Gregg Madden

Gregg Madden has been keeping and breeding snakes for well over 20 years. He has bred many species ranging from geckos to monitor lizards and garter snakes to gaboon vipers. Gregg is currently focusing on dwarf varanids and Western Hognose snakes of all morphs. He is also the co-designer and co-producer of a very successful incubation tool used world wide by breeders of all levels and zoological parks known as the SIM incubation container.

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    Bio-active Substrate

    For a few years now, we have been using bio-active soils in lizard and snake cages.

    The idea behind bio-active substrates is that you will have an entire eco system in your reptiles’ cage. The benefits from this are awesome. The natural good bacteria, microbes, isopods, substrate mites, and other insects that live in the soil, virtually act as a sanitation crew.
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    Squamata Concepts’ S.I.M. Container Evolution

    The S.I.M incubation container started out as being a homemade “no substrate” container. John Adragna and I have been keeping and breeding reptiles for well over 20 years and incubated eggs like most have over the years. Although the traditional methods of incubation have always served us well in the past, we wanted a better, more reliable method of incubation, one that would be quick and easy to set up without worrying too much about measuring water to substrate ratios, and that would yield equal to, or better results. More