OFF-TOPIC THREAD 8

[Bird_Brain]

Brad, are you getting a baby or adult crested? Your cage is perfect for a juvie/adult, but for a baby it would be too big to start out with. You are going to love a crested - they are so cute!

I am starting off with an juvie/adult. I noticed that they recommend like a critter keeper for a baby, which I can do if I dont find an adult that I want, but I think I will be happy with any really. When I worked for a small pet store, they used to get in crested and I almost bought the one they had there once, but never did. She was so cool.

I guess this should be in a PM, but since it is in the OT thread, Im not too worried. What size tanks are the boas in? Just trying to get them set up before hand so I can get the temps right.

[Shadowfax]

I was afraid I would kill a fragile little baby so I got one about 5 months old, worked out great!

[DeadEye]

Good news Brad ....great looking Gecko,s Good for you ...Post some pics , we all love Gecko,s Bali is thick with them . Well and indo - We needed to see a few more there to fasinating ....I can,t see enough of them , I made my son realese 4 he caught the other night .

Everything you need for your "shotgun" wedding!







After a shed mmmmmm-- These guys loved jelly


to lovely




And the cutest i think is with the toy car

There on the windows at night , huggin and kissing

[Tigergenesis]

I was afraid I would kill a fragile little baby so I got one about 5 months old, worked out great!

After I lost my first crested "Lil Bit" I decided I'd go with one a little older as well. Lil Bit was just a baby. Willow was 5 months old when I got him and that eased some of my fears with getting another Crested.

Brad, the boas are each in enclosures with floor dimensions of about 20x13 inches. They are in rubbermaid tubs at the moment with heating pads on one end and about 2-2.5 inches of shredded aspen.

[bluetonguemad]

hey deadeye, you live in australia right,

well my plans are to move to aussie sometime in the next 5 years so laws might change, but you seem to have an abundance of geckos, do you need a permit to keep geckos and what species can you get

[KyleWeiss]

I love the natural-colored leopard geckoes so much... They're almost unseen anymore.

KW

[Lisa]

hey deadeye, you live in australia right,

well my plans are to move to aussie sometime in the next 5 years so laws might change, but you seem to have an abundance of geckos, do you need a permit to keep geckos and what species can you get

'eh, bro?' Another Kiwi moving to Australia?
Just kidding!

Licenses vary from state to state, for example in NSW you need a permit to keep any reptile. As an example you can go to
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npw ... ve_animals

follow the links and it shows you all the types of reps you can keep here in NSW and what type of license you need. Victoria seems to have the most lenient laws, where for some species (eg BTS or pythons) you can just walk into a petshop and buy one, and Tasmania or WA would be the most prohibitive.

One thing in common with all states but, you CANNOT keep non-native species in Australia.

P.S. My money's on the Blackcaps to win the World Cup.

[bluetonguemad]

P.S. My money's on the Blackcaps to win the World Cup

its in the bag, if you caught the hadley cup we owned aussie, although it wasnt their best side ever...

'eh, bro?' Another Kiwi moving to Australia?
Just kidding!

doesnt worry me, theres no opportunities for what i want to do in new zealand...

the closest thing is working with d.o.c and their all over the shop and dont know what their doing so aussie it is for a few years

[Arkangel]

I love the natural-colored leopard geckoes so much... They're almost unseen anymore.

KW

Ditto. Color morphs are cool to see but I wish people wouldn't breed them. I haven't seen a natural bearded dragon in years. There were NONE at the last few reptiles shows I've been to. Now that is sad.

This is my Smiley. You can just make out her smiley "tattoo" on her back.

[Lura]

Hooray!! Tucker, my wonderful, beautiful corn snake shed today!

Here is a picture before:



And after:



I wish I had a nicer camera; he has beautiful orange hues and yellowish orange on his sides. He got to eat after I took this picture and was very happy (or as happy as snakes get, I suppose).

And for good measure, here is a pic of Scout. He was sleeping with his legs back, which is what I call his "superhero" pose, since he looks like he could be zooming through the air. Unfortunately, he woke up when I stuck the camera in his tank (wonder why?)

[Bird_Brain]

Beautiful Corn! Is that a sunglow? If not what color morph is it?

[Tigergenesis]

I got my new issue of Reptiles magazine today. I haven't looked through it yet, but there is an artical in Shingles, Created Geckos and Sand boas.

[Bird_Brain]

Dang, I think I am going to have to head to Petsmart tomorrow to get that issue. Then I will just have to start a subscription

[DeadEye]

Some in W.A ya need a licence ..But i brought in dry dead timber before it was bulldozed ..I got a permit to cut the wood on crown land ..So all my windows have Gecko,s on them , eggs are laid on the dry sand ..I have loads running round the garden ..probely 5 species


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Thats me in the red shirt , I droped the tree,s and cut 400 year old tree,s up before they were pushed into a stack and burned , so yere i have 10 ton of hollow logs , some lovely tables , i used 3 127cc stihl 090 Model ,chainsaws , make 100$ every half an hour ..But i collected tons in my back yard so ive alot of Gecko,s wild ..Thats how i like them .Each cut was half a ton washers , and 1 ton of bush jarrah is 90$ a ton ...tables 400 $ for nice jarrah slabs ..I cut some monsters down ..I have to say west germany make an awsome chainsaw ,I still have my dads 112 cc stihl Lightning , 1967 model , decompresion buttons , they run flat chat all day , till sharpening , clean air filter and refuel .. Yes i did cut some down with bee hive,s in and was stung , running for my life ,, 15 stings in the face lol ..There not happy when there home comes crashing down..I wanted to use it not waste it + i got all the race horse goanna,s out nesting birds , possums , ect ect ect ...check in your state

[DeadEye]

hey deadeye, you live in australia right,

well my plans are to move to aussie sometime in the next 5 years so laws might change, but you seem to have an abundance of geckos, do you need a permit to keep geckos and what species can you get

Sorry Mate ...Yere depends if you live in the bush , like i do There thick all over the windows at night ,we put up lamps , so the midgie,s come ...Hundreds of tons of dry bush jarrah was dumped on my property , so thats were they live ..Wild none oare on viv,s they just live out in the sun Yep i live in Australia

And ive got 2 Goverment mining leaces 600 miles from my joint on the richest golden mile on earth..Kalgoolie ...Um so yere there all different desert species out there ..Here is a pic , after i pegged the land ..Got long hair about 19 years old ..Its a big mine now , being crushed .. It has 14 grams of gold to the ton .And has big gold nuggets aluvial gold to as well as vien gold . 18 $ a ton to have it crushed at a battery ..



This beat living in the bush , brough this buitifull home warm bath , 300$ and a wood stove , nice bed .. mmm better than snakes in the camp First camp ..loads of goanna,s gecko,s snakes Animals feral you name it there there .. :~)

This dugite lived in the camp , till it got a bit to snappy . real snappy

[Lura]

Beautiful Corn! Is that a sunglow? If not what color morph is it?

He's an '04 creamsicle from Kathy Love. He is amazing and by far one of the best animals I have ever owned. I haven't gotten a good measurement on him in a while, but last I checked he was about 3.8 feet (45.71 inches). I measure my reptiles using SerpWidgets' Snake Measurer, which is amazing and gives a very accurate reading (shed skins stretch about two inches longer than the actual snake).

[bluetonguemad]

so there are a few laws and stuff ill have to look into then?

[Edward]

I droped the tree,s and cut 400 year old tree,s up before they were pushed into a stack and burned

[KyleWeiss]

I droped the tree,s and cut 400 year old tree,s up before they were pushed into a stack and burned

I'm only guessing development was afoot. A job is a job no matter how backwards it seems...

KW

[DeadEye]

They were dead Edward from die back ..so rather than get them bulldozed ..I applied for a permit and saved the animals in them & made a few bucks Mate.. Its the quick or the dead, the trucks roll up with a D-9 and there burning animals everything , I had 2 years to trap suger gliders, bandicoots out before .Its now a freeway and suburbs ...We have a tree killing disease called die back ..I would never kill a live tree mate dont get me wrong there stone dead white ants had eaten up the guts ...sad but true

Sure Kyle ..Least i have furniture ,the animals lived , the bee,s got a new nest .. the animals were set free in parks tiny skinks like gecko , came on the truck , and came home ...The tree,s are dying from salt rising die back ..And goverments move quicker than me ...with semi 18 wheeliers ..and dozers Mate