Successful Kenyan Boa Feeding

Last night, I finally got both Kenyan Sand boas to eat F/T. I felt very accomplished.  I've tried brained f/t mice, hot and dried ones, wiggling them, and nothing worked. What worked? Drying off the F/T fuzzy mouse and bouncing it on the bedding. I have heard of this technique before, but I just haven't tried it, nor have I thought about it till yesterday.

Once the female snatched hers, she drug it through the cage... And, don't worry I took her out and while she focused on "killing" it, I took the aspen off.

Here's a picture of the male Kenyan sand boa eating his mouse.



After Dixie Results

The show was pretty good. I sold 7 geckos, good bit of CGD, and some other nick nacks.

I have three 2010 crested geckos left and a female gargoyle gecko.

I may not make it to next month's show. I may just wait for the July repticon show in Atlanta.

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Dixie Reptile Show

I'll be traveling to Birmingham this Saturday. We're going to switch it up and get up early Saturday morning instead of leaving late Friday. I'm hoping to save money on the hotel, and make a few extra bucks in sales.

I'll only be bringing books, animals, CGD, and fake plants, to sell. I found out last month that the reptile toys and jewelry just wasn't as big of a hit in Birmingham as it is in Atlanta at Repticon.

If you're going to be in the area, stop by!

Tarantula Growth

I just have a quick post showing the growth of my salmon bird eater tarantula. She was about a month old when I got her. I think she's growing so slow from what I've heard, but she eats when she's fed.

I can't wait  for her to get even bigger. She's so cool. I hope to be able to upload a few pictures that I took with my good camera, and not my cell phone, but for now, this is all that I've got.



Red Foot Pictures

I had the red foot tortoises outside yesterday, and while they enjoyed the sunny and good weather, I snapped a few shots.

I had a few staged ones and a few natural ones, but with the grass in need of a trim, it was hard to get good natural pictures of the tortoises.

I wanted to get pictures of all four tortoises together, showing their carapaces and colors.

Below, you can see them in order from right to left- Yertle (Brazilian red foot), Scuttle (Northern red foot), Uno (Brazilian), and Lui (Columbian). 

Lui may not keep the name, but for now, that's what I'm calling him. I thought he fit the name, but now that I'm getting to see him with the others, it just isn't him... I mean, that's not saying the Yertle is a Yertle, but that name just stuck. Lui is just a gender-specific name, that I'm not sure I want to keep associated with the tortoises, since it will be a while until I will know the gender.

Here's one of the natural shots that I took. This is Yertle trying to hide in the grass.