Any Reptile Keepers on here?

[sarahc]

just out of interest anyone else keep any reptiles/amphibians? seeing as Herpetology is a big interest of mines!, I only currently have 3 Lizards in my house (Yemen Chameleon, Indonesian Blue-Tongue Skink and a Bearded Dragon), although I love working with big snakes, I keep rats and rabbits in the house so I don't think they would appreciate it very much

[silentNate]

Pics or STFU

Used to have a parrot and a couple of budgies but now just have the three cats

Never had a reptile, aren't the heating bills astronomical?

[sarahc]

Originally Posted by silentNate

Pics or STFU

Used to have a parrot and a couple of budgies but now just have the three cats

Never had a reptile, aren't the heating bills astronomical?

as you wish :P

Yemen Chameleon (Artemis)


Blue Tongue Skink and Cat (Cleo)


Me and Blue Tongue Skink "Hufflepuff"


Bearded Dragon "Kronos"


as you can see, he is missing most of his toes and a full leg, the people i rescued him from were going to get him put down, I was horrified, another dragon had mangled his leg so I took him to the specialist vet and got it removed, i'm so soft lol

Lionhead cross "Simi"



2xRats "Ziggy and Chiko"


while i'm at it, might aswell throw in a photo of my dog lol, "Jessie"


what kind of parrot did you have?, I've worked with Macaws/african greys and parakeets!, I've always had cats too lol

Surprisingly, there has been practically no change in my electricity bills since I got the reps, but that's because all my light and heat sources are on the appropriate thermostats to control the temperatures ,they only come on if they need to, UVB bulbs are probably the most expensive, only need to replace them every 8 months though so it's not too bad, they need to be on between 10-12 hours a day lol, stick them on a timer and you are sorted !!

you think i'm crazy don't you?? lol

[silentNate]

That Yemen Chameleon is absolutely gorgeous... I love your cat also

My wife had the parrot when we met, he was a Senegal. He hated me though

I miss him so much

[sarahc]

lol they tend to attach themselves to a member of the one sex, normally the opposite, what happened to him? they are gorgeous and so intelligent!

I'm only looking after the Yemen just now, although i've had her since Feb, she had an infection in her spine so i've been giving her some TLC, she lay 44 eggs last month :O

[Tora-kun]

I used to have 4 Chinese Fire-bellied Toads. (I think that's the name, they have orange bellies and spots all over) I have 1 left now. No idea how old it is as it was already an adult when I got it. It's at least 15, but very possibly nearer 20 lol.

[Necro]

My sister had a Leopard Gecko named Zippy at one point. We got it from my uncle who had a few interesting pets. My other uncle also ran a pet shop in Blackpool, and I believe they has some reptiles. Don't really see them lot often though.

It died a few years ago at the age of like 8 or 9, so yeah

[sarahc]

Originally Posted by Tora-kun

I used to have 4 Chinese Fire-bellied Toads. (I think that's the name, they have orange bellies and spots all over) I have 1 left now. No idea how old it is as it was already an adult when I got it. It's at least 15, but very possibly nearer 20 lol.

aww good age!, Toads are cool, I quite like salamanders too!

Originally Posted by Necro

My sister had a Leopard Gecko named Zippy at one point. We got it from my uncle who had a few interesting pets. My other uncle also ran a pet shop in Blackpool, and I believe they has some reptiles. Don't really see them lot often though.

It died a few years ago at the age of like 8 or 9, so yeah

we sell leos in the shop I work in, they are so tiny and cute!, my beardie will get to about a foot n a half n my BTS will get to about half a meter lol,

[Dark Hearted Disco Queen]

Lovely animals! I would love some reptiles although I have no experience of them I have always wanted them. I'm renting at the moment so it is a pet free zone, we have requested to keep small pets a few times but the landlords just ignore us and never respond, I'd really like some ratties.

[SUPERFISH5000]

I've 2 dogs, 2 cats, 8 chickens, 3 ducks and 4 horses at my parents (yep, it's a farm...) although I've moved out into town now so no more dog walking for me!

My uncle had an iguana and has piranhas: they're cool

[Dark Hearted Disco Queen]

Oh yeah speaking of reptiles I was really sad to hear about Lonesome George It's the end of an era for tortoises.

[sarahc]

Originally Posted by Dark Hearted Disco Queen

Lovely animals! I would love some reptiles although I have no experience of them I have always wanted them. I'm renting at the moment so it is a pet free zone, we have requested to keep small pets a few times but the landlords just ignore us and never respond, I'd really like some ratties.

The place I was living before was like that, but when they realised it was reptiles they didn't bother so much, they just gave me a really strange look and asked me what they are kept in lol! clearly think i'm a weirdo !

If you ever decide to get a reptile then give me a shout! I know a lot of breeders (throughout the UK) and will give you honest advice about the set-ups, a lot of shops sell the wrong things, they are mostly in it for the money (don't get me wrong a lot of the specialist shops aren't like that)

the only problem with Rats is they can be quite smelly but I keep mines on organic cat litter, it gets changed twice a week and that tends to help !

Originally Posted by SUPERFISH5000

I've 2 dogs, 2 cats, 8 chickens, 3 ducks and 4 horses at my parents (yep, it's a farm...) although I've moved out into town now so no more dog walking for me!

My uncle had an iguana and has piranhas: they're cool

Iguanas are hard work can cause some serious damage, they also don't like ladies when they are on their bad week!

was it a working farm your parents had?, I done my animal care training at an agricultural college, i've always done a wee bit of work on Dairy/beef, aswell as helping with lambing !!

used to work with horses too never again! all rescues, I got kicked, bit, chased, you name it it's happened to me !!

[SUPERFISH5000]

Originally Posted by sarahc

Iguanas are hard work can cause some serious damage, they also don't like ladies when they are on their bad week!

was it a working farm your parents had?, I done my animal care training at an agricultural college, i've always done a wee bit of work on Dairy/beef, aswell as helping with lambing !!

used to work with horses too never again! all rescues, I got kicked, bit, chased, you name it it's happened to me !!

Not a working farm as such. My mum bought a horse a while back but the livery was really expensive so we moved out to somewhere with a bit of land to keep it at home. Then we got more and more animals... We also let one of the local farmers graze his sheep in exchange for hay and general help. The lambing was... interesting... to watch.


Horses are immensely dangerous. My mother was thrown off her Friesan a few months ago and broke her back after it spooked at 'nothing'.

[sarahc]

Originally Posted by SUPERFISH5000

Not a working farm as such. My mum bought a horse a while back but the livery was really expensive so we moved out to somewhere with a bit of land to keep it at home. Then we got more and more animals... We also let one of the local farmers graze his sheep in exchange for hay and general help. The lambing was... interesting... to watch.


Horses are immensely dangerous. My mother was thrown off her Friesan a few months ago and broke her back after it spooked at 'nothing'.

Lambing, try having it up to your shoulder! quite literally, probably comes under the "most disgusting things I have ever had to do" List, although there was so many cute little lambs, they skip and try to suck on your fingers! (It doesn't sound as cute as it actually was haha)

I would love land!, I would keep Anglo-Nubian goats, they are seriously the coolest goats ever, i've wanted one for ages but don't have any land, I also worked at a childrens farm and they used to chase me about, fun times!

yep, I have had enough of horsey injuries, I just don't bother with them anymore, wouldn't work with them again, absolute nightmare!

[happosai]

Originally Posted by sarahc

yep, I have had enough of horsey injuries, I just don't bother with them anymore, wouldn't work with them again, absolute nightmare!

Pun intended?

[Happosai]