Other pets (pics and discussions)

[Eight]

I'm actually doing it the other way around, and I'm putting together a planted vivarium with both land and aquatic plants. After I've set it up and left it to settle I'll introduce the occupants. I'm thinking I'll use a bio active substrate then it can all be left alone mostly

[Charis]

You might try Dendro boards. I had more luck getting my questions answered there, during my brief foray into keeping Bumble Bee walking toads. They are more dart frog oriented but the forum is more active and members seemed to keep a little of everything.

[mark cope]

Yet again I went to the shop to buy supplies and have come back with another snake
I only went to get a new viv lock for Jets viv .....and came back with this lttle stunner

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He is a Japanese Ratsnake........so I say to the kids what shall we call him and they decided it should be.......Nigel

[Eight]

Very pretty.I love the eye stripes that these and the beauty snakes have. How big will the little guy grow?

[mark cope]

Very pretty.I love the eye stripes that these and the beauty snakes have. How big will the little guy grow?

Can grow to 4/5 ft his colour will change as he reaches adulthood
http://www.generalexotics.com/images/Japanese_Rat.jpg
I really should stop going to that shop

[Charis]

Took Sebastian outside for a little photo shoot today. These were some of the best pictures I got.

[guidofatherof5]

Good looking snake.

[ProXimuS]

They all pooped today, so while I cleaned their cages I went ahead and weighed them, snapped a few pics and sort of checked them for spurs. Since I was trying to stress them the least amount, not real sure about anything I may or might not have seen. Takes me awhile every time I use my husband's camera to get the hang of it. So the pictures slowly get better. These are all surprisingly big babies, they are all approx. 10 to 12 inches long.

What are spurs?!?!

[Charis]

Some snake species have little spurs by the vent, often called vestigial legs. In Rosy boas, and all others I've heard of, males have them and females almost never do. It's a fairly accurate way to sex them noninvasively. Actually I checked on them today to fill water bowls and see if they had shed. Held #4 for a few minutes and I'm pretty sure it has spurs. Little hard to tell on babies! But when I more seriously look for them on everyone, I'll use my 40x jewelers loup to look.

[-MARWOLAETH-]

What are spurs?!?!

They are remnants of their evolutionary past.In other words they'r what left from their ancestors limbs.If you'r not squirmish here's a link to a documentary that shows the anatomy of a Burmese python and explains spurs Inside Nature's Giants - Monster Python - YouTube