Welcome to "Our Team" Page, this is where you get to meet a selection of our team that might be coming to your Reptile Guy Program.     Check out each critters Picture, CLICK ON IT to make it LARGER!     Also read their Bio to learn more about them!

Mr. Brendan is our Team leader. He grew up outside of Pittsburgh, PA. As a young child, Brendan started catching wildlife in the spring and filling his tanks on the porch for the summer. after a few months he would have to let them go so they could find a place to hibernate for the long cold winter of the north.  Not just snakes Brendan has been handling all kind of critters since he was a small child. He convinced his mother to let him get his first real pet snake when he was 14 years old.  As Brendan grew so did his love of critters, but snake have always been his favorite. after growing up, working and traveling around the world, Brendan was ready to have another pet snake.  His sister just so happened to have one that she needed a temporary home for, and Oscar Rose arrived.  After people found out that Brendan had a pet snake, the rescues start showing up. Bearded Dragons, Snakes, and even Rose the Tarantula. Brendan never wanted a tarantula, but he had taken in all of these other critters, so how could he so no to her? Once a Reptile Room was created, Critters were coming in, being rehabbed and some were kept and some found new homes. After all of the critters had a great homes each with their own enclosure with their own Heat, and Lighting requirements, Brendan know that he needed to find a way to get them out more.  After doing a program for his nieces & nephews outdoor education class at a local Nature Center was the final push to make it into a small business. March 1st 2015 will mark 2 years of success and continued growth! Here we come Year three! Brendan has been working with captive bread snakes for 28 year and has never been bitten. If you take a few simple precautions it is relatively safe.  The Picture is of Brendan and the Mayor of Murfreesboro. He is giving Brendan an award for all of his service at the Nature Center.

Meet Rose, she is a Chilean Rose Tarantula, they are know for their docile nature, low toxicity and beautiful coloring, this makes them one of the most common tarantulas of the exotic pet trade. As her name states she is from Chile and lives in the dry deserts regions and females can live up to 20 years!  Since tarantula's lungs are on located in their abdomen it is very easy for them to drown.  She has a shallow water dish in her cage with rocks in it so she does not drown.

Meet Mel, He is a specially breed of Bearded Dragon.  He is a Citrus and Leather-back breed meaning that he has been bread for the colors and the smoother back that he has.  Citrus because of the citrus fruits, Orange & Lemon colors and Leather-back for his slightly smaller scales and smoother back!  Bearded Dragons are from the land of Oz, Australia that is.  Bearded Dragons are Omnivorous, that means they eat both Vegetables and insects.  Dark Greens are best for them (mustard, turnip, collard green) and they love to chase live crickets & superworms. They live in the desert and love to bake in the sun. Not only do they love it, but they need to bask in the sun to metabolism the food they eat into the calcium then need so the do not get MBD. (Metabolic Bone Disease)

Meet Oscar Rose, she has been in my family all of her life!  She started with my sister as a baby, and was to young to tell if she was a male or female, so she gave her two names, so once she was old enough to determine that she was a female, her name was changed to Rose!  Rose is now 16 years old! she started off eating live mice and rats, but is now eating pre-killed rats!  Brendan feeds all of his snakes pre-killed for the safety of the snakes.  Ball Pythons do make a great first snake because of their great personalities.