Hi Have recently put up a page about my snakes on Squidoo, and thought I'd post it here, in case anyone is interested. http://www.squidoo.com/petsnakes/ Cheers...
If you are not familiar with this story, it concerns the 7/7/07 theft and abuse of a Ventura, California family's pet 40 lb. 25 year-old Sulcata tortoise, who...
About a year or two ago I started updating my Australian Herpetology Website however after doing quite a lot of work on it I found a serious problem with my...
Hi, everyone! I'm looking into getting a gecko and was wondering what ones we are allowed to keep as pets in Australia and which one would be best for the ...
Hi I'm just wondering what type of fruits and vegies I should feed my beardie? I got advice from another site but it was american and I'd never heard of half...
I've heard Bok choy is supposed to be good for them and they seem like that, but they will eat most soft fruits and vegetables. I would chop into John ...
You should be able to keep any Australian species in Darwin, however the tropical ones will probably cope better with the heat. I suggest you check out the...
In SA they are available in a lot of pet shops. I get mine from Petstop at Edwardstown - 3 tubs for $10 but you will probably have to pay about $5 a tub in a...
It's a slide + audio show, and yes they now know John's name is misspelt. http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/2007/national/croc-gosford/index.html Regards, Steve...
Hi All I have available a very nice copy of a super scarce title: Reptiles Of Australia by Charles Barrett 1950. Hard cover without dust jacket. 168pp with...
I caught a blurb a few days ago about the plight of the pygmy freshwater crocodile and its vulnerability to cane toads. I was wondering if anybody had any...
I have been having a lot of trouble sourcing zoo med's eco earth compressed coconut fibre to use as a substrate. The compressed coir coconut fibre available in...
Yep, the coir fibre from garden stores is fine to use. I use it with my leaf-tailed geckos. I imagine its identical to the Zoo Med stuff and probably ten times...
Hi all .At aussie_pythons we have made a few minor and very inexspensive modificationsthat make them do there intened job even better for aussie keepers we...
Hi Paul, I'm assuming it's the same stuff often referred to as Coco-Peat. I've been using it for years on frogs and geckos where humidity is an issue. Never...
Thanks for your advice Steve, is it also fine to use for coastal carpet pythons? Paul ... From: stephen.weir@... To: australianherps@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I have read a lot of conflicting information about the use of pine shavings with rodents. What are your opinions on the matter? Especially if the rodents are...
Paul, Never done so myself. It would help maintain a level of humidity so that problem shedding might be avoided, but it may also keep humidity too high and...
Hi my name is Anne and my husband is Shaun we keep rats as food for our diamond pythons we used pine shavings but recently we changed to baled hay neither...
Breeding 500 - 1000 rats per week. We use pine shavings and they are fine. Clean all the rats weekly, some are grottier than others but usually pretty good....
Hi everyone, After taking a very long hiatus from herps, I wanted to get back in to the scene. I'm only interested in Acanthurus, as I've been building an ...
Dear Members and Friends, Firstly, thank you to everyone that has already reacted to our last email and sent messages voicing their concerns. We still need...
hi all, i have 8 young coastals for sale, 9 months old, unsexed. photos available. they are all feeding on weaner/ small adult mice. $100 each. may consider...
Hi all, we have a nice quiet breeding age pair of Spencers for sale. $1200.00pr. Can email photos is you are interested. contact oz_python@... Thanks...
I prefer the shavings as well as I find them easier to manage and lucerne hay often contains other plants including thistle which are fone to eat but Ive had...