RedMountainHome
Established Member
Hi all!
Last weekend I went to Repticon and picked up a new buddy from a local breeder. I don't believe the breeder has a website but his animals were clearly happy, healthy, and had great colors, so I picked up a beautiful 6 month old boy. We're still slowly getting to know each other so I haven't picked out a name yet.
I've kept Jacksons in years past and I'm familiar with Panthers, but I've still been doing plenty of extra reading to make sure I'm taking the best care of my new buddy that I can. This site in particular has been super helpful, and I want to thank everyone for sharing all their info and stories over the years!
Since I've only had him a week I'm still mostly leaving him alone, and only occasionally pick him up when I'm moving him between his indoor cage and his outdoor one. My only real challenge so far has been getting him to eat dubia roaches... he was raised on crickets and hunts those like a champ but doesn't really notice the roaches. I've seen him zap a couple but I'm pretty sure the rest are still hiding in the cage somewhere. I have been trying to cup train him but he hasn't taken to that yet, either. Hopefully we'll fix all that soon cause I've got a HUGE colony of dubias going - I'm talking thousands, if not tens of thousands - and I don't want to keep buying crickets as a staple when I've got all these roaches!
I've attempted to attach three photos. The first is his dad / sire, who I met at the show, and then 2 shots of my little guy. I absolutely love the coloration and scaling on his head, which was actually the deciding factor in why I bought the one I did. Sorry for the shoddy quality, I'm an IT nerd not a camera nerd.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you all around!
Last weekend I went to Repticon and picked up a new buddy from a local breeder. I don't believe the breeder has a website but his animals were clearly happy, healthy, and had great colors, so I picked up a beautiful 6 month old boy. We're still slowly getting to know each other so I haven't picked out a name yet.
I've kept Jacksons in years past and I'm familiar with Panthers, but I've still been doing plenty of extra reading to make sure I'm taking the best care of my new buddy that I can. This site in particular has been super helpful, and I want to thank everyone for sharing all their info and stories over the years!
Since I've only had him a week I'm still mostly leaving him alone, and only occasionally pick him up when I'm moving him between his indoor cage and his outdoor one. My only real challenge so far has been getting him to eat dubia roaches... he was raised on crickets and hunts those like a champ but doesn't really notice the roaches. I've seen him zap a couple but I'm pretty sure the rest are still hiding in the cage somewhere. I have been trying to cup train him but he hasn't taken to that yet, either. Hopefully we'll fix all that soon cause I've got a HUGE colony of dubias going - I'm talking thousands, if not tens of thousands - and I don't want to keep buying crickets as a staple when I've got all these roaches!
I've attempted to attach three photos. The first is his dad / sire, who I met at the show, and then 2 shots of my little guy. I absolutely love the coloration and scaling on his head, which was actually the deciding factor in why I bought the one I did. Sorry for the shoddy quality, I'm an IT nerd not a camera nerd.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you all around!
It seems like a nice crew in here.
