unit and no flickering ends of the tubes! The benefits of this is that they are light and small so easily attach to the back of a vivarium making it easy to attach the lamp leads to the vivarium and conceal them, there is no flickering lamp ends, and each unit is only £29.99 which makes it an affordable option to add more than one strip light to a viv. I have used a combination of 10% UVB with 2% daylight strips in my vivs and the brightness is stunning. You can see these exo terra lifght units on our website here http://www.livefoodsbypost.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=934

They are available in 2 x 20W, 2 x 30W and 2 x 40W versions, Whilst updating my vivs I made a decision to switch over from a conventional basking spotlight to halogen bulbs, the difference between a standard basking spotlight and a halogen bulb is really noticeable, for a start you get a really tight beam of light, perfect for creating that intense basking spot that bearded dragons love. The intensity of the light is fantastic giving a very warm spot almost instantly with a brightness that brings out the natural colours of the Bearded dragons. For our enclosures we used the lucky reptile Halogen sun bulbs, but there are also Zoo Med Repti halogen bulbs available.

http://www.livefoodsbypost.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=603

Making crickets live longer just got easier!

Wow! Another exciting new product - Beaphar Cricket food! Now from that title you are probably thinking cricket food - big deal. After all there are already loads of different cricket foods available. Yes but none like this, Beaphar cricket food are moist chunks of a firm jelly like substance that looks like a cross between pineapple chunks and diced carrot which smells of fruity peaches!

So what makes them so special, well for one they are moist - crickets become quickly dehydrated in the prepacked tubs and usually end up eating each other for moisture. Not anymore, just drop one of these cubes into the livefood tub when you recieve it and replace as neccessary this will keep your crickets hydrated, fed and happy.

These cubes make an ideal food for long term cricket storage and breeding projects, it has a long shelf life and is readily devoured by the crickets meaning there will be minimal waste and no bad odours such as when raw potato, sliced carrot and dog biscuits are used.

They also solve the problem of keeping Micro crickets alive in the tub after being delivered, as anyone who has used them before will know Micro crickets are prone to dehydration and do not survive in the tubs for long. By adding one of these cubes to a tub of Micro crickets you are providing a "drowning" safe form of food and drink.

This product also reduces the problem of stray crickets inside your pets enclosure biting your pet at night, simply leaving a couple of cubes in the vivarium for stray crickets to feed on will reduce the unwanted attention you pet may receive from the stray crickets.

the cricket food is also nutritionally balanced, ensuring the crickets are always happy, hydrated, healthy & gutloaded.

Limited stock available so order now...http://www.livefoodsbypost.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=931

Dendrobates enclosure now on display

Anybody living near to our showroom can pop in and see our dendrobates terrrarium housing yellow and black poison arrow frogs. We have made use of a 60 x 45 x 60 exo terra terrarium, lucky reptile rain sytem and humidity control to create an interesting dart frog display.

Strikes Off!

Hooray! Postal strikes are off, we are now free to resume our business. Normal service resumes as of Monday.

Post strikes extended

Bad news! The rolling postal strikes have been extended until 17th August

Good News! Our backlogged orders are being posted on the 06/08/07 & 08/08/07.

After that its back to backlogging orders and posting as and when we can, sorry about this.

Been busy! New showroom

Phew! Havent been able to post any blogs lately as we have been very busy opening our first showroom - "Exotic pets & Supplies" on the Isle of Wight, why not come see us, its located at Unit 12, Northwood Business park, Cowes, Isle of Wight. The unit currently operates as our office space and product showroom. We have 13 Display vivariums (the current vivexotic range) all housing a reptile or amphibian, we have crested gecko's, yemen chameleons, beardies, ackies, leopard geckos, corns, whites tree frogs and our very own captive bred fire bellied toads!