A few of my herps...

[holmesese]

Just thought I would post a few photos. The ambilobe is about 11-12 months, can't decide if those blue bars are going to come out more or not. The female is checking out her studly man in the background! They aren't normally together, he was just getting a little loving and then going back to his normal enclosure. I tried to get a good photo of the ol' dart frog pair, but it was came out a little lacking! The snake pictures are the rewards of a recent herping trip: one copperhead and two carolina pigmy rattlesnakes. Gotta love the venemous stuff!

 

[laurie]

I love the chams and the dart frogs, but I want nothing at all to do with rattlesnales or copperheads. Those are the types of snakes I have nightmares about. Please take all the ones from Montana home with you.

 

[Eric Adrignola]

oh, nice... for a second I was expecting pictures of cold sores. hehe.

 

[Orchidartist]

I LOVE azureus!!! I hope I can get some soonGreat photos!

 

[chameleonman57]

Very nice pictures of your herps.

 

[Crazy Pet Lady]

Are the dart frogs difficult to keep? I'm a froggie fanatic, but have only kept african clawed and dwarfs. On occasion, wild ones. What do they require?

 

[holmesese]

Thanks for the comments! Even though the venemous snakes are a little scary I think they are the some of North America's coolest looking snakes.

I have to say that I am a big fan of the larger dart frog species. If you have the dedication and patience to take care of a chameleon, large dart frogs are cake. Set-ups can be as simple as a ten gallon with a paper towel substrate, and pothos. They need high humidity (80-100%) and live well at room temp (65-80 F). My favorite part about them is the cost very little to maintain since you culture their main food source - fruit flies. I buy a large supply of fruit fly medium every year ($10) and then ask the deli at walmart for the clear containers every few months (free!). Then supplement very similar to your cham - maybe without as much D3. They are another super bright diurnal species to add to your collection!

 

[Crazy Pet Lady]

Thanx for the info. As the chameleon is relatively new, about a month or so, I think my hubby would just crap if I went for another species just yet. I also got my first snake (ball python, Monty) in January. So I better hold off probably until next spring to get anything new. The winters here [Wisconsin] suck so I have to be really careful with getting new arrivals. Froggies aer definately on the list tho!!!

 

[Matt C]

I used to carry a couple different species of dart frogs a couple years ago. I really took satisfaction in being able to get both species to breed, and in turn change those tadpoles in to froglets. After a 2 or 3 years it kind of got old not being able to handle them at all ,so I went with a panther chameleon. But it was a great experience and I enjoyed it. I used to have 8 to 10 azureses? and also had 10 of the thumbnail species which were very cool. They were called the imitators. They would lay there eggs on the windows of the tanks, sit there and wait for them to develop into tads and put them on there backs to carry them to the bromeleaids where they would drop them in a puddle of water inside the plant. In a couple of months after laying infertile eggs for the tads to eat, out come the froglets out of the broms and ready to eat. An awesome experience that I recommend for herp lovers to try. Anyway, sorry for the rant, and congrats, they all look great.