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...
Hello Herp Friends LOOKING TO BUY I am looking for some thicktailed (barking Geckos) . So if you know of any for sale, pref adults any sex, please let me...
Hi All, If anyone can help me out here with advise, or a conclusion, it would be greatly appreciated. My Spotted Python had her first clutch of eggs the other...
Hi Ben, Welcome back. Glad to see things are better for you. You behave now, you hear :) Can't help with the ackies, but best of luck with them. Regards, ...
Hi Iva, It's great that you've included a picture, as this really helps. My very first thought after seeing the eggs is that they're too wet and it actually...
I have incubated hundreds of reptile eggs from Green waterdragons,gopher snakes,box turtles,jagged shell turtles,tropidurus,etc. I do not use vermiculite...
It's possible, althought they looked healthy to begin with, and they are all still very white, just quite caved in. I candled a few of the worse looking ones...
I mixed the vermiculite at a 1 to 1 ratio to begin with, and humidity was high. But then when they began to collapse, i figured it was due to lack of moisture,...
<Reverend Sabine Bradley wrote> "I do not use vermiculite anymore and I know many breeders have stopped using it.It appears that it contains high levels of...
Hey i currently have a central beardie but i want another tame type of lizard that doesnt grow too big. If anyone knows any types of species could they please...
hey does anyone have any southern forest dragons/angle headed dragons for sale.If so please tell me how much and how old aswell. I also live in newcastle NSW. ...
Hi everyone, I have done a search and gone back to 2002 without much luck. My waters had eggs last year and despite having an incubator ready (converted frigge...
Hi Julia, I use vermiculite.....dont know the ratio but mix it with hot water, slowly until it just clumps in the hand. 32 is the right temp for incubation i...
Hi Julia, Water Pythons have some of the easiest of all python eggs to hatch, so they're a great species for you to be learning on :) Anything between 28 and...
Hi All I have 2 brand new copies of Monitor Lizards Natural History, Captive Care & Breeding by Bernd Eidenmuller 2007. Hard cover 176 pp with many colour...
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