OA Reptile Education

11/08/2025

Here’s a few recent photos of the scaley babies for your Saturday entertainment ❤️🐍🦎

06/06/2025

What a beautiful Timber Rattlesnake in our National Park ❤️

11/25/2024

Carl loves getting fed when celebrating people’s birthdays! He is always a chompy boy when lettuce is involved. 🥬+🐢=❤️

10/29/2024

We are experiencing some Facebook messenger issues so if you need to contact us, please reach out via phone!

10/17/2024

While we aren’t vending this weekend, come on out and support our local reptile community!! 🐍🦎🐸

🐍✨ Knoxville, Tennessee! We're back for an incredible weekend with the Show Me Reptile Show on October 19th & 20th! 🦎🐢

📅 Dates: Saturday, October 19th & Sunday, October 20th
📍 Location: Knoxville, TN
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect for all ages—bring the entire family!

🎟 VIP Hour: 9:00 AM
🌟 Skip the lines and get in early with VIP tickets for just $15!
🎟 General Admission: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
🔹 Adults: $10
🔹 Kids 7-12: $5
🔹 Kids 6 & under: FREE

🐍 Come see incredible reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and small exotic animals from top breeders and vendors! Plus, all the supplies you need for your critters! 🕷🦎

🎟 Don’t wait! Grab your tickets now at showmereptileshow.com and join us for an exciting weekend in Knoxville!

10/04/2024

Back out at West Valley Middle school today with the babies! Calypso has been enjoying my neck as a tree limb today. She’s so breathtaking ❤️❤️🐍

10/02/2024

TW: POST SURGERY WOUNDS

Here is an update on LSP.

She had surgery today to remove her lumps, and she did so well. She recovered swiftly from the anesthesia and will be able to take a small meal within the next few days. She is on antibiotics and pain meds until she is all healed up. The healing process will take a couple of months, but she is expected to make a full recovery.

Since snakes metabolize differently than humans, anesthesia can be harder on their bodies and usually take longer to recover. Thankfully, LSP handled the anesthesia really well and was awake within an hour after her surgery.

Both Jacob and I are very grateful for the staff at Lange Animal Hospital. They always take great care of LSP when she is in. Thank you so much Dr. Richie and his supporting vet techs for taking such great care of LSP.

Check out OA Reptile education’s post.

10/02/2024

Having a blast educating at West Valley Middle School! We will be back on Friday to educate even more kids!

Are you wanting your child to have a birthday party or school event that they will never forget? Message us today and we can make that happen ❤️🐍

09/25/2024

Are you looking at getting a new reptile or looking to freshen up on your husbandry? Check out our updated care guides! We are developing care guides for other commonly kept reptiles. What care guides do YOU 🫵want to see next? Let us know in the comments below!

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07/22/2024

Just wanted to update everyone on Lumpy Space Princess (LSP).

For those that are new, LSP, is one of our eastern black rat snakes we care for. LSP was born with unspecified lumps throughout her body. Within the last 4 months she has developed a lump in her mouth (pathology results showed no signs of cancer, but were inconclusive otherwise). After one round of antibiotics and tube feeding, there is unfortunately not a lot of change. Our plan now is to do another round of antibiotics and get her eating pinkies/fuzzies to gain some weight. If we do not see improvement for the better in 4-6 weeks, surgery will be done to ensure LSP can live a long and healthy life. LSP is only 3 years old and has a long life ahead of her. Surgery does has its risks, but if it ensures a good life for LSP, we will do it. A lot of people don’t understand the bonds we form with our reptiles, but LSP has a special bond with us and we are willing to fight for her.

Surgery on snakes is very high risk as some snakes do not recover from anesthesia. Surgery is a last ditch effort to give her the best possible chance at a good life. Please keep us in your thoughts as we navigate this time.