Forum community for herp keepers?

[Rigor Mortis]

Hi all,

A friend of mine is interested in getting some sort of gecko, hasn't decided yet, but he wanted to know if I had any recommendations on herp forums he could peruse to gather more info. I did some light googling and didn't really find anything akin to the wide wealth of info we have here on AB in regards to inverts. I looked at OurReptileForum and reptileforumsuk and those seemed pretty ok but I was just surprised that there weren't tons and tons of others since reptile keeping is a lot more "mainstream" so to speak than invert keeping. Am I missing anything or would either of those be a good place to send my friend?

 

[moricollins]

To my knowledge there isn't one. .. We're blessed to have AB. I'm not aware of anything right equivalent to it for reptiles.

 

[Frogdaddy]

You may have to look for a more specialized Gecko forum.

 

[Psychocircus91]

Unfortunately, the evolution of facebook groups has largely killed forums. I would recommend he tries some gecko facebook groups. There's a lot of inexperienced people that try to get in their 2 cents, but usually the correct information gets out, and you can identify who the experienced keepers are.

 

[Smotzer]

@viper69 has a couple I think
, he’s given me the names of one or two I think, but I don’t remember the names of them.

 

[Poonjab]

Geckoforum.net

 

[viper69]

Pangea used to have a forum section for a variety of geckos.

 

[Kichimark]

I agree with others in that Facebook killed off a lot of the forums from back in the day. To a certain degree some coral/fish forums but some are still going strong. I used to frequent Pangea and it looks like they are still going strong: https://www.pangeareptile.com/forums/

I know the faunaclassifieds also has some subforums you can also try.

What type of geckos is your friend interested in? I know you said he has not made up his mind but any particular species of interest being narrowed? I have always been fond of Crested Geckos and bred a few selective morphs (mostly creamsicle and Red/Cream).

 

[PomPom]

I'm apart of the advancing herpetological husbandry group on Facebook. They have great up to date advice on reptile care, you could also try joining the reptile lighting group.

 

[Rigor Mortis]

Thanks for all the replies you lot. I'm going to show this thread to my friend. @Kichimark he is most interested in crested geckos at the moment but who knows what he'll settle on.