“Any animal that can feel fear can feel contentment.”

Tim Jackowicz, Intrepid Exotics

We LOVE our REPTILES!

We absolutely love our reptiles! Specializing in handling & husbandry of large constricting snakes and monitor lizards, I’ve been coaching handling techniques and reading reptile behaviors for the last several years. We go into detail on our YouTube channel with over 200 uploads covering these topics and also current events surrounding reptile legislation and regulation.

Click the link for our YouTube channel below.

Person's hand near open-mouthed monitor lizard in a cage.

Nile Monitor


COACHING

In an effort to help newer keepers, and even experienced keepers with new, larger animals, we do videochat coaching. Sometimes even experienced keepers have that one animal that’s sometimes tough to handle or defensive and often just an outside set of eyes and a couple tweaks in handling technique can make all the difference!

During video chats I get a chance to read the snakes behavior in real time and make handling suggestions to help fine-tune handling sessions and improve relationships between animals and their keepers.

Man holding a large snake over his shoulder outdoors with trees in the background.

Educational
Events

In coordination with several expert reptile handlers & breeders in North Carolina we do a myriad of educational events in the local community. These events allow the public to have hands-on interaction with healthy, well-socialized reptiles as part of our effort to promote understanding of these fascinating creatures.

A group of people smiling and holding a large snake in front of a colorful map mural.