reptile keepers

reptile keepers
22-06-2008

well i was wondering if there are any reptile keepers on here

thanks

22-06-2008

Not at a zoo, but we have reptiles at our rescue and as permanent residents...

Our residents are:

- 6 foot female Red tailed Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor constrictor)
-27 year old wild caught female Ball Python (Python Regius)
-Male Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)
-Male Blue Tailed Skink (Mabuya quinquetaeniata)
-Ivory Kingsnake ( Lampropeltis getula)

In Rehab:

-Common Boa Constrictor. Boa constrictor imperator
She is extremely emaciated having not eaten for a year, most likely due to a severe case of oral stomatitis and neglect...she was extremely dehydrated and is still shedding what appears to be at least five layers of unshed skin. Our vet thinks she's probably blind because her eyes have been covered and constricted by dead skin for so long.

-Common Green Iguana (Iguana Iguana)
He was surrendered by a family that rescued him from their daughters classmate who was planning to kill him because he is sick. He's paralyzed from the waist down due to improper lighting and Vitamin D3/Calcium supplementation, which lead to Metabolic Bone Disease. He is slowly regaining control of his back limbs. Most iguanas in the pet trade are wild caught, quite the injustice, as this is a very common condition for iguanas to be surrendered with.

-Argentinean Black and White Tegu (Tupinambis merianae)
Hades was surrendered when his owner realized he would exceed 12 inches. He was wildcaught and sold to a pet store prior to that. He required two surgeries, one to remove a rock from his stomach and another to repair intestine that had been damaged by the rock. He's almost four feet long to the tip of his tail. Feeding him is fun because I'm a vegan and he's most definitely not! I am now accustomed to cleaning the fat off of various hearts, brains, and other internal organs.

We have had many other species come through our doors including Mountain Horned Dragons, Vietnamese Calotes, Veiled Chameleons, Green Basilisks, Bearded Dragons, Box Turtles, Red Eared Slider turtles, leopard geckos, golden geckos, house geckos, etc... all animals found within the pet trade.

22-06-2008

i have

2.0 boas

1.1 leoperd geckos

1.0 crested gecko

0.0.2 fire bellied toads

0.1 beardied dragon

1.0 royal python

0.1 rat snake

22-06-2008

Yep I keep a few Aussie native species

22-06-2008

I've always wanted a reptile for a pet, but my mum never let me, apparently it is extremly bad Feng Shui to have a cold blooded creature in your house,

22-06-2008

Thats to bad, many people keep reptiles these days, its really big in the US and Europe

23-06-2008

Just a pun (lol)!

Strange as people of Chinese origin do not have any qualms about consuming anything reptilian, be they snakes, lizards or turtles and tortoises ...

I am sure what you are saying is true, so why do not more Chinese indulge in Feng Shui, the world would be fuller of wildlife (hence no turtle crisis etcetera and no rat problem in the ricefields).

18-07-2008

I currently keep an Argentine tegu (outdoors in warm months, hibernating inside in the winter), a Dumeril's monitor and one red acanthurus monitor. In the past I kept a Solomon Islands skink (lived about 7 years, an adult when I aquired it). They used to be fairly common here, but are tough to aquire these days, probably for the better due to new regulations.