Happy new year!!!

Welcoming 2026 in The Reptile Room- Ireland.

We have had a fantastic start to 2026 with the arrival of two baby crested geckos, one baby mourning gecko AND MY VERY FIRST TARANTULA!

Santa was very good to me this Christmas - he bought me my very first tarantula! I've wanted a T for years and finally the powers that be allowed it to happen.

So without further ado please welcome Avie, an Avicularia avicularia (Pink toe) tarantula.

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Severus and Miss Ruby's last two eggs from 2025 hatched out; Harry hatched on new-years eve, and Ron followed a few hours later on new years day - both little lily whites!! These two are the last of their line as I'm switching up my breeding parings for the next season.

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Rescue Updates

We have also taken in our first rescue of 2026; Aurora, a leopard gecko.

Aurora started out as a child’s pet but as the child grew up her interest in her gecko friend faded and Auroras care was left up to the mother. Aurora was surrendered on New Year’s Eve and is currently quarantining in our rescue room.

Unfortunately, due to being kept with

incorrect temperature and humidity levels Aurora has lost every single one of her finger tips and is very close to completely losing four of her toes. She’s a stumpy girl. She’s got a lovely temperament though - she's a little chunky - but lovely. We are going to spend the next while weaning her off wax worms and trying to introduce less fatty foods like crickets, locusts and roaches.

As she is fair skinned managing her lighting needs will be a balancing act; light skinned leopard geckos, like fair skinned humans, burn very easily when exposed to UVB. To solve this problem her previous owner had opted to remove all light from her enclosure but we will not be doing that - instead I’m planning on building a fully live planted bioactive vivarium for her where she will have lots of shade from the succulent’s, grasses, rocks and roots I’ll be placing inside.

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We have had so many rescue requests lately and whilst I’m delighted to take them in and will always do my very best for them we do have to remind everyone that I am not a registered charity and all costs involved in rescuing and rehabilitating these beasties comes out of my personal expenses. With that in mind I’d like to share our donation page - any and all help is more than welcome. The more donations we receive, the more rescues we can take in. 

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New year, new goals at The Reptile Room - Ireland (Shop and Rescue)

Project jungle 2026

As you may or may not remember, last year we had a goal of providing custom bioactive background for each and every one of our beasties in The Reptile Room. We came so close to completing our goal with only one 45 45 60 vivarium remaining and that Viv has been ear marked for our Tumucumaque pair. 

Tumucumaque breeding project

That’s right - the babies aren’t babies anymore and it’s getting to the time when I’ll have to sex and separate the four now adult tums. I’m hoping to have at least one breeding pair - Bonnie & Beau - the other two will be available for rehoming. B & B will into their own vivarium and hopefully it won’t be long before we have new babies. 

New Ranitomeya dart frogs

With the Tumucumaque frogs moved I’ll have a spare vivarium … which leads me to my first want/wish for the new year - I’d love to add another breeding group of Ranitomeya to The Reptile Room. Something bright, beautiful and brave. I’ve a few morphs in mind, watch this space.

Vampire crabs 

As many of you may have guessed, after eight years our vampire crab colony has crashed. We are now actively seeking new crabs to kick start our vampire colony. The goal is for it to be producing again by the summer. 

Mourning geckos 

As our mourning geckos have been so popular we have decided to double our colony - I usually keep four adults but this year I’ll be keeping four babies back to increase the eggs produced. This should help us keep up with demand going forward.

Klemmeri geckos 

My biggest hope for the year is for my Klemmeri geckos to begin breeding - I know for a fact that I have two females, but after seven months I’ve still not been able to get confirmation on the sex of the third gecko in their group -please please please be a male!  

So with these goals in mind I’m welcoming in the new year full of hopes and dreams for the future. Let’s see how many come true.

Happy new year everyone

Sarah