Cold Blooded & Bizarre

Cold Blooded & Bizarre Exotic Pets and Oddities Store in Charlotte NC
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Meet the newest members of the CB&B family! These beautiful baby Rankin’s dragons (Pogona henrylawsoni) just started to ...
06/02/2026

Meet the newest members of the CB&B family! These beautiful baby Rankin’s dragons (Pogona henrylawsoni) just started to hatch yesterday morning and the Critter Crew couldn’t be more excited! Looking forward to seeing the rest of their clutchmates when they make their appearances in the coming days!
Native to Australia, Rankins dragons are a close cousin of the bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), and although they look objectively similar, the main difference is their size! While beardies can reach lengths of around two feet, Rankin’s dragons max out at only 12 inches. This makes Rankin’s the perfect pet for someone who wants a beardie but doesn’t have quite enough space for a really big enclosure!
Follow our page for more rockstar rugrat Rankin’s, and other beautiful bite-sized baby beasts!

Check out the amazing white chin and speckled camouflage coloration of the Köhler’s vine snake (Oxybelis koehleri) that ...
06/01/2026

Check out the amazing white chin and speckled camouflage coloration of the Köhler’s vine snake (Oxybelis koehleri) that the Critter Crew recently encountered down in Roatan, Honduras! These beautiful arboreal colubrids inhabit the jungles of Central America, preying on small lizards, frogs, and insects. After a few quick photographs, this amazing serpent was returned, unharmed, to the same shrubbery branches where it was initially discovered.
Follow our page for more absolutely astonishing arboreal animals, and healthy Honduran herpetofauna!

Take a look at the newest member of the CB&B family! This gorgeous northern spiny tailed gecko (Strophurus ciliaris) hat...
05/30/2026

Take a look at the newest member of the CB&B family! This gorgeous northern spiny tailed gecko (Strophurus ciliaris) hatched earlier this week at our Charlotte location, and the Critter Crew couldn’t be more excited!
Native to Australia, these unusual gecko’s are active at night, preying on a variety of insects and small invertebrates. Interestingly, they have also been known to consume certain types of tree sap to supplement their insect filled diet. These small lizards also exhibit an interestingly unique defense mechanism. When threatened, they spray a foul smelling sticky liquid out of their tails to help ward of potential predators!
Follow our page for more certifiably cute ciliaris children, and other absolutely amazing arboreal Australian animals!

Take a look at the beautiful ‘Hershey kiss’ camouflage pattern on the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) that t...
05/29/2026

Take a look at the beautiful ‘Hershey kiss’ camouflage pattern on the eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) that the Critter Crew recently helped a customer relocate from their driveway to the back of their heavily wooded property!
Our nonprofit reptile rescue, Cold Blooded & Bizarre Outreach, offers free identification and safe, nonlethal relocation services for nuisance snakes and other wayward creatures.
Follow our page for more awesome Agkistrodon action, and other super sweet spicy snake situations!

Check out our baby helmeted chameleons (Trioceros hoehnelii) awesome dorsal spikes! Native to Kenya and Uganda, these me...
04/27/2026

Check out our baby helmeted chameleons (Trioceros hoehnelii) awesome dorsal spikes! Native to Kenya and Uganda, these medium sized chameleons use their sticky, projectile tongue to prey on a variety of insects and other small arthropods. This little beauty will soon be available at our new Wake Forest location, so stop in and pay us a visit today!
Follow our page for more certifiably cute chameleons, and other lovable little lizards!

Check out how well our captive bred Bavay’s giant gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua) camouflages against a piece of cork bark i...
04/24/2026

Check out how well our captive bred Bavay’s giant gecko (Mniarogekko chahoua) camouflages against a piece of cork bark in its enclosure! Native to the island of New Caledonia, those amazing geckos consume both insects as well as fruit, and have an unusually prehensile tail.
Follow our page for more crazy chahoua camouflage, and other really rad reptiles! This beauty is available at our new Wake Forest location, so stop by and check him out today!

Check out how much our captive bred red lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) likes hanging out in his ...
04/23/2026

Check out how much our captive bred red lipped arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia lythrochila) likes hanging out in his custom 3D printed “sky-hide!”
Native to Chiapas, Mexico, these unusual lizards inhabit the treetops of mountain forests between 6,600 and 9,800 feet in elevation, and prey on a variety of insects and other small arthropods!
Follow our page for more absolutely amazing arboreal alligators, and other marvelous Mexican monsters!

Have you ever seen a baby scorpion?👇Let us know in the comments!👇We now have captive bred Central American bark scorpion...
04/22/2026

Have you ever seen a baby scorpion?
👇Let us know in the comments!👇
We now have captive bred Central American bark scorpions (Centruroides margaritatus) and captive bred Florida bark scorpions (Centruroides gracilis) available at our Charlotte shop as well as at our new Wake Forest location! Stop in and see them today if you’re into unusual arachnids!

Check out how much our albino green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) likes exploring the living foliage ...
04/21/2026

Check out how much our albino green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) likes exploring the living foliage in its tropical bioactive vivarium enclosure! We’re hoping to get froglets from these awesome and unusual amphibians in the near future, so keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned!
Follow our page for more absolutely astonishing albino animals, and other fantastic frog faces!

Check out the trio of venomous timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) that the Critter Crew was privileged to help our ...
04/20/2026

Check out the trio of venomous timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) that the Critter Crew was privileged to help our friends at safely release on their 300+ acre wildlife preserve property last weekend! These beautiful babies are the offspring of a big pregnant female who was brought to CWR last year after she had been attacked and seriously injured by someone’s dogs.
It was truly an honor being able to help these little beauties with their transition from life in a glass terrarium to the freedom of life in the wild. Watching these babies slither off into the leaf litter of the protected wildlife sanctuary ecosystem was both heartwarming as well as a bittersweet farewell for everyone involved.
Follow our page for more rockstar rattlesnake rehab, and other absolutely amazing animal activities!

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3000 Central Avenue Suite 8
Charlotte, NC
28205

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Monday 11am - 8pm
Tuesday 11am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 8pm
Saturday 11am - 8pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

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