This is the webpage of Gabriele and Suraji Tenti.
We are experienced hobbyst breeders of reptiles and invertebrates.
Gabriele started breeding reptiles in Italy at the end of the '80s, in 2003 he started to collaborate with Emanuele Melani under the name GSFarm, the parthnership ended in 2006 after Gabriele moved to UK .
Suraji is a professional photographer specialising in Nature, Wildlife and Portraits, some of her snaps of pets and owners are really beautiful.
Our main goal at GTReptiles is improving reptile knowledge and captive breeding of these animals in order to make them avaliable to hobbists and istitutions, reducing pressure on wild animal populations. We tend to try to breed quite unusual species now, this seems more interesting and challenging. We focus not on the quantity but on the quality of the animals we breed.
Gabriele's interest in reptiles started at one year old, when he saw his first Boa contrictor in a local zoo. It was 1973 and since then he owned and bred many herps: tortoises, snakes, geckos, monitors, salamanders, scorpions, insects. He graduated in Veterinary Medicine with thesis about reptilian clinical pathology, then was awarded a Masters in Veterinary Laboratory Medicine from the same University of Pisa with another project on reptile medicine. At the moment Gabriele is a full time veterinarian in a first and second opinion 35% Exotics Practice.
Gabriele is member of Sivae, the italian association of exotic animal veterinarians, AAV Association of Avian Veterinarians, ARAV Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (serving in the ARAV Interernational Committee), BVA British Veterinary Association, BVZS British Veterinary Zoological Society and IHS International Herpetological Society.
Coming soon:
Rhacodactylus breeding
Herping in Sri Lanka
