Thank You For Your Support!!

There just aren’t enough Thank-You’s in the world to express how much I appreciate the support & encouragement I’ve received from local friends, family &  friends in the reptile community!  Here’s just a few of them sporting their FPS merch!  You can get your own here:  Visit For Pete’s Snakes…

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The Snake Shedding Cycle

The Shedding Process By: Daniel Hill (Source: Ball-Pythons.net) The process by which a reptile sheds its skin is called ecdysis. This process may last from 9-14 days depending on the reptile. Unlike lizards that generally shed in pieces, snakes will shed in one single piece if provided the proper conditions….

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How Do Snakes Move?

Snakes are the most widespread, diversified predators on the planet, but how do they manage to get around so easily without limbs? With their incredible structure of spine, ribs & muscles, snakes are able to move with ease, but the REAL secret to snake motion is found in their belly…

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Nova Scotia Herp Atlas 2021

It’s been a decade since there’s been a survey of amphibians & reptiles in Nova Scotia, so researchers with the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute are asking Nova Scotians to help them assess the status & distribution of Nova Scotia’s native cold-blooded critters with the 2021 Nova Scotia Herp Atlas on…

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