About Xurain

What Xurain is

Xurain is an independent guide site about terrariums, vivariums, and the animals and plants that live in them. We publish practical, plain-language buying guides and care explainers — how to build a bioactive setup, what gear actually matters, and the mistakes that cost beginners their first animal or plant. Everything is written to be read by a real keeper making a real decision, not to fill space around ads.

We are not a store. Where we recommend equipment, we link to retailers (mainly Amazon) as an affiliate — explained in full on our disclosure page.

Who writes it

Xurain is written and edited by Theophil, a hobbyist keeper who has built and maintained bioactive terrariums and vivariums for geckos, frogs, and clean-up-crew invertebrates. The site started as a personal reference — notes on what worked, what failed, and which gear was worth the money — and grew into a public library.

We write from hands-on keeping experience, not veterinary authority. For anything medical or species-specific, we point you to a current care sheet or an exotics vet, and we say so plainly in the guide.

How we make money

Affiliate commissions and display advertising. Neither changes what we recommend — see our editorial policy for exactly how recommendations are chosen and our affiliate disclosure for the money side.

Contact

Corrections, questions, or a guide request? Get in touch — we read everything and fix errors quickly.