Trioceros perreti baby
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Mike Fisher
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First clutch. Appears to be female to me. I can't tell sexes apart by eye, but once I take closeup photos, it gets easier.
Chase
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Mike Fisher
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When are you going to make them available?
Chase
Not sure. Not any time soon. I will be raising up a majority. The plan is to build a large vivarium and communally house a few unrelated bloodlines. They do ok raised in small groups if there is enough space.
Chase
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I'd be interested in trying this out too. How will you know which male breeds with what female, or one male to multiple females?
Chase
Mike Fisher
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Partitions with only one male to several females.
Chase
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I've read they do well if the enclosure is large enough too. Would you be using a screen enclosure or an exo terra type of enclosure?
Chase
Mike Fisher
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DIY. It will be glass fronted, possibly with the front glass on gas struts to hinge upwards. I buy virtually nothing around here because I have specialized equipment to make stuff.
GCash
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DIY. It will be glass fronted, possibly with the front glass on gas struts to hinge upwards. I buy virtually nothing around here because I have specialized equipment to make stuff.
First off, the baby pic is phenomenal. Can't believe you can see her dots that young.
Secondly, I make all my stuff as well. Woodworking dovetailed so well with reptile keeping and skateboarding, I've always kept a penchant for it. (Although as of late it's moved towards aluminum framing for obvious reasons)
I must ask, what's this "specialized equipment" you speak of? Tools are yet another side passion of mine. Gettin' jig-gy with it. (Sorry, had to do it.)
Mike Fisher
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Various CNC machines, 3D printer in progress, thermoforming, rotocasting, anodizing, metalworking engine lathe, bandsaws, drill presses, soldering stations, metal brakes, shears, and slip rollers, injection molding equipment, welders, WWII era B&S OOG screw machine, chop saws, bench grinders, optical edgers and probably much more I can't think of right now.
I own a rocket company. Mostly we do high power kits for hobby use, but I've also made parts for larger projects that have been to space and back. I design and machine specialty rocket motor hardware and high temp graphite nozzles by special order. www.binderdesign.com
frankpayne32
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That's got to be a great conversation starter: "I own a rocket company." Sounds awesome.
Congrats on your success with perreti.
Dooley1
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Haha-my thoughts exactly Frank.
Mike Fisher
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You'd be surprised. I make all of my screened enclosures with that equipment. Engineering plays a big part in how I set up my enclosures, mist systems and incubators. Always looking for better ways to do things. Cheaper too. I use repurposed materials in almost everything I do. I hate waste of perfectly good materials. One of my CNC machines was built from dumpster dived parts and has made parts that have gone into space. I plan on showing how I do my cage dividers out of pieces pulled from dumpsters.
Here are a couple of photos. First pic is one of my tubbed enclosures. Second one shows how I do my nozzle pass through the screen. Actually that's the old way I used to do it. Now I use pieces of discarded plastic sheet and make washers to support the screen, but same principle.
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Mike Fisher
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Injection molded, I don't make the nozzles though.
Mike Fisher
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I guess it really does take rocket science....
There are many ways to do the same thing. Not one "right way".
My methods are constantly evolving. The things that work I keep doing but I try variations of them just to see if they can be improved upon. I came up with the enclosure design in the early 90's. It has worked very well for me. They are self maintaining. I used to waste a lot of time cleaning stinky enclosures. My cham room smells like the forest. I had a guest over yesterday and that was the first thing they mentioned is how good it smells in there.Similar threads
