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I’ve introduced colonies of isopods into two of my stars’ enclosures today to act as cleanup crew, since they make so much mess. I’ve just glanced in, only to be met with scenes of utter chaos. One of the lads is endlessly tearing around his viv in circles, as if possessed by the restless spirit...

I’ve kept a growing collection of Indian Stars for the last three years. The oldest is a male I’ve had since he was a 30g hatchling, he now weighs over 800g. He eats everything in sight and is very active. I follow the advice prescribed on this forum quite closely in terms of habitat and...

Hi all, I’ve been really hoping that my youngest star is a female and it had all been looking good until today when I saw this poking out of her cloaca!! She’s about two years old and 350g so still quite young/small but my older star was smaller than this when he started to flash. I’ve been...

Hi all, I’ve got a couple of Indian Stars, the eldest of which, Joni, is around two years old and weighs around 320g. Now, I know this is generally too young to gender accurately but I bought her on the understanding that she had been incubated for female and I’m starting to see signs that Joni...

Hi everyone, I finished Joni’s mezzanine dining terrace yesterday and both myself and Joni are pretty pleased with the results so I thought I’d show it off. I replaced the back of the viv with marine ply as the previous back had started to rot and I took the opportunity to neaten up the...

Hi all, I built a new enclosure for my 9 month old Indian Star a couple of weeks ago and after a bit of tweaking I think it’s ready to share. I don’t expect it’ll be big enough for more than a couple of years but for now 2’x3’ is as much space as I can give her. She gets daily stretches...