took on an albino pac man frog and a nightmare ratsnake lol he's nothing compared to my afrocks but bite bite lol
What pets/animals do you currently have?
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Male azureus carrying a tadpole today. These two species are different enough that they don't acknowledge each other and have gotten along without any issues at all (not always true for dart frogs - D. tinctorius is very territorial towards its own kind and closer relatives.)
Ranitomeya uakarii "gold legged" and (juvenile) Dendrobates leucomelas "fine spot".
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New to me recenly: a female yellow mutation turquoisine parakeet (Neophema pulchella) and a male wild-type bourke parakeet (Neopsephotus bourkii.) These two were raised together by the same breeder and will be kept together for now for company; they are behaviorally very similar, but cannot hybridize.
Some of my others; fischer's lovebird, budgie, plum-headed parakeet (subadult), java sparrow, white-winged parakeet, cockatiel. The bourke and turquoisine will not be housed with these, they're too different in behavior.
These birds however get along exceedingly well with each other, but this was by design and in how they were raised. It's not recommended to throw together any random adult parrots and expect them to like each other. It also helps most of these are males of species where the females are socially dominant.
The kakariki gets along with the rest most of the time, but he has a temper the others don't and sometimes he's a bit much for them. I watch his interactions a bit more closely.
Because if I don't he'll do this!
The lovebird only has to look his way and he stops in his tracks though. He knows the lovebird doesn't take any of his nonsense and isn't afraid of him.
And a lake urmia newt, just for something else. I have this one with a few kaiser newts, they get on well, but I'll have to separate if I ever try to breed them.
Some of my others; fischer's lovebird, budgie, plum-headed parakeet (subadult), java sparrow, white-winged parakeet, cockatiel. The bourke and turquoisine will not be housed with these, they're too different in behavior.
These birds however get along exceedingly well with each other, but this was by design and in how they were raised. It's not recommended to throw together any random adult parrots and expect them to like each other. It also helps most of these are males of species where the females are socially dominant.
The kakariki gets along with the rest most of the time, but he has a temper the others don't and sometimes he's a bit much for them. I watch his interactions a bit more closely.
Because if I don't he'll do this!
The lovebird only has to look his way and he stops in his tracks though. He knows the lovebird doesn't take any of his nonsense and isn't afraid of him.
And a lake urmia newt, just for something else. I have this one with a few kaiser newts, they get on well, but I'll have to separate if I ever try to breed them.
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after my nana past last year at the age of 96 she left me some money so added 5 new royals
1.0.0 leopard enchi fire het pied
0.1.0 pied 66% het amel
0.1.0 pied het lavender
0.1.0 lesser
0.1.0 albino
1.0.0 leopard enchi fire het pied
0.1.0 pied 66% het amel
0.1.0 pied het lavender
0.1.0 lesser
0.1.0 albino
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PercideRolo
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Have one male and two female symmetrical gecko, 2 male and 5 female bavay gecko, 2 male and 7 female western chamleon gecko and 2 male and 6 female bulán.
I ended up going back and getting the bourke a mate. She is an opaline mutation, or a "rosy" in the pet trade lingo.
The bird room is always full of life, color, and NOISE. Almost all of my birds get along, the couple who don't get let out of their flights alternately. Though some of these cages are relatively small - like for the cockatiel, who is an older rescue who didn't grow up with other birds and does not want to be housed directly with others - the birds are only confined for a few hours a day.
northern blue tongue skink Ajax admires a new fern in his habitat. Will it survive or be smushed? He hasn't decided.
Giant Madagascar day gecko Max has just celebrated his 6th birthday! He lives with a tomato frog named Beefsteak, and they are very good roommates who use different levels of the habitat.
Plip the african clawed frog is always giving out free hugs.
And Atlas the 5 year old Colorado River Toad, who I raised from a froglet as big as a pinky finger nail, is now a resident of the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City, Indiana. He kept outgrowing his tank until I had no room for anything larger!
The bird room is always full of life, color, and NOISE. Almost all of my birds get along, the couple who don't get let out of their flights alternately. Though some of these cages are relatively small - like for the cockatiel, who is an older rescue who didn't grow up with other birds and does not want to be housed directly with others - the birds are only confined for a few hours a day.
northern blue tongue skink Ajax admires a new fern in his habitat. Will it survive or be smushed? He hasn't decided.
Giant Madagascar day gecko Max has just celebrated his 6th birthday! He lives with a tomato frog named Beefsteak, and they are very good roommates who use different levels of the habitat.
Plip the african clawed frog is always giving out free hugs.
And Atlas the 5 year old Colorado River Toad, who I raised from a froglet as big as a pinky finger nail, is now a resident of the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City, Indiana. He kept outgrowing his tank until I had no room for anything larger!
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Poison dart frog pics:
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus". This pair are my most prolific breeders. I am always giving babies away.
The little yellow frog is a Ranitomeya sirenis "highland." A very bold, very little frog.
I'm not really a fan of calling all the color forms of these frogs by their pet trade names, because in reality the many color forms of a single species are more of a cline where many of them intergrade, and they don't distinguish by color when mating, and it just contributes to inbreeding and line breeding in captivity (I notice these frogs have gotten smaller and smaller over years, compared to the first imported frogs). But this pair is a "green sipawilini" and "citronella". They are both Dendrobates tinctorius. This is a non-breeding pair (no eggs allowed to mature) because while I think they are genetically healthier, there isn't really a market for "impure" frogs that don't match confirmed wild phenotypes. (Even though in the wild, most D. tinctorius in any given site are a lot more diverse in pattern than in captivity.)
I have bred one cross, for my own enjoyment. It is half "yellowback" and half "powder blue" and one of my favorite colored D. tinctorius. His name is "Lil guy."
These being his parents:
This unique one is a Dendrobates auratus "Rio Cascajal". I'm not convinced it is any genetically different from another identical morph imported around the same time called "Pena Blanca", but the two are being bred now as separate lines by hobbyists. I have it paired with an albino female, but they have never had fertile eggs.
These are a "pair" of Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern." A little shy, but one of my favorites for pattern. They are both male, and I am seeking a female to join them.
I have only one bumblebee dart frog, Dendrobates leucomelas "Fine Spot." He lives with "Lil Guy" and another D. auratus in a non-breeding group. Though members of this genus can hybridize, they don't really succeed in raising offspring without access to water.
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus". This pair are my most prolific breeders. I am always giving babies away.
The little yellow frog is a Ranitomeya sirenis "highland." A very bold, very little frog.
I'm not really a fan of calling all the color forms of these frogs by their pet trade names, because in reality the many color forms of a single species are more of a cline where many of them intergrade, and they don't distinguish by color when mating, and it just contributes to inbreeding and line breeding in captivity (I notice these frogs have gotten smaller and smaller over years, compared to the first imported frogs). But this pair is a "green sipawilini" and "citronella". They are both Dendrobates tinctorius. This is a non-breeding pair (no eggs allowed to mature) because while I think they are genetically healthier, there isn't really a market for "impure" frogs that don't match confirmed wild phenotypes. (Even though in the wild, most D. tinctorius in any given site are a lot more diverse in pattern than in captivity.)
I have bred one cross, for my own enjoyment. It is half "yellowback" and half "powder blue" and one of my favorite colored D. tinctorius. His name is "Lil guy."
These being his parents:
This unique one is a Dendrobates auratus "Rio Cascajal". I'm not convinced it is any genetically different from another identical morph imported around the same time called "Pena Blanca", but the two are being bred now as separate lines by hobbyists. I have it paired with an albino female, but they have never had fertile eggs.
These are a "pair" of Ranitomeya variabilis "Southern." A little shy, but one of my favorites for pattern. They are both male, and I am seeking a female to join them.
I have only one bumblebee dart frog, Dendrobates leucomelas "Fine Spot." He lives with "Lil Guy" and another D. auratus in a non-breeding group. Though members of this genus can hybridize, they don't really succeed in raising offspring without access to water.
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Gorgeous frogs!
I now have 3 blue death-feigning beetles, Ringo, Ring-a-Ding, and Coop (in order from least obscure name reference to one very few will get, not that I can tell them apart lol).
added 1.0.0 false water cobra
