Our Staff

Name: Matt Smallheer Position: Operations Manager / Owner Team Member Since: 2006
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	Browse the store inventory. :)
Favorite Part of your job:	Satisfying the needs of our customer base. We offer a unique product and present it in a unique way. I love the awe we create.
Personal Mission:	To provide a top shelf customer experience.
Fun fact about me:	I train 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu several times a week with my wife and kids.
Hobbies:	Jiu Jitsu, Rotary International, Politics, Cast Iron Cooking, Camp Fires.

Name: Stephanie Smallheer Position: General Manager / Owner Team Member Since: 2006
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	Everything in the shop with a name. I only have 2 Praying Mantis at home.:)
Favorite Part of your job:	Selling a family their first reptile is always exciting. :)
Personal Mission:	To be able to teach and educate people on reptiles and indoor gardening.
Fun fact about me:	I am not a fan of snakes.
Hobbies:	10th Planet Jiu jitsu, gardening, spending time with my family, cooking, and outdoor activities.

Name: Eric Mueller Position: Assistant Manager Team Member Since: 2011
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	Snakes Ball Pythons - Python regius Woma Pythons - Aspidites ramsayi Wall Python – Ball x Woma Hybrid Western Hognose - Heterodon nasicus nasicus California Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula californiae Lizards Argentine Red Tegu - Tupinambis rufescens Mt. Meru Jackson’s Chameleons - Trioceros jacksonii merumontanus Tokay Geckos - Gekko gecko Sarasinorum Gecko - Correlophus sarasinorum Gargoyle Geckos - Rhacodactylus auriculatus Crested Geckos - Rhacodactylus ciliatus Leopard Geckos - Eublepharis macularius African Fat Tail Geckos - Hemitheconyx caudicinctus Frogs Salt Creek Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs - Oophaga pumilio Golden Poison Dart Frogs - Phyllobates terribilis Bumble Bee Poison Dart Frogs - Dendrobates leucomelas Salamanders Axolotl - Ambystoma mexicanum Tarantulas Chilean Rose - Grammostola rosea Brazilian Black - Grammostola pulchra Brazilian Salmon - Lasiodora parahybana Honduran Curlyhair - Brachypelma albopilosum Antilles Pinktoe - Avicularia versicolor Pumpkin Patch - Hapalopus sp. Columbia Large Roaches Discoids - Blaberus discoidalis Little Kenyan - Blaberidae sp. “Kenya” Dubia - Blaptica dubia Indian Domino - Therea petiveriana Death’s Head - Blaberus craniifer Central AmericanGiant Cave - Blaberus giganteus Orange Head - Eublaberus prosticus Wide Horn Hissing - Gromphadorhina oblongonota Beetles Dermestid – Dermestidae sp. Mealworm - Tenebrio molitor Superworm - Zophobas morio Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator Blue Death Feigning - Asbolus verrucosus Large Diving Beetle – Dytiscus sp. Small Flat Diving Beetle - Acilius sp. Giant Water Bug (Lesser) – Belostomatidae sp. Giant Water Scavenger Beetle – Hydrophilidae sp. Other Invertebrates American Giant Millipede - Narceus americanus Cherry Shrimp - Neocaridina davidi Ghost Shrimp - Paleomonetes sp. Water Scorpions – Ranatra sp.
Favorite Part of your job:	My favorite part about working at the Tye-Dyed Iguana is creating naturalistic vivariums for all of the animals.
Personal Mission:	To teach people about the animals and how to properly take care of them.
Fun fact about me:	The first time I got onto a plane I flew to the other side of the world.
Hobbies:	Building terrariums, herping, hiking, kayaking, fishing, snowboarding, and riding motorcycles.

Name: Heather Bechtoldt Position:Marketing Manager Team Member Since: 2009
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	Red Foot Tortoise 2 Ball Pythons Previously Owned: Veiled Chameleons African Clawed Frogs
Favorite Part of your job:	Taking care of the babies from the incubator, being able to watch them hatch out and raise them.
Personal Mission:	To keep the animals healthy and happy so they can find a good home.
Fun fact about me:	I have a Bachelor of Science in Zoology with a minor in Chemistry.
Hobbies:	Movies, art (drawing), video games, jigsaw puzzlies, fishing.

Name: Jennii Moehlmann Position: Animal Care Manager Team Member Since: 2012
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	4 Gray Tree Frogs 1 Green Tree Frog 1 Cuban Tree Frog 1 Fancy Pacman Frog 1 Spade Foot Toad
Favorite Part of your job:	Being able to not only work with the animals, but learning something new everyday.
Personal Mission:	As the store grows, teaching others the proper care for each individual animal and insuring the health as well. (Personal note: If you want to chat with me, just tape my shoulder; I have headphones in)
Fun fact about me:	Besides all the reptiles I won and terrariums I make, I absolutely love doing my make-up. My face is a canvas and I create pieces of art on it. If you see me at work though, I'll almost never have make-up on. Don't want to ruin my art by sweating it off. ;)
Hobbies:	Gaming (PC Master Race) Making terrariums out of old and odd bottles Creating Art on my Face (Make-Up) Digital Drawing

Name: Bill Fox Position: Invertebrate Care Taker Team Member Since: 2007
Reptiles / Amphibians Owned:	1 Male Sudanese Uromastyx 1 Five-lined Skink 2 American Toads Multiple Dart Frogs Milk Frogs Kaiser Newts
Favorite Part of your job:	I get to work with awesome reptiles, amphibians, tarantulas, and other invertabrates etc.
Fun fact about me:	I've been working with all kinds of animals for over 40 years. Reptiles, amphibians, invertabrates, fish, mammals, birds, and more.
Hobbies:	Outdoors, nature, 2nd amendment, survival, camping, gunsmithing, military surplus collecting.

Name: Eleazar Gonzalez

Position: Sales Associate

Team Member Since: 2018