Meet The Pets : Tell Us About Your Four Legged Friends : )

ourchickenshack wrote:
Beautiful snake Steve

Thanks James, it's a species I've wanted for a number of years.

the89thchris wrote:Very cool, back when I was in high school (and slightly more insensitive) we used to post YouTube videos of live feedings to a blood python. They would get a couple hundred thousand views before getting flagged and removed. Not sure I would do that now, but the reality is: the snake exists, and that's how it eats. Life eats life.

Thanks Chris. I was aware that it is legal in the US to feed off live rodents to reptiles, but didn't realise it was also legal in Canada.
Generally, in the UK it's not legal to feed off live rodents and to be honest with captive bred reptiles it is not neccessary. Even wild caught specimens can be weaned onto pre killed prey. I've also heard horror stories where uneaten live rodents left in the vivarium with no access to food have taken bites out of the reptiles they were offered to.

Youre right, they can certainly be trained into accepting pre-killed food but it feels the same as dogs and cats eating kibble. Pretty unnatural, but nicer/more convenient for the sensitivities of the owners. Helps people forget what their pets are actually eating.

I've heard some compelling arguments that people are more inclined to care about mammals for anthropomorphic reasons as opposed to fish and reptiles. Since they're harder to relate to. They don't care as much about the husbandry.

I had no idea feeding live food to reptile pets was illegal in the UK. Very interesting.

Very cool James , who is the dude hiding under the log

Nico wrote:Very cool James , who is the dude hiding under the log

That's one of the 1st batch of babies which is only about 1 " long . All the other little ones are the new batch of babies and are only a 1/2 " long

James, If this continues, you can open up your own Fish N' Chip stand. JK

ourchickenshack wrote:
I'm not sure if it's common but they have already had another batch  

In my experience, that is quite normal James.

Making a new friend.

Wow hes got a postmortem twin, and the scale looks almost perfect lol

Took this shot of the rare and expensive zebra pleco at a local fish store last week, $200 for one of those little suckers and a chill on the way home could kill it.

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I was just there buying some plants. I've known the owner for a while so he lets me invade with a bit of photo/video gear now and then.

That's a fantastic photo and the Pleco is really cool Chris

LMAO

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Hey Steve, Do you still have your pet spider mate  

Love to see a pic if you do buddy

I'm not scared or spiders (in the UK anyway ) but I do respect them, fascinating creatures

Thanks for your interest Andy, I'll sort one out for you.

Very nice! Surprising that he puts up with the headgear lol

I left a tripod case alone for 5 minutes and she climbed it. Kinda looks like she needs a bath.  
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Awesome pics guys

Our little Einstein ...

Re-scaped my Oscar tank, it's still a little murky but I'm liking the natural look.

They're a bit too violent for live plants, but the driftwood and almond leafs release some natural tannins in the water, while lowering the PH to something closer to the fish's natural Amazonian environment.

I moved the tank to the other side of the apartment so it was a good time to refresh the look. That's 48" wide, 90gal.  

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Looking good Chris. I'm a big fan of 'natural' aquarium set ups.

I was given a small aquarium last week which I'm planning to plant with Cryptocorenes and once matured, gradually stock with SE Asian community fish & some shrimps.

Fantastic set up Chris