About Reptile Setup

Fix your reptile's setup in one chat.

Keeping reptiles should be about the animal, not the second-guessing. We built Reptile Setup to be the friend who already knows what's likely wrong with your enclosure — the one who's read a hundred "is my tank too small" threads and can tell you what to check first, in a few short messages.

Chat with Reptile Setup about your enclosure. It asks the right questions, rules out what isn't wrong, and builds your notes in a live document — what's going on, what to do next, what to buy — that updates with every message, so you watch it take shape. Browse gear cards with real specs and prices, add what you like to your cart, or tap a card to buy right from the chat. When you're ready, download the whole thing. No spreadsheets. No hours of forum archaeology. Works on desktop and mobile.

Under the hood, Reptile Setup doesn't hand you one answer — it hands you the right shortlist. First it filters the catalog to what fits your animal: enclosure size, species requirements, what you already run. Then it compares each product on the spec that defines it — how much heat a mat puts out against what it costs, say — and keeps only the efficient frontier: the options nothing else beats on both counts at once. What's left is a genuine trade-off, not one obvious winner. You choose from that shortlist by feel. Rational screening, human choice.

From a bearded dragon's 4×2×2 to a leopard gecko's 36×18×18, from your first thermostat to a rack that's been running for years — Reptile Setup turns "is my enclosure big enough" into a conversation.

How We Make Money

Reptile Setup is free to use, always — no credit card, no subscription, no premium tiers. Answers like this normally cost time (and often money) from a store or a consultant; ours is free because we earn a small commission when you buy gear through our retailer links — at no extra cost to you. No ads, no data selling. That's it. Live animals are never sold here, and if the honest answer is "you don't need to buy anything", we say so.

Team

Reptile Setup is built by a small team of keepers and software engineers who think keeping reptiles shouldn't require a forum archaeology degree. We are remote, independent, and self-funded — no venture capital, no pressure to monetize your data. Just a genuine love for the hobby and a belief that AI can make it easier to get right.