Most of you here know that I keep other species than just Greek Tortoises. I have ball pythons, and crested geckos, and until just recently, African Clawed Frogs as well.
I have always loved reptiles. I had them from about kindergarten on, Anoles being the ice breaker. For a few years in my teens, I didn't keep any. Then, alittle over a year ago, I got the itch. So I found a good breeder and bought my first snake, a ball python that I named Gimli. He was the first reptile that I really owned without my mom's help. And subsequently, my reintroduction to the world of reptile keeping. Since then, I have aquired another ball python, two African Clawed frogs, my Greek Nigel, and my hatchling Anouk, plus two Crested Geckos, Santi and Faye.
My snakes are a big part of my love for the hobby. They, belive it or not, are very close to torts personality wise. They are curious, timid, LOVE their food....The only times I have ever been bitten I can 100% say that it was my own fault. I have been nipped once, out of fear (the cat was shadowing poor little Gimli, and I reached down) and twice near/after feeding time. Both of those incidents I should have had enough sense to read the body language, and keep my hands to myself for an extra minute. I guess I really just want to say that they are not evil. They bite for the same reasons any animal bites, and not just to cause harm.
These are my boys, Spike, and Gimli. Spike is a "spider" ball python. He is a color morph. There are over 100 different color morphs associated with this species.
The enclosure
The boys
Gimli
Spa day!
Spike, yawning
Spike's gorgeous colors
I am also really getting into Crested Geckos. They come in an AMAZING variety of colors, and are very docile, sweet geckos. I have two right now, Santiago and Faye-Faye, who in a few months, I plan to try to pair up and breed them. Faye is growing like a weed, getting bigger every week....
This is Santi (some of you have seen him before)
And this is Faye
My mom also keeps Cresties, and hers are retired breeders that I purchased for her from my breeder. He is the same guy that produced Santi, Faye, Spike and Gimli. I go to him for everything else but my torts. These are two of hers (she has four ladies now, but I only have pics of the first two girls) :
This is Grandma (yellow) and Sylvia (red)
Both Girls came with a surprise however!
I have four eggs incubating. The two in the first picture are 14 days along, the second two are 8 days into incubation. I have high hopes for atleast three of them at this point, and one of the other girls also looks gravid. We are checking the enclosure daily for new eggs. I also had another clutch, that I believe was produced by Grandma, but one of the eggs was crushed when I found it, and the other went bad after about 10 days of incubation. I am SUPER excited though...I have candled both groups, and do see some development in atleast 3 out of the 4 that I have at this point. I have never actually hatched anything....this is my first foray into it.
Sorry for such a LONG post! I just thought I would share a bit!
I have always loved reptiles. I had them from about kindergarten on, Anoles being the ice breaker. For a few years in my teens, I didn't keep any. Then, alittle over a year ago, I got the itch. So I found a good breeder and bought my first snake, a ball python that I named Gimli. He was the first reptile that I really owned without my mom's help. And subsequently, my reintroduction to the world of reptile keeping. Since then, I have aquired another ball python, two African Clawed frogs, my Greek Nigel, and my hatchling Anouk, plus two Crested Geckos, Santi and Faye.
My snakes are a big part of my love for the hobby. They, belive it or not, are very close to torts personality wise. They are curious, timid, LOVE their food....The only times I have ever been bitten I can 100% say that it was my own fault. I have been nipped once, out of fear (the cat was shadowing poor little Gimli, and I reached down) and twice near/after feeding time. Both of those incidents I should have had enough sense to read the body language, and keep my hands to myself for an extra minute. I guess I really just want to say that they are not evil. They bite for the same reasons any animal bites, and not just to cause harm.
These are my boys, Spike, and Gimli. Spike is a "spider" ball python. He is a color morph. There are over 100 different color morphs associated with this species.
The enclosure
The boys
Gimli
Spa day!
Spike, yawning
Spike's gorgeous colors
I am also really getting into Crested Geckos. They come in an AMAZING variety of colors, and are very docile, sweet geckos. I have two right now, Santiago and Faye-Faye, who in a few months, I plan to try to pair up and breed them. Faye is growing like a weed, getting bigger every week....
This is Santi (some of you have seen him before)
And this is Faye
My mom also keeps Cresties, and hers are retired breeders that I purchased for her from my breeder. He is the same guy that produced Santi, Faye, Spike and Gimli. I go to him for everything else but my torts. These are two of hers (she has four ladies now, but I only have pics of the first two girls) :
This is Grandma (yellow) and Sylvia (red)
Both Girls came with a surprise however!
I have four eggs incubating. The two in the first picture are 14 days along, the second two are 8 days into incubation. I have high hopes for atleast three of them at this point, and one of the other girls also looks gravid. We are checking the enclosure daily for new eggs. I also had another clutch, that I believe was produced by Grandma, but one of the eggs was crushed when I found it, and the other went bad after about 10 days of incubation. I am SUPER excited though...I have candled both groups, and do see some development in atleast 3 out of the 4 that I have at this point. I have never actually hatched anything....this is my first foray into it.
Sorry for such a LONG post! I just thought I would share a bit!