The number of tenants keeping reptiles has increased considerably. When a mortgagee lets out a flat then it is very common that they will include a restriction on keeping animals. Most tenants respect this in terms of keeping cats or dogs but increasingly tenants are keeping small animals in the property contrary to the terms of the tenancy. Hampsters and the like are not usually a problem but reptiles can be. it is not generally the reptiles themselves but typically the reptile food that they eat. This is because a lot of the food tends to be live reptile food. Reptiles eat things like crickets, locusts and cockroches. More inforamtion on the types of live reptile food visit www.reptilepetsupplies.co.uk who provide a lot of interesting information on reptiles and foods. If you do allow your tenants to keep reptiles in the property then you should consider requiring them to get insurance for the reptile. Insurance can cover any damage that is caused by the reptile or their food escaping. For examples of tyles of policies you could look at the low cost pet insurance website who provide a range of insurance products including reptile insurance.