Other pets (pics and discussions)

[ConcinusMan]

Serene. Like that of a high mountain lake at dawn.
Sitting along its shore brings back memories of a more quiet time. A time when.........

... you could sit and listen to death metal at full volume in relative peace and harmony.

[drache]

my uro is laying her freaking eggs and I am just one step not ahead of her
I did have the laying box ready for her, but I hadn't had a chance to fill in the space around it, so for reasons unknown probably even to her little lizard mind, she decided to lay them on the bare glass. Unfortunately that swishing movement she makes with her tail to bury the eggs, pretty much just knocks them back and forth across the glass, so I've been trying to dash in and pick up the eggs right after she lays them. She's not happy with that.

[ConcinusMan]

Didn't you get uro eggs last year? I don't think I ever heard the outcome. Did they hatch?

[guidofatherof5]

Congrats Rhea.
Keep us posted.

[drache]

Didn't you get uro eggs last year? I don't think I ever heard the outcome. Did they hatch?

yes, and no you didn't because they didn't
they went badly moldy after a week, which was a lot longer than the previous batch, which had gone badly moldy within two days
this time I'm getting expert guidance, and he seems to think I can make a go of it

thanks Steve
congrats may be premature, but I'm hopeful
she laid 15

[ConcinusMan]

Too wet. That's why was saying before that you should smell the container/substrate daily. You can smell trouble (mold) before you can see it and before it causes any damage. Still, if the conditions were right, mold wouldn't be able to grow in the first place.

Anyway, I hope your expert help brings better results. You certainly have no problem getting them to produce. Now if they'll only hatch...

good luck and congrats. They are really cool lizards.

[Millinex]

I have yet to see one bigger. Which, in my opinion, is why he should be in something bigger. BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. They're your snakes, you can do what you want with them

Sorry if i annoyed you that much.

While I'm not posting on garters, I will post on the others in this thread etc. The bull, and my newly acquired female, will be going into the showcase cage, the pine, being my educational showpiece snake, is going into some sort of larger enclosure, partly because I want rack space back.

-Mike

[Spankenstyne]

Beautiful Northern Pine you have, definitely a beast. I've seen a few folks post shots of 7'ers but this is the biggest I've ever seen posted, it's over 8'. Last I heard it was 8' 4" in this pic:



This was from an oldschooler who kept it in a 6' cage with drawers and a heat lamp though, go figure

[ConcinusMan]

Reminds me of the 6-7 foot pacific gopher snake I tried to catch when I was a teen. Still got the scar (sucker ripped me wide open) and I never did subdue that snake. You know, it was "the big one that got away"

[Millinex]

Beautiful Northern Pine you have, definitely a beast. I've seen a few folks post shots of 7'ers but this is the biggest I've ever seen posted, it's over 8'. Last I heard it was 8' 4" in this pic:



This was from an oldschooler who kept it in a 6' cage with drawers and a heat lamp though, go figure

Lots of rumors on some of them being 10'+, extremely resilient. How old is the snake in the photo? My girl is only 4-5 years old.

-Mike