We're in the final countdown for the big move to Denver from central Texas that starts this Saturday! It's about an 18 hour drive and we're going to split it into two days driving. But first we'll be going to San Antonio (3 hour drive) and spending a day there so I can be at my lil brother's high school graduation. So that's a lot of driving and new environments for all the chams. My husband will be driving the moving truck and I'll have all the animals in my little Rav4. So I'll take out the back seats and set up the big dog crate for the 2 cats, one of which is not going to handle this well. I've never taken the cats on more than a 3 minute drive and they haven't experienced moving yet... Then the dogs will have the rest of the back of the car and the floorboard of the front seat will have my turtles and the front seat will be all the chams. For the drive they'll be in individual small cardboard boxes with a perch and completely dark. I know Buster and George will be fine but Oscar hates being transported like that. He prefers to be out and watch the world go by. But that's too long of a drive for that. Then when we get to SA I have collapsable cages for the big guys since their cages will be on the truck. I think they're going to work really well but I haven't quite figured out what to do with the pygmies yet while we're stopped over...Then it's a whole day and half of solid driving after that. It's going to be very stressful for them all.
But assuming we all get there in one piece I am planning on breeding Oscar my panther and Buster my jackson within the next year! I've never bred anything but pygs and I'm ready to take the plunge! So I'm on the lookout for some lovely ladies for them if anyone knows of any. Oscar is an ambilobe so I'd like to find him a ambilobe lady already in breeding age (he's not gettin any younger). Ideally I'd love to find one with a sociable personality since he's so darn friendly towards everyone! Does anyone know if that's a heritable trait in these guys?
Anyway, I'll post some pics as we embark on the big move so people can see some options for transport and temporary caging. Wish us luck, it's going to be stressful for everyone...
But assuming we all get there in one piece I am planning on breeding Oscar my panther and Buster my jackson within the next year! I've never bred anything but pygs and I'm ready to take the plunge! So I'm on the lookout for some lovely ladies for them if anyone knows of any. Oscar is an ambilobe so I'd like to find him a ambilobe lady already in breeding age (he's not gettin any younger). Ideally I'd love to find one with a sociable personality since he's so darn friendly towards everyone! Does anyone know if that's a heritable trait in these guys?
Anyway, I'll post some pics as we embark on the big move so people can see some options for transport and temporary caging. Wish us luck, it's going to be stressful for everyone...