Other pets (pics and discussions)

[abcat1993]

Post some pictures of your other pets.
Angel the Jack Russell Terrier
No name for my Oregon Newt
No name for my Brown Anole

[Thamnophis]

That oregon newt (Taricha torosa?) is very nice!

[Thamnophis]

My other animals...

My female Xenagama taylori...

http://www.xenagama.nl/afbeeldingen/fotoos/taylori%2007.jpg


My male Xenagama taylori...

http://www.xenagama.nl/voedselfotoos/taylori%2001.jpg

[Thamnophis]

Another two "other animals"...

My male Uromastyx acanthinura nigriventris...



http://www.doornstaart.nl/acanthinura/fotoos/nigriventris/uromastyx_acanthinura_nigriventris_man_009.jpg


My female Uromastyx acanthinura nigriventris...

http://www.doornstaart.nl/acanthinura/fotoos/nigriventris/uromastyx_acanthinura_nigriventris_vrouw_001.jpg

[Thamnophis]

The last one...

One (male?) Natrix maura that was foudn in someones garden and now is mine :)

http://www.xenagama.nl/thamnophisforum/Natrix_maura_11.jpg

[Stefan-A]

Very nice Natrix maura, Thamnophis. I'd love to have a Natrix in my "collection".

I'd post a picture of my other pets, but I doubt anyone would be interested in seeing a guppy tank.

[reptileparadise]

i've got way to many pics...so, help yourself :P
vuurbuikpad - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v479/vuurbuikpad/)

[Cazador]

All nice pets, Fons, but the clarity/focus in your Natrix maura picture is remarkakable! Great photography.

Holy smoke, reptileparadise. Those are a LOT of pets. What type of research do you perform at the university?
Rick

[Gijs & Sabine]

I think that all pics of other animals are welcome, Stefan-A;)

[Gijs & Sabine]

Here our some pics of our other pets
these are our lovely dogs
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/26/p1010009smallwi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6673/p1010038smallkd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

our koi
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/91/p1010109ly7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

[Gijs & Sabine]

and we also have a group of 8 dendrobates phyllobates bicolor
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4127/p1010258oj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

and we have a small tank with, I think it's called, a lobster and shrimps.
aspecially the shrimps are very funny
http://img274.imageshack.us/img274/6889/p1010250vf9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1324/p1010226cm6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)

[abcat1993]

I am pretty sure that is a crayfish, but they are almost the same. Lobster are usually red but I am no expert on them

[abcat1993]

I put my hand over the flash on this one
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o25/abcat1993/MattsPics0142.jpg

[KITKAT]

Two of my other pets...

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//509/medium/tiny_0906_047c.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//510/small/eviepro3c.jpg

[KITKAT]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//510/medium/eviepro3c.jpg

[Ribbon Man]

Nice herps everyone.
I own..
Tink(Leopard Gecko)
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/sparkyleo/100_1153.jpg
Dimond(Leopard Gecko)
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/sparkyleo/100_1173.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/sparkyleo/100_1170.jpg
And JJ
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/sparkyleo/100_1209.jpg
Ball python.

[Beautifylgirl]

Here our some pics of our other pets
these are our lovely dogs
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/26/p1010009smallwi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://reg.imageshack.us/v_images.php)
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Very beautiful. Is he/she a Belgian Malinios? or a Tervuren?
Either way very very beautiful.. oh and beautiful Malamute ( or are we husky? I can't really tell size from the picture ;) ) also
Brittany

[Beautifylgirl]

Here are all my "non snake" pets.
My Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Jasmine ( aka- Baledwr Jasmine Fishstick)

*the dog in the background is her 'boyfriend' from a couple houses down. I think a Shep/lab/pit mix but very sweet*
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Dogs/pictures166.jpg
She is very photogenic. She starts to pose the second I get the camera.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Dogs/cutestpuppyever.jpg
She does a very good labrador retriever impression.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Dogs/swimming1.jpg

and my Kitty Emmie ( aka- The Mew)
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Kitties/EmmiePlaytimeFixed.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Kitties/emmy.jpg
And my German Short Hair Pointer Samson ( aka- Wards Sampson)- Unfortunately due to lack of time and space he now lives with my parents where he goes out hunting multiple times a week.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k269/Beautifylgirl/Dogs/Sam3.jpg

Enjoy.
Brittany

[Gijs & Sabine]

Hi Brittany,

Yes, Yes you're very good !! It's a tervuren and a malamute ( most people call him "a husky":mad: ) although he's a bit short for a malamute:p

You have a very nice Corky. The first picture is great, it looks like she's flying.

Best wishes Gijs & Sabine

[Beautifylgirl]

Hi Brittany,

Yes, Yes you're very good !! It's a tervuren and a malamute ( most people call him "a husky":mad: ) although he's a bit short for a malamute:p

You have a very nice Corky. The first picture is great, it looks like she's flying.

Best wishes Gijs & Sabine

Thanks. I work at a vet clinic and am very interested in all breeds. I don't get to see the Turvs or Mals very often as most people in the USA have German Shephs although the Turvs are getting more popular in Police work over here. I really do like the head on your Turv.
Thanks for the flying corgi comment. She loves to do that all day long, I swear she's a jumping bean some days. That's one reason I have started her in agility.
Brittany

[GarterGuy]

Here's some pics of my tarantulas.......
Star the Guyana Pinktoe
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Star.jpg


Pink the Rosehair
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Pink.jpg


and Regina the Redrump Birdeater
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Regina.jpg

[Daniel]

Here we go. Some of my other animals:

Ball Python female:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//502/medium/normalinternet.jpg


Pandinus carvimanus:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//502/medium/PICT1303.JPG

Tropiocolotes steudneri or dwarf gecko:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//502/medium/PICT1221.JPG

Chamaeleolis barbatus:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//502/medium/PICT2492.JPG

[Daniel]

and finally, because of the limitation on four pictures per post:

my cat "Sir Henry":

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//502/medium/PICT0768.JPG

[Thamnophis]

Very nice animals, Daniel.

Especially the False Chameleon, Chamaeleolis barbatus, looks like a very fine animal.

The cat looks as if he knows he is "SIR Henry" :D

[GarterGuy]

Here's some pics of the other snakes I've got. After garters, kings (Lampropeltis sp.) are on of my favorite groups of snakes

Sarge...my male Milksnake phase Thayeri king

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Sarge.jpg

Cal...my female Buckskin leonis phase Thayeri king (the mouse was f/t, she still likes to constrict them.....just to make sure :p )

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Cal.jpg

and my big girl Babe...she's a 5.5ft. Peninsular intergrade Kingsnake (L.g.getulus X L.g.floridana)

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Babe.jpg

[Thamnophis]

Three very beautiful snakes, GarterGuy.
I love Lampropeltis too. Don´t have them at home anymore, but i take care of some specimen in our reptilezoo. Amongst others L. getulus californiae, Lampropeltis getulus holbrooki, L. triangulum hondurensis and L. triangulum sinaloae.

[GarterGuy]

Thanx for the compliments Thamnophis...I actually hope to be doing some volunteer work at a zoo in my area as well, but I'll be mostly working with rattlers and gators! Anyways, here's the last of them.....my four legged children....

Syd my male Leopard Gecko

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Syd.jpg

Bane, my male Nothern Bluetongue skink

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Bane.jpg

and my two "mutt" cats.....Ash

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Ash.jpg

...and Blaze

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//514/medium/Blaze.jpg

[ssssnakeluvr]

Here's 3 of my cats....P.J., the gray tabby Maine coon, Homer, the black cat, and our new kitten Caspurr.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/3_kitties.JPG

[KITKAT]

My friend who recently passed away from cancer, left me this snake!

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tani_albino_corn_fem_1106_8_web.jpg

[abcat1993]

Corn snake, right?

[felicianolis]

I have also:
- a couple of lampropeltis mexicana greeri;
- a trio of lampropeltis alterna (a couple "alterna phase" and a female "blairi phase")

[Cazador]

Nice pictures, Felix. The last alterna female looks so different than the other alternas. Do they change as they mature?

[Thamnophis]

Very nice pictures you made, Felix. And... very pretty snakes!

[felicianolis]

Thanks Cazador!
No: they don't change as they mature...
As I don't speak english so good I prefer to explain with the help of a book: ;-D

"Color and Pattern Phases: Highly variable. Two basic pattern types exist: ‘Blairs’ Phase’ animals are patterned with wide orange bands on a gray to black background (my last alterna female... ;-D), while ‘alterna phase’ snakes have narrow bands, with little or no orange. Often ‘alterna phase’ animals have alternating wide and thin bands, hence the name...
...Gray-Banded Kingsnakes are quite variable throughout their range, with many areas producing recognizable color and pattern combinations".

[felicianolis]

Thanks Thamnophis!

I also have seen your pictures: I love your xenagama and your uromastyx!
I love lizards and I think that soon I'll take someone! ;-)

[Cazador]

Felix,
Pues, es fantastico que tu ven aqui y escribe contigos. Yo se que es muy dificil a escribir en un otro lingua quando no hace demaciado, pero es bien tener tu aqui, y gracias para sus photos.
Rick

All,
I said, "Well, its fantastic that you come here and write with us. I know that it's very difficult to write in another language when you don't do it too often, but it's good to have you here and thanks for your pictures."

[felicianolis]

Thanks Rick for your "good works"!
I'm happy to be here and I'm happy to share with you my pictures and my experiences! ;-D

[felicianolis]

"good WORDS"!!! ...Sorry! ;-D

[KITKAT]

Yep. Albino Corn, 2 1/2 yrs old, 42 inches.


Corn snake, right?

[abcat1993]

Well I thought I'd revive this thread since I got an anole yesterday (my first lizard I've ever bought from a pet store even though this is around my seventh anole). I was wondering if any of you have any experience with anoles because it looks gravid and I heard they come like that from pet stores sometimes (there was a big male in with it so it's possible). Does anybody have pics of gravid anoles, I couldn't find any online.

[reptileparadise]

What kind of anole is it?

[abcat1993]

brown/bahama anole (Anolis sagrei)

[reptileparadise]

I only have experience with Anolis carolinensis. I kept them in a 'rainforest' viv. Lots of plant, spraying 3 times a week. I didnt give them UV-light, but it may be better for them. I would supply a gravid female (esspecialy from a petshop) with loads of calcium! Just to be sure. A few plants to hide and a nice basking spot will do. Make sure she has a place for her eggs. A flowerpot with moist earth will probably be okay.
Good luck with her!

[abcat1993]

Thanks. I put some Ivy in after reading some info about plants online (a good excuse to put a place for an anole to lay eggs in the tank). I still wouldn't mind pictures if you have them. The spot the eggs are in and the size relative to their body is probably similar.

[Snaky]

Let me also dig in with my other pets.

Couple alterna's:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/183_8374_klein.JPG
The male:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/525/medium/183_8333_klein.JPG
The female:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/525/medium/620IMG_0849_upload.JPG
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/525/medium/620kleur_Medium_.jpg

[Snaky]

The prairydog (she's actually of my sister, but it's such a cuty and I'm often with my sister). These are very old pictures, at that time she bite her hair off as you can see. That was because of a diet with to little vegetables, that's now ok.
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/620100_0072_upload.JPG
The prairydog and my sister:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/620100_0077_upload.JPG


Our bitch, this one can attack any time any place. Nonetheless I would miss her:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/620100_0012_upload.JPG
Here she looks like an angel:
http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/620100_0070_upload.JPG

I can't show you pictures of the dog, since I don't have picture yet. My dad has some on his pc, I'll post them when I get them... one day.

[abcat1993]

I didn't know you could have prarie dogs as pets. Are they like giant hamsters or what?

[abcat1993]

OK, here is my female which, after looking at her I doubt is gravid.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2796/mattspics444gy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Cazador]

Very pretty anole, Matt. Now you'll have to modify your signature line. How much do they cost?

[Snaky]

I didn't know you could have prarie dogs as pets. Are they like giant hamsters or what?
They are no problem to keep here, but only few people breed with them:(. They are not at all like giant hamsters. They can actually be very tame and open if you have a lot attention to them when they are young. The prairie dog of my sister can run freely in her studio, except when she is not home. He comes for attention to you, he likes being stroked and getting candy ( for prairy dogs of course ). Although there is only a very small group he really trusts (the family: my sister), he is very nice to all the rest (the horde).

abcat: I'm not a big fan of anoles, but that's a nice 1:)

[abcat1993]

Very pretty anole, Matt. Now you'll have to modify your signature line. How much do they cost?
They cost about 6 dollars at PetCo.

And your prarie dog reminds me of what my sisters hamster did; escape, hide, then come running to my sister to it's ball.

[GarterGuy]

OK, here is my female which, after looking at her I doubt is gravid.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2796/mattspics444gy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Very good looking anole.....reminds more of a Fla. Bark anole (Anolis distichus floridanus) than a Brown anole (A. sagrei ssp.)...the dark line connecting the eyes on the top of the head is a dead give away, that and the nice gray colour. I know it's a female, but do you know what colour throat fan it has? If it's yellow or pale orange with out any red spots, it's definitely a Bark anole. Anyways, from gravid brown anoles that I've had ( I used to have a colony of A. sagrei sagrei), they looked a bit more bulbous around the lower abdomen, but it could still be gravid....does look rather fat. You should get a male to go with her; if she's not gravid, she would be soon.....I've found them to be REALLY easy to breed!

--Roy

[abcat1993]

Last time that I had a female with my male (they were both wild caught by me and my dad) the male was bobbing his head, chasing her, expanding his throat fan. That is, until SOMEBODY (definitely not my cleaning lady) took off the water bottle which is holding a covering for a homemade hole in a homemade lid (sorry if that doesn't make any sense), and the female escaped. But the pictures online didn't look like it (I looked for less than a minute though). They had more of a random pattern like male brown anoles, just lighter.

[Valley Pets]

Have WAY to many pets to put up but here's a couple favorites...(big pics and kinda blurry, sorry!)

My Buddy..He's a pit/mastiff mix..
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/valleypets/IMG_0937.jpg

Here's my snapping turtle...I found him in the middle of the highway on my first day of collage and he's been with me ever since lol! Eats like a PIG!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/valleypets/snappingturtle.jpg

My legless skinks! These guys are pretty rare in any collection and I think thats why I like them so much! lol
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/valleypets/legless4.jpg

And finally my pair CB dwarf puff adders. These guys are also a rare subspecies from south africa! I've never seen any of them in anyones collection in Canada..They came right from my buddy in Africa. They max out at about 3 feet!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p80/valleypets/adder3.jpg

[KITKAT]

Here is an interesting update... when this thread first opened, I posted a pic of my Bearded Dragon... keep scrolling down to see what she looks like NOW!:eek:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//509/medium/tiny_0906_047c.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tiger_lily_032707_1c.jpg
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tiger_lily_032707_2c.jpg

[Gyre]

Umm.. Snaky? Where in the name of God did you get a prariedog? =D

Well, here's a few of my animals...

Fifi, right after a swim, and apparently showing off her third eyelid...
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//524/medium/2006_0307feb300010.JPG
Finn McCool, my Toy Fox Terrier..
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//524/medium/2006_0207WB0025.JPG

And here's Sage, who just passed away on Sunday. :(
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//524/medium/2006_0205REPTIC0003.JPG

[stonyloam]

My dog Chloe.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/chlopup.jpg

[Eightlegged]

Cranwell's horned frog
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/436470445_c3b4d85ea3.jpg

One of the mice, seal point siamese male.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/433686706_dc5c6ba989.jpg

Mangrove crabby
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/429255147_add07e278e.jpg

One of many tarantulas.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/413889803_ac8d6cf94d.jpg

[Eightlegged]

Baby tarantula, mom's the spider above.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/436288864_4fda9a4ee0.jpg

Splinter
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/413909105_0426ee0035.jpg

One of my scorpions.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/406218244_d8aa842695.jpg

One of the roaches (Madagascar hissing cockroach, possible hybrid)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/387969424_6c72de0f5e.jpg

[Eightlegged]

Land hermit crab.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/379465317_4640d4ad5e.jpg

And to close the stream of photos :p One of the Mongolian gerbils.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/437286866_999759c922.jpg

[Snaky]

Umm.. Snaky? Where in the name of God did you get a prariedog? =D
At the local pet shop, but this is very rare in Belgium now. There is also a community in Belgium where some breeders are registered to :).

Some very nice other pet's here.

A nice picture of Chloe, reminds me of my former dog. We had a "Duitse Staander korthaar" (have no idea of the English name). Very nice dog, loved to play with her.

[drache]

"Duitse Staander korthaar"

German Shorthair Pointer, I believe

[stonyloam]

Good eye! Chloe is !/2 german shorthair. The baby tarantula photo is great! The largest spiders we have here are wolf spiders. I pulled one out of the pool last summer that had about 150 babies on its back, when I sat her on the ground they scattered everywhere, it was something to see, the little guys were amazingly fast for there size.

[abcat1993]

Wow, if I would have seen a picture of that baby tarantula without an explanation, I would have said, "nice jello sculpture!"

[abcat1993]

OK, I know they aren't really pets, but they're close enough:
Nepenthes Ventricosa:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o25/abcat1993/MattsPics787.jpg

Some form of Sarracenia:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o25/abcat1993/MattsPics783.jpg

And your typical Venus Fly Trap:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o25/abcat1993/MattsPics776.jpg

[drache]

one of my other pets just woke up

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0315.jpg

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0328.jpg

and saying hi to old buddies
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0327.jpg

[adamanteus]

Lovely Florida King Rhea!

[drache]

I kind of missed him

[adamanteus]

Well, you've got him back now! They're great snakes...a right good handfull!!

[Gyre]

At the local pet shop, but this is very rare in Belgium now. There is also a community in Belgium where some breeders are registered to :).


Well, I've just never seen one kept as a pet before, and I've seen some doozies. Really cool. :D

[abcat1993]

I saw one at a pet store and we kept looking at each other, it was kind of cool. They might have as much personality as garters, just maybe. :p

[Snaky]

Well, I've just never seen one kept as a pet before, and I've seen some doozies. Really cool. :D
I can really say it's a great pet. But you need to bring a lot of time with it when it's little and it's not something for little kids. During the mating season, especially males (luckily ours is a female) can be ver aggressive (ours is mildly irritated sometimes). During the rest of the year she just love's attention and food. She also love's to come to sleep next to you or on you (and preferably under a blanket, very warm:D). Something I've never seen in other pets: She trusts you completely. If she wants to get a stroke, she just let herself fall. She 'knows' you'll catch her and stroke her, of course this means sometimes she makes quite a fall...:rolleyes:

[Stefan-A]

I'll be visiting a certain pet store in about 8 hours and I might be coming home with some sort of ratsnake. Either a Baird's ratsnake or a red ratsnake (aka corn snake).

It's 2:21AM and I can't sleep.

[adamanteus]

Bairds are nice snakes Stefan. Corns are a bit....well, Corns.

[adamanteus]

I always wanted to breed Bairds but never got around to it. Texas Rats are nice too, can you get them?

[Stefan-A]

I doubt I could get my hands on a Texas ratsnake atm, but somebody will probably have babies for sale in a few months. I'd love to get my hands on an Emory's ratsnake or an eastern milksnake, but it's hopeless.

Corns might be a bit boring because they are so mundane, but I try to think of corns as just another species of ratsnake. ;) If I'm lucky, I'll find a really nasty one, with tattoos and a drinking problem.

[adamanteus]

I'm kinda fed up with Rat Snakes now. I've had so many over the years. I know they're beautiful snakes in their own right, but compared to Garters I find them pretty dull. I'd still keep Everglades Rats again, if the chance arose, or Aesculapian Snakes (which I've never seen in the flesh), but the usual run of the mill species just don't "float my boat" anymore.

[Stefan-A]

I'd love to get my hands on any Zamenis species, including the aesculapian snake. Never had a ratsnake of any kind, so I don't quite know how different they are compared to garters. I mean their behavior. Less active, right?

[adamanteus]

Yeah, they feed, they sleep, they dump, they feed again. No doubt a million Rat Snake fans will disagree with me. I've kept all sorts but it's Garters for me from now on.

[Gyre]

See, I've only kept garters. I've caught Brown Snakes and those crankey water snakes, but Garters are the only kind I've brought home. I assumed all snakes had this much personality, but you guys seem to know otherwise. :p

[abcat1993]

I would go for one of those metallic looking bairds rat snakes if I were you (or maybe me one day). If you go corns I would order one and make it blizzard.

[drache]

I'd like a hognose snake
and I'd like it to have a little colour
another one for my wish list

[Stefan-A]

Well, I'm back from the pet store. The Baird's rat turned out to be older than I expected. But I did bring home a corn.. um, I mean red ratsnake. :)

[Ameivaboy]

my colombian tegu

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/Tegus/DSC01880.jpg

my argentine tegu

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/Tegus/DSC01849.jpg



some of my Gator lizards (Elgaria multicarinata)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/DSC01839.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/DSC01835.jpg

[Ameivaboy]

some of my leos

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/DSC02075.jpg

dont worry this mouse feeding was a one time deal
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/DSC02085.jpg

some leo eggs

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/Snakes/DSC02115.jpg


ummm oh yes my green phase african house snake (fuliginosus)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/housesnake03.jpg

[Ameivaboy]

and my 3 legged musk turtle i just got


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/DSC02124.jpg



and of course the garters


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h8/Ameivaboy/Snakes/DSC02103.jpg

[GarterGuy]

Wow.....you've got a really tame Columbian Tegu there. All the ones I've ever worked with were a bit "snappy", to put it nicely. Love tegus though, very nice.
Roy

[Thamnophis]

Not all Tegus are snappy.

Me with Maxima...

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/teju1.jpg

[Snaky]

They are some very beautiful monster, just a pitty that they grow so big. Your garters are also very beautifully colored Ameivaboy.

[abcat1993]

Pictures Stefan?!

[Stefan-A]

Damn, forgot to take pictures and I already put it in its terrarium to calm down. I'll see if I can get a picture later today. It's an '06 anery female, I'd say she's about 20-25", although I haven't had the chance to measure her yet. The biggest of the bunch. Apparently they sexed it by popping, so I can't be 100% sure it's a female.

[adamanteus]

Ameivaboy...I'm sure I've seen your Tupinambis photos before somewhere. Are you a member of theTegu forum? Nice Argentine, by the way.

[Gijs & Sabine]

We recently bought 3 different colors of crayfish. Really nice animals to see.
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/2831/p1010253smalljm2.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/6758/p1010249smallwz9.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/808/p1010247smallav1.jpg

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/738/p1010248smallum9.jpg

[adamanteus]

Wow! Do they occur naturally in those colours? The blue one is amazing.

[Gijs & Sabine]

I also like the blue ones a lot, James. They're also very curious and will eat everything that I give them out of my hand. But it's important to not overfeed them, becouse then there shedding can not keep up with there growing.

The natural color of the procambarus clarkii is braun-redish. So these nice colors are selected breeding results.

[mikm]

Wow those crayfish are just awesome !! All of you folks actually have some very cool looking animals !!

James, I kept Corns along with Garters for awhile. Until about a year ago, I had some yearling Gold Dusts/het motley which were beautiful but as you implied ... Corns are just not Garters, lol ... The Corns are plently happy in sweater box racks. I tried housing Corns (one at a time but several individuals), in a really nice, big display enclosure. They only came out when they wanted to feed and were so totally docile that my Mom ( at 85 & having never seen a 'live' snake before ) held 4ft adults casually. I suspect being so far removed from WC animals adds to their less then enthusiastic demeanor.

Garters on the other hand seem to possess/reflect individual 'personalities' for lack of a better term and also have an intense, hunter type facial expression to match ...

enjoy the evening ...
marian

[Snaky]

Those are some nice one's Gijs&Sabine, very nicely colored.

A little question: why are they all seperate? Are they aggressive to each other? And is it ok to put them in cilinders (as I've always been told that fish go nuts in it? (I'm a total noob about it, as you probably notice by the questions;).)

[adamanteus]

Garters on the other hand seem to possess/reflect individual 'personalities' for lack of a better term and also have an intense, hunter type facial expression to match ...



Very eloquently put. That's what I'd like to have said, but I'm borderline illiterate!!:D

[Cazador]

Your crayfish are just awesome, Gijs & Sabine! I grew up catching wild ones to use as fishing bait. They were always either orangish red or brown, but nowhere nearly as vividly colored as your orange one. You must have a great home!

Rick

[abcat1993]

I've always wanted to eat a bucket full of them, but all I've had are lobster and crab (hey, I can sort of rhyme).

[adamanteus]

Matt, you are just "out there"!!

[Gyre]

We used to have a blue crayfish.. didn't last long. Sort of a crabby little thing. (no pun intended)

[drache]

I love the Crayfish
don't they get rather large?
the brother of a friend had some in his fish tank and they ended up eating his Silver Dollars

Here's some pics of our Gerbils

Brownie
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0384.jpg

Tangerine
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0387.jpg

Orange & Tangerine at home
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0400.jpg

Tangerine and someone checking out new habitat arrangement
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//525/IMG_0395.jpg

[Thamnophis]

Nice gerbils. I only knew them as black, furry creatures.

[GarterGuy]

Very cool with the gerbils....I've always loved them....they're very cool. I used to have Spiny Mice, but got rid of them 'cause all they did all night was chew the tank frame and drive me nuts (they were in my bedroom at the time I was still living at home)...LOL.

[abcat1993]

Matt, you are just "out there"!!
If you're talking about eating crayfish or crawdads or whatever you want to call them, they are pretty common in southern states ( I think) but not that cheap.

[jewel-dragons]

Is it allowed to post my cat? :-)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/kunomooren/alumix001.jpg

[abcat1993]

Why not? And I love cat's eyes (pupils specifically), especially when they're really big and go from top to bottom.

[Gijs & Sabine]

Those are some nice one's Gijs&Sabine, very nicely colored.

A little question: why are they all seperate? Are they aggressive to each other? And is it ok to put them in cilinders (as I've always been told that fish go nuts in it? (I'm a total noob about it, as you probably notice by the questions;).)

Sorry for the late answer, Snaky. Missed that one:o
We don't have them all seperate. We have 2 couples white together, 2 couples red together and 1 couple blue together. They can be aggresive to eachother, but they have places to hide and get away in the cilinders.
We don't see them to have any troubles staying in cilinders, and they're 40 cm wide and 40 cm high.

[Thamnophis]

Not really my pet, but I regurally have to take care of this cutie.

Her name is Stompie because one of her hands is amputated after she was bitten by another croc in the zoo of Amsterdam (Artis).
She lives together with her friend Ali.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/stompie01.jpg

[Marcel_h]

Some of the other pets i own:
Pogona henrylawsoni
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Marcel_h/lawsoni4.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Marcel_h/lawsoni1.jpg
Ambystoma mavortium
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Marcel_h/ambystoma3.jpg

Psittacus erithacus
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/Marcel_h/rico1.jpg

[Stefan-A]

Promised to post a picture weeks ago.. :)

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/new1feed.jpg

Still trying to find a suitable name for her, something that fits the theme (famous people). I don't need suggestions, I'm going to figure this one out for myself. :D Already have one writer and one stuntwoman. ;)

What the hell, did the post counter just skip 666? I think it jumped from 665 to 667.

[Thamnophis]

Last week we had a lot of publicity in our country about the birth of a reticulated python in our reptilezoo.

Here a pic of it before it shed skin...

http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/525/npb.jpg


And a pic after it shed its skin...

http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/525/netje.jpg

[Cazador]

It looked nice before shedding, but afterward... wow!

[Pinky]

Since we know most of us have Garter Snakes or other kinds of snakes. What about other animals, anyone got something other than a snake?

We have a 1.5yr old Doberman. His name is Bruno, he's my little cuddle bug. Just love him to pieces! First Doberman for us. Use to be afraid of the breed, however now I have this new found love for them. An obsession if you will ;o) We also have a Manx cat who's almost a year. His name is Max....both of them get along GREAT!

Here are some pics...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Nanijah/Bruno/randoms018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Nanijah/Bruno/eb501d4c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/Nanijah/Bruno/bdafc1fb.jpg

[drache]

that's a beautiful dog

enjoy

[Pinky]

Thanks for moving my thread lol. I had no idea there was another thread about the other animals we have, so I'm gonna go take a look at the other's pictures!!!

:)

[Pinky]

First very cute Prarie Dog! And some amazing animals on here!! Love the Parrot too, My husband use to have a blue conure. But had to get rid of her when we move in together and had our son. Because she only knew him and he had a job that took up alot of his time, so she wouldn't get as much attention. But hope to get another parrot one day :)


I didn't know you could have prarie dogs as pets. Are they like giant hamsters or what?

We had one growing up. His name was pudge. They're like Groundhogs. That's how we saw him anyway lol. Only ours was wild and here it's not common to have them as pets becuase I don't even think they're here in Ontario? Think they're more in the western provinces. I didn't even think anyone bred them until reading this thread lol.

Ours bit me twice tho. Had to get stiches. First time he got scared because my sister had friends over and they were bugging him and he got scared and bit me :( The next time same thing, got scared and bit. Man they can BITE! lol. But cute none the less.

[mikm]

Hello !!! Simply LOVELY Dobe you have there :) . I have a 12 year old Rottie, Max. About 13 years ago, lol I did a ton of research on Rotts & Dobes. At the time a quality Dobe was not to be had in this country. Far too many genetic issues. I was in contact with some Canadian breeders at the time. There were some very nice animals 'up north'. My female Rott was all cuddley with my cat or any cat for that matter. Max is also very cat friendly just not a 'cuddley' kind of guy, lol.

Nice, shiney coat on your dog as well ;) .
marian

[Volksdragon]

Here's my only current pet (which will change Saturday).
Pooh, the Turkish Van. Had her since I was 5.

Here she is trying to leap into the Birdbath (I was watching her from atop my little brother's jungle gym, it's a wonder what you notice cats doing when they don't know you're looking)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5128/p4220098dk5.jpg

[mikm]

Well here is 12 year old Max on 'mail person' watch, lol. There's a window right above his head (side of the house) and another window directly to his right (front of house), perfect 'watch spot'. It's 'funny' because if I opened the door when the mail person was there he would grab his kong (rubber toy) and be all friendly wiggling his butt for all he's worth :rolleyes: . For a 90LB dog he sure disappears easily into that corner of the sofa. Max has intense 'ball drive' but curiuosly he's not so interested in 'live' prey, per say. He does however LUV the 'stalk'. He will fixate on something like a Pointer Dog only he lowers himself a few inches (like a cat) and slowly inches forward but only advances when his 'target' moves. Should his 'target' turn around and look at him, he freezes. He'll keep doing it until say the bird flies away. Afterwhich he never chases after it. Kind of 'game over' :p ...

have a great day,
marian
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/max_resize1.JPG

[drache]

i'm not that good at photographing fish
and strctly speaking they're not pets
but I had to try

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/502516173_f7501dc353_b.jpg

[abcat1993]

I'd say that's a heck of a lot better than I could do, especially if that was taken outside the tank.

[krystalirelan@southslope.]

stil having trouble w/multipleshttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/tripod.jpg

[krystalirelan@southslope.]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/spot.jpg
red tail boa, Spot

[krystalirelan@southslope.]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/small_corns.jpg
juvinile corns 1 blood red, Crooked Stick( he has a bump)
blizard corn, Blingbling
Snow corn, Stien, as in Franken
2 normals

[krystalirelan@southslope.]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/adult_corns_eggs.jpg
Our adult corns w/ a clutch of eggs. Laid the eggs today between 12:10 and 8:30. Dark corn is female and covered in vermiculite, which is where she SHOULD have laid the eggs. we had to move them. I think there is 20-25. She laid 18 last year and all hatched and are healthy.

[Snaky]

Nice collection :)

[drache]

what a nice bunch

[mikm]

NICE bloodred Corn you have there ... along with all the others :) .

[adamanteus]

Lovely collection you have there.

[Stefan-A]

Indeed a nice collection, even if most of those morphs give me a headache. :p

[adamanteus]

Indeed a nice collection, even if most of those morphs give me a headache. :p

Stefan, you're a nutter!:D

[Stefan-A]

Stefan, you're a nutter!:D
Yes, I am. :D

But I was almost completely serious, most kingsnakes and corn morphs are about a inch away from causing headaches and nausea. ;)

[adamanteus]

I'm inclined to agree, I prefer normal coloured animals. But I think I've talked to you about that before!

[Stefan-A]

Yes, you have. :p The problem with Lampropeltis is that they are naturally colored that way. Eastern milk snakes and prairie kingsnakes are exceptions, they're ok.

[adamanteus]

Oh, I see. So even normal coloured Lampropeltis give you a headache?:rolleyes: I bet that Malayan Coral Snake brought on a migraine!:D

[Stefan-A]

Not really, it didn't have the same kind of "dazzle camouflage". ;)

[Sputnik]

Would you like some Paracetamol, Stefan? Meet my daughter's new friend (albino candy cane corn, 2 year-old female, only got her yesterday):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/MrsSputnik/STA60027-1.jpg

[adamanteus]

I think Stefan needs prescription sunglasses!

[drache]

personally I don't go much for pastelly or garishly coloured snakes
I do have a lavender king who's got the best personality ever. He's a rescue and his nature was apparent from the first itme I picked him up. Visually I don't find him appealing at all and I find that true for most albinos.
My own skin is sort of pale and pink and I've always wished for more pigment
I even have some mixed feelings about the blue tones. I like certain blues a lot. But there's something about the bright turquoise that has the appearance of dyed flowers. It's a bit freakish. My T. s. similis is a like that sometimes.

[garterchick]

here's a picure of my "dangerous" pit-bull and her best buddy. those 2 do everything together while my other 5 cats hate the dog, or are they jealous.....?

[garterchick]

oh yeah, i guess ihttp://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/IMG_0001_3.JPG should actually include the picture.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I deal with pits all the time (I am an animal control officer).....some of the nicest dogs, although I do find a nasty one here and there, for the most part they are good dogs with a bad rep.....it's all in how they are raised....we pick them up loose all the time...popular dogs here!!!! Good looking dog!!!!!

[garterchick]

thanks, i happen to aggree, although i may be a little bit bias. she came from the animal shelter and she's truly the best dog i ever had.
tina

[drache]

all the ones I've personally met were sweet and playful

[Zigmund]

lets talk about other animals that we are keeping have kept and hope to keep.
I just got an iguana and a ball python.
I also have a ferit and an overweight cat.
In my friends back yard i found 5 new checkered garters.
One is a bright orange color.any information on why.

[ssssnakeluvr]

that would be a slightly aberrant color....interested in parting with it??

I also have a male ball python, male desert kingsnake, 2 white striped birdeater tarantulas, a rose hair tarantula, vietnamese centipede, small local scorpion, black widow spider, 2 guinea pigs, 2 hamsters, 4 gerbils, leopard gecko, 2 cat faced spiders, 5 cats, 2 shih tzus (probably more in the next day or so....pregnant girl, think she is starting labor), 4 kids, 1 wife (wild caught)......

[ssssnakeluvr]

post a photo of the checkered with the bright orange....:D

[Odie]

4 garters, 1 Bata and 14 other tropical fish :D

[zooplan]

this sounds like my class meeting after 20 years last weekend:
my job, my wife, my children, my house... really funny:)
in my menage there are:
0,1 Homo s. sapiens wildcaught in a disco:D
0,4 Homo s. sapiens CB (like Don)
1,1 Tamiops swinhoei
9,11 redsided garters, some albinos
4,2 plains garters, some het for albino
1,1 puget garters
0,1 wandering garter
2,3 Santa Cruz garters
1,0 San Francisco garter
1,0 chequered garter
0,1 Florida Blue garter
0,6 Extatosoma tiaratum

[Sid]

1- pond with Koi and Goldfish (40- 50)
2- Quaker Parrots (2)
3- Love Bird (1)
4- Gekos (2)
5- Cockatiels (5)
6- Society Finches (12)
7- rought Green Snakes (2)

[drache]

my s/o is captive bred and born for sure, though he's been going wild a bit
my daughter on the other hand was born wild
other than that there are:
3.0 gerbils
2.0 plated lizards (gerrhosaurus major & validus)
1.0 bearded dragon (pogona vitticeps)
1.0 crested gecko (rhacodactylus ciliatus)
2.1 king snakes (L.g. getula x L.g. floridana, L.g. californiae, L.g. nigritus)
1.0 western hognose snake (heterodon nasicus)
1.1 indonesian garters (xenochrophis vittatus)
0.1 pink toe tarantula (avicularia a. variegata)
2.0 hissing cockroaches (gromphadorhina portentosa)
some loaches, tetras and otos in a planted tank
and of course the 21 assorted garters

[ssssnakeluvr]

you can change my list now....7 shih tzus.....Maddie had 5 puppies last night!!!!!

[ScimitarX]

wow congrats!! id need a whole page to list everything we have.
To summarize, 50ish snakes(all different species), 20 lizards, 1 cat and my mum, step dad, my sister and me:D

[drache]

you can change my list now....7 shih tzus.....Maddie had 5 puppies last night!!!!!

congrats to you and the mom
happy puppy days

[enigma200316]

congrats on the puppies............................:)

I want to see pics of that checkered also and really are interested in parting with it.........

[enigma200316]

I have :

1 Dog(Great Dane), 1 Tiger Oscar, 2 Silver Dollars, 4 Black Mystery Snails,
1 Pleco, 1 Milk Snake, 1 Ringneck Snake, and soon to be 6 Garters, 2 Kids,
1 Wife, and a sh*t load of bills, but thats life I guess.............:D

[GarterGuy]

Hey Don, congrats on the puppies!:)

Wow...looking at these lists I have to laugh, everyone in my family thinks I have a zoo, and I must say you all out do me!:cool:

1.0 Northern bluetongue skink
1.0 Leopard Gecko
0.2 PI Kingsnake (L.g.getulusXfloridaan)
1.1 Thayeri kings.....and 4 neonates
0.1 Peruvian Pinktoe tarantula
0.1 Rosehair tarantula
0.1 Redrump Birdeater
1.1 Mutt cats
Two fish tanks (One SE Asian barb and the other Corydoras catfish)
Venus flytrap (now 22yrs. old)...yeh, I know...but I consider it a pet:cool:
And of course.....
0.1 T.s.concinnus
1.1 T.s.pickeringi "blue morph"
0.0.2 T.s.palidullus

[Gijs & Sabine]

Congratulations with the puppies, Don. I hope they are doing well, and the mum too ofcourse.

Our pets:

2 dogs ( Alaska malamute and a Belgium shepherd)
a pond with 19 koi
crayfish, differend colours
2 praying mantis
a lot of phyllobates bicolor
mice

and......hopefully next week, a couple of Lampropeltis mexicana thayeri:rolleyes:

Do I have to name our gartercollection as well ?? I'm lazy and do it the easy way:D:
125 Thamnophis......... that's without the babies from this year....ofcourse :p

[enigma200316]

Do I have to name our gartercollection as well ?? I'm lazy and do it the easy way:D:
125 Thamnophis......... that's without the babies from this year....ofcourse


good lord you have your own Den...............:eek:

[adamanteus]

I believe there is another thread on this same topic. I'll 'merge' them, if no one has any objections?

[Sputnik]

Interesting how the species you keep can change over the years...
We used to have loads of guinea pigs, 27 at one point, my daughter had zebra finches, who hatched 4 chicks, my son's rabbit had 6 babies and one of our cats had 2 lots of kittens last year.(We kept 1) Now we have entered the reptile phase of our lives. :D

Our private zoo consists of:

0.3 cats (Coca, Milka, Rosina)
1.1 rabbits (Midnight, Maseltov)
2.1 Dutch bantams (Lottie, Johannes, Johnny English, the boys are Lottie's sons)
0.2.1 corn snakes (Alex Scaro Ryder, Scarlett, Mombassa)
0.1 rat snake poss. Everglade (John :D)
0.2.1 thamnophis sirtalis (Zuki, Zulu, Sola)
1.1 tham. tetrataenia ( Sanchez, Fran)
1.1 tham. concinnus (Rufio, Luna)
0.1 blue tongue skink (Tallulah)
1 goldfish
1 female guppy
1 feather tail
1 loach

[Rook]

pics of my zoo? that would take some time lol I have:

7 dogs:
-2 Border Collies(females)
-1 Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriver(female)
-1 JRT/Pom(male)
-1 Pyrenean Shepherd(male)
-1 Schipperkie/Bosten Terrier(male)
-1 unknown mix(female)

2 female Guinea pigs:
both 3/4 Silkie, 1/4 Abbysinian, Sisters.

3 Gerbils:
-2 black females
-1 Mottled Saffire male

1 male Cockatiel

1 female lop rabbit

1 male Betta

1 male Swordtail

1 Albino garter

[RZL36]

Hello,

Here's my pine:

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Pine.JPG

Got some lampropeltis and elaphe too.


0.1 Brittany Spaniel (Brit)
0.1 Bull Terrier (Casper)

[adamanteus]

Nice Pituophis, Rich.:) Which Elaphe species do you keep?

[RZL36]

What would formerly be called elaphe obsoleta. They creep my girlfriend out big time. They remind her of my absolute favorite colubrid: Coluber Constrictor.

[RZL36]

I take that back. My pine is my favorite.

[ScimitarX]

Awww lovely pine, we have a male and female, great snakes.

[Lulu Bennett]

james do you remember the other week when i said about falling in love with a mystery snake at the pet store the day i saw the hog and the false cobra well i found out the other day it was a Pine and it looked like Rich's pic. i really want one! lol i want the false cobra and the hog too lol
i went in the store the other day to ask about them lol but they had all gone :( Gutted!!!

[adamanteus]

You should soon be able to find a Pine Snake again, Lulu. You see them in the shops quite often. They really are great fun to keep, but they eat a lot! Expensive toys!

[enigma200316]

You should soon be able to find a Pine Snake again, Lulu. You see them in the shops quite often. They really are great fun to keep, but they eat a lot! Expensive toys!


she already knows about expensive toys, didn't you read about the Jackhammer........:eek::D

[RZL36]

The Pine is great. I want to get him a little girl to play with, but he is still a little too young yet.

They eat like crazy, but I have a system worked out.

Whatever my kings don't eat (b/c they love to go off-feed this time of year, yet I still have to try to get them to eat every three days) I feed to the pine. He will eat mice and rats, and hiss when I pay a little too much attention to him.

They make great captives and are a pleasure to work with. The coolest thing about them is how they feel. They are really rough scaled. More so than a garter.

But the hiss is incredible. It is really loud and scares everyone who has ever seen her (the non-herp geeks that is). Though he will hiss, he never bites and has only rattled the tail once.

My garters are impossible to handle though. I have two of them, and every time I go to pick one up, the other darts out of the cage. I love those little guys.

Rich

[Snaky]

I've had my kingsnakes go on a hunger strike for months... unless they are young ones you really don't need to try every 3 days ;)

If mine don't eat, it's up to the next week and sometimes I even skip a week if they are not that active. I give big mice or Mastomys natalensis though.

The pine snake sounds fun... sissing like natrix maura probably. It's also mainly acting though with natrix maura.

[adamanteus]

... hissing like natrix maura probably. It's also mainly acting though with natrix maura.

Natrix n. helvetica also hisses a lot, but again all bluff! The loudest hissers I've known are the Cobras...not bluff!:eek:

[Snaky]

Natrix n. helvetica also hisses a lot, but again all bluff! The loudest hissers I've known are the Cobras...not bluff!:eek:
Real life experience?:p:D

[adamanteus]

Real life experience?:p:D

Yes, I have kept a few in the past.....Naja nivea and Naja sputatrix mainly. I have no venomous snakes anymore...... children in the house!!!

[RZL36]

Not worrying about the kings. Have kept those guys for years and got those down pretty well. The pine snake just reaps the rewards when they are picky. I should have clarified that I go on the every 3 days schedule after they miss their weekly feeding. That's all.

I love elapids. Pseudonaja Textilis and naja pallida are favs.

Live in Jersey and have no captive experience with hots. So i just read about them. It's okay. Almost glad I don't live in a place where they are easily obtained.

Though being from Jersey, I would take a bullet for a crotalus horridus.
Well not really.

[adamanteus]

I would take a bullet for a crotalus horridus.
Well not really.

I never kept C. horridus, but I've had C. adamanteus, C. atrox, C. unicolour, C. vegrandis and a couple of others....love the rattlers!

[adamanteus]

....love the rattlers!

My favourite venonous snakes are those belonging to the Agkistrodon Complex, not only the North American genus, but also the Asian genera Deinagkistrodon and Calloselasma.

[RZL36]

Yeah I know what you mean.

I am a little apprehensive about gushing overs coppers, cottons and cantils, but they are my favorite (I have too many favorites, but these things really are). The prettiest snake in existence is the copperhead. So autumnal. Contorix is what i call my girlfriend sometimes. It's the red hair. My English family hates her. J/k

[adamanteus]

I love the Copperheads....my avatar is a Copperhead I drew years ago. I had a few Cottonmouths once. They're nice snakes, scary until they settle down though!

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//538/medium/Agkistrodon_piscivorus_conanti.jpg

[adamanteus]

The only remaining photo I have of one of my Copperheads.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//535/medium/Agkistrodon_contortrix_mokasen.jpg

[Lori P]

Oh, he's cuuuuuute!!!

And the snake isn't bad either!!:D

[Snaky]

I find them very interesting, but will probably never keep hots... it's the same as keeping an illegal weapon in Belgium. Unless you have a permit, which you won't ever get...

[adamanteus]

I will probably never keep them again. At the time I was licenced (it is necessary in the UK also). It was an experience which I enjoyed for some years, but I won't repeat it.

[Snaky]

I don't like the fact that you're unable to get the permit here, although it exists. Or you should have friends in the right places, like the mayor of the (very) small town that you live in.

If you are a capable and responsible keeper, it should be allowed in my eyes. A visit from an expert should be the only criterea...

It's actually the same if I want to hold more than 30 animals... another very stupid thing, so don't count my animals, certainly not when it's breeding season;)

[RZL36]

I don't think I can get the necessary permits for New Jersey. I'm fairly sure you have to prove some sort of academic affiliation (my collegiate work was in English and History).

Not to step on toes, but I'm not sure a visit from an experienced keeper would do all that much. I mean all they can really do is look at your caging. What could that really do?

I'm into the idea of a certification program, where people are mentored. They have to prove a certain amount of time worked with other people's snakes. I think that is how it works in Florida.

What did it take to be licensed in the U.K.?

[RZL36]

As for the maximum amount of specimens. That is lame. I think my state has some rules. They'll never find my stash;)

[adamanteus]

What did it take to be licensed in the U.K.?

A bunch of money. An inspection by the local environmental health officer (who had never seen a snake up-close before), and a bunch of money. Oh, and a big public liability insurance policy! And a bunch of money.

[RZL36]

Ouch. Pounds of Pounds (I guess you would say).

I saw this video on the venomdoc forum.

Video Links | Video On Demand | kgw.com | News for Oregon and SW Washington (http://www.kgw.com/video/index.html?nvid=175893)

What an idiot. This is the stuff that destroys the hobby.:mad:

[adamanteus]

Clowns like that deserve what they get. The only thing is, they make us all look like idiots.

[Lulu Bennett]

Oh, he's cuuuuuute!!!

And the snake isn't bad either!!:D

Lori, he doesn't look as good as that! can you not see the airbrushing? :D




http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//538/medium/Agkistrodon_piscivorus_conanti.jpg

Luv ya really james sweety xxx :D

[Elliot]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//538/medium/Agkistrodon_piscivorus_conanti.jpg

Look, James has hair!:D:rolleyes:

[Lulu Bennett]

Look, James has hair!:D:rolleyes:
PMSL!!! elliot i am glad you got that one i would have felt cruel saying that but i was thinking it lol.

sorry hun we really really do luv ya, honest :p:rolleyes::D

[enigma200316]

well if you call that hair.................:D
looks more like the shadow in the background......hehehe

[Snaky]

I don't think I can get the necessary permits for New Jersey. I'm fairly sure you have to prove some sort of academic affiliation (my collegiate work was in English and History).

Not to step on toes, but I'm not sure a visit from an experienced keeper would do all that much. I mean all they can really do is look at your caging. What could that really do?

I'm into the idea of a certification program, where people are mentored. They have to prove a certain amount of time worked with other people's snakes. I think that is how it works in Florida.

What did it take to be licensed in the U.K.?
Not a bad idea. Here it takes a neighbour to say no and you can't get the permit ;) .

You have to 'announce' that you want to have the permit and anybody can go to the town hall and say they object to it. Starting from there, you have practically no chance to get the permit anymore unless like I said you know the right people. Of course it's also a load of money here James, you have to get the money somewhere ;)

[RZL36]

The U.S. is a little more leniant in those instances. In the next state over (Pennsylvania), you just need to be 18. In Jersey, it's near impossible.

However, I do know that insurance companies will drop you if you get bit by your captive venomous snake. Also the insurance company will handle it as an attempted suicide.

Belgium has much better beer and ladies though.

[Snaky]

Belgium has much better beer and ladies though.
I can agree with that and we don't need to be 21 to drink ;)
I'm a very unlucky Belgian on the beer part actually, I'm allergic to alcohol:(

[enigma200316]

I can agree with that and we don't need to be 21 to drink ;)
I'm a very unlucky Belgian on the beer part actually, I'm allergic to alcohol:(

WOW I've never heard of that, thats of course what I'm going to use next time I don't want to drink..............:D now don't get me wrong sometime your just in the mood, but most often I'm not..........sad really isn't.......
well anyway sorry to hear that mate sucks for you , maybe I'll have some drinks tonight just for you, sound good.................:D:D

[RZL36]

HAHAHa, I thought you had to be 8 to drink in Belgium. What I don't know can fill volumes of encyclopedias. I've heard of people being allergic to alcohol though. I just happen to not be one of them.

Enigma, if I am giving out wrong info about the PA venomous reptile laws, please let me know.


Thanks,

RD

[RZL36]

I should read better. That's what I get for doing this stuff at work:(. At what age is it legal to drink that lovely beer there?

[Snaky]

Legally you need to be 16 here... but if you're with your parents, nobody will say anything if they order beer for you;)
And at home you'll easily get some beer before age 16. Found out my allergy when I was 13:rolleyes:

It's a stupid allergy because even if I'd like to drink along with the other, I can't. Other like it though, I'm always the driver...

[RZL36]

Good for you really. Drinking can be fun, but the best times I've ever had was when I didn't drink. Besides that you are helping your friends out big time. I don't know what the laws are over there, but a DUI here WILL ruin your life.

[enigma200316]

[quote=RZL36;26605]HAHAHa, I thought you had to be 8 to drink in Belgium. What I don't know can fill volumes of encyclopedias. I've heard of people being allergic to alcohol though. I just happen to not be one of them.

Enigma, if I am giving out wrong info about the PA venomous reptile laws, please let me know.


no I think your right but I will let ya know......................:)

[drache]

she's kinda difficult to photograph, but this one came out okay

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/1459622411_1ebde0aa59_b.jpg

she's also in this one, top right - hardly visible
I like the surreal floaty quality of the image

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1415/1460481872_f3f717e77f_b.jpg

they don't live together, but today they got to hang out on the stoop together

[enigma200316]

really kool color, very nice, thanks for sharing....................:)

[Lori P]

I love that top pic, very cool!!

[Lulu Bennett]

unlucky snaky on the beer thing. to be totally honest i work in a pub and always smelling of stale beer really puts you off drinking lol i went camping two weeks ago and took 24 smirnoff ice (alchipops) i drunk about 3/4's of 1 and i still have the rest of them in my room lol

[Lulu Bennett]

oh and rhea i love the pics. very cool xxx

[joeysgreen]

I currently have 36 herps. It's bordering a large collection, but still just a scratch compared to many. It truely is an addicting hobby.

Here's a few shots that turned out visible.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/joeysgreen/pets/DSC00188.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/joeysgreen/pets/DSC00109.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/joeysgreen/pets020.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/joeysgreen/pets%20II/pets039.jpg

Ian

[drache]

wow
your turtles get yummy menu
what's that being in the pic above the turtles?
is it a fire belly something or other?
it looks a bit like Gollum, but cuter
I know next to nothing about amphibs
very nice photos
thanks

[Bay_area]

The prairydog http://gallery.dierenparadijs.be/data/500/medium/620100_0072_upload.JPG



Cool! Love it! Wish they were legal in Nor*Cal

[Bay_area]

This is a small portion of what I have. When I was young I had a snake get away. My mother found it in her shoe. She told me I could not have any more pets after that & when I have my own place, then I can have what ever I want...It is all her fault...LOL!

Rattlesnakes
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/rattlers-05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/IMG_0891.jpg
Indigo
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/IMG_0662.jpg
Bull Terrier & Minpincher
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/IMG_0722.jpg
False Water Cobra
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/IMG_0323.jpg
Carpet Python (a cat in the background)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/IMG_0282.jpg

[Gijs & Sabine]

That´s a great collection of animals you have there :eek:
Gijs loves your frog and I like your carpetpython a lot.

[Snaky]

Very nice animals!!
Love the salamander and the carpet python.:)

[RZL36]

Very nice crotalids. They just have the most kissable faces.

[Lulu Bennett]

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//560/medium/Pheabe_2_.JPG
this is pheobe, the BRB that was really a RTB lol
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//560/medium/Snake_bite_pheobe_1_.JPG
oh and this is the mark he left on my chin when i was sorting his viv lol
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//560/medium/Boo_Eating_1_.JPG
and this is Boo. he is a beautiful lil thing. i will be gutted when my friend wants him back lol

[anji1971]

Love the boa, Lulu! My husband would probably go ballistic if i brought one of those guys home though!!!!!!!

[joeysgreen]

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/joeysgreen/pets020.jpg



Japanese Firebelly Newt


Ian

[zooplan]

don´t know if it taste good, but if I would ask one of my garters they would be sure this looks like food:D

[Lulu Bennett]

Love the boa, Lulu! My husband would probably go ballistic if i brought one of those guys home though!!!!!!!
to be honest my fella wasn't too chuffed with the idea either lol especially once he heard that it tried to eat me lol oops

[anji1971]

Yeah, that's about what my hubbie says- it's all fun and games til one of the kids goes missing!!!!!!!!!

[Lori P]

Yeah, that's about what my hubbie says- it's all fun and games til one of the kids goes missing!!!!!!!!!

"...and then it's hilarious" ?????? :D

[anji1971]

"...and then it's hilarious" ?????? :D

Ohhhh, there are days.................!!!!!!:D

[Rook]

thought I would post some pics now lol

here are my 7 dogs, top row(L-R) Happy, Blair, Misty, Electra. bottme row(L-R) Ripley, Rusty, Perky.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/7in1.jpg

my guinea pigs, Puddin and Checkers:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/critters/IMG_4966.jpg

Sass(black) and Jorden(Saffire), my breeding pair of Gerbils
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/critters/SJ5.jpg

Kat, my other Gerbil(Sass' sister)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/critters/IMG_6104.jpg

Kari, my rabbit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/critters/b9f5168b.jpg

and Toivo, my cockatiel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/Toivo/bird6.jpg

[Lori P]

Shayna, what a great looking animal family there!! I LOVE the grey dog on the fireplace-- the shaggy one-- too cute!!!!!

[Lulu Bennett]

Lori, Anji. i am reporting you two to social services lol


Lori PRe: How about some pics of your other pets
Quote:
Originally Posted by anji1971 http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/images/green/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/garter-snake-lounge/167-how-about-some-pics-your-other-pets-6.html#post28878)
Yeah, that's about what my hubbie says- it's all fun and games til one of the kids goes missing!!!!!!!!!

"...and then it's hilarious" ?????? :D

thats why i dont have kids lol

[Rook]

lol, that would be Blair...he is adorable but he is unstable, most people think we are insane for not having him PTS, but he is really a very sweet dog, however can only be handled by me or my mom.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/HappyFM/Blair/IMG_5300.jpg

[anji1971]

Awww, come on, Lulu!
I can't think of a more effective way to keep kids in line than the threat of being eaten by the family boa!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D

[anji1971]

By the way, Shayna thats a nice little zoo you've got going there!

[drache]

Awww, come on, Lulu!
I can't think of a more effective way to keep kids in line than the threat of being eaten by the family boa!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D

is this something out of the Addams Family?

[Lulu Bennett]

is this something out of the Addams Family?
pmsl rhea.

Anji its evil lol and pure brilliant lol

[anji1971]

Yeah, I'm lucky I have great kids....and no big giant hungry snakes!!
Of course, if the kids saw what I've been writing about all this they'd just laugh their butts off anyway, cause Mom is SOOOOO threatening!!

[anji1971]

Can't even yell at them without feeling guilty!

[Lulu Bennett]

Can't even yell at them without feeling guilty!
Anji, you need to toughen up woman!!! feel guilty? i never do! lol :rolleyes:

[anji1971]

Okay, lets get back on topic! Here are pics of my non snake pets:

This is Toadie, had him about 3 years now!
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/PA070104.JPG

This is Ms. Pincers, found her in the garden- she's a short-lived pet, but fun to watch!!
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/PA130142.JPG

[Josh]

Hey i havent posted here yet,well, heres my dog nanook
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//579/medium/100_0585.JPG
i have a cat but no picture

[drache]

here's my two gerrhosaurus together

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/1577335658_0b88b62b24_b.jpg

[Lori P]

It would take days to post pics of all the critters we have here, lol, but this pic is fun. I got up this morning, looked out the front sliding glass doors, and here was this morning's greeting committee. LOL Turkeys, goat, pigs, and the horses in the background. I love my life!!!! :-)

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Turkeys_Rio_pigs_horses_good_morning.jpg

[Lulu Bennett]

Lori, you got gigi's?!!! Lucky bugger!!! :(

[Lori P]

I do!!! I DO have gigi's!!!! I know, lucky lucky me!!!!

Er.... what is a gigi?????? lol!!!

[Lulu Bennett]

gigi's ~ horsies

[Lori P]

Ohhh... right. LOL I run a horse rescue, remember? (See sig line) :-)

[Lulu Bennett]

Ohhh... right. LOL I run a horse rescue, remember? (See sig line) :-)
D'oh!! :o lol

[Lori P]

Well, Lulu, anytime you want to come over and love on the horses, you're welcome. :-)

[enigma200316]

Well, Lulu, anytime you want to come over and love on the horses, you're welcome. :-)


hey lets keep this clean you two...........:rolleyes::D:D

[Lori P]

Lulu, here's a couple pics just for you of my dear Monty--

Before we put the deck on the front of the house, he would come and hang his head in the sliding glass door!! I swear he'd look around and go, "Hmmmm, yeah, not a bad barn you have here...." :-)

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/head_in_door_2.JPG

And here's one showing what a great, gentle soul he was... he was everyone's "Uncle Monty"!!! He always slept in this run-in shed with the goats and calves.

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/Monty_in_barn_with_pals.JPG

We lost him this spring to a bad colic... the vet could not save him. He was in his early 30's... I so thought we'd have a few more good years together. I miss him every day.

[adamanteus]

Poor Monty. Sorry you lost him, Lori.

[Lori P]

Thanks James. I'm sitting here all snively again. He was truly one of the kindest, gentlest souls I've ever met. I still sit out on his grave and imagine wrapping my arms around his neck again. Some of them just never leave you.