Unfortunately trying to keep such a wonderful animal on insects and eggs which I think are collateral and growth stage based will have poor outcome.
Vertebrate prey is critical.
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- March 1st, 2024, 6:44 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Leptophis ahaetulla
- Replies: 2
- Views: 340
- May 9th, 2023, 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Questions about Coluber constrictor mormon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3614
Re: Questions about Coluber constrictor mormon
Diurnal , Well sighted and pursuit predator = a well warmed metabolism
- December 30th, 2022, 9:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 'Twas the night before herping
- Replies: 33
- Views: 33164
Re: 'Twas the night before herping
We gather here like intact sheds on a cabinet door handle. Kent penned this perfect carol.
We know that spectacular things inhabit quiet places.
We know that spectacular things inhabit quiet places.
- August 8th, 2022, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: (legal) Zonata Keepers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6328
Re: (legal) Zonata Keepers
Bins used for storing snakes in breeding pairs or groups.
- May 14th, 2022, 10:50 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Captive Care Videos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5298
Re: Captive Care Videos
I dont know if filling the forum is anything to worry about. Or clutter etc. or if that is words going over my head. Haha. What I do know is that there will be bullsnakes out there in possession and their circumstances depend on tangible and intangible factors. Sometimes a person doesnt set out to h...
- May 10th, 2022, 10:49 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Recommendations for Snake Cage Sellers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3199
Re: Recommendations for Snake Cage Sellers
Im excited for you and your snake Chris. Home sweet home.
- May 2nd, 2022, 8:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Spring is in full swing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1499
Re: Spring is in full swing
Insculpta jarred me most pleasantly.
Thank you! Its a fine Spring.
Thank you! Its a fine Spring.
- April 27th, 2022, 10:18 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Captive Care Videos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5298
Re: Captive Care Videos
I think your individual videos deserve their own titled posts, if you dont mind my saying so.
Warm, dignified tribute to a great American snake.
Warm, dignified tribute to a great American snake.
- March 31st, 2022, 7:03 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Is a supertank possible?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 39426
Re: Is a supertank possible?
48 inches by 12 may seem like a big space for small taxa but its actually only a couple average footsteps in real space. A 55 gal would only qualify as a "Supertank" with very small taxa. Some eastern spotted newts or similar. Why not enjoy being generous to a single species and potentiall...
- March 27th, 2022, 1:35 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Short Feeding Vid
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3463
Re: Short Feeding Vid
There are 2.3 but dont usually show themselves at the same time. Interestingly the males seem shyer.
- March 22nd, 2022, 10:22 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Short Feeding Vid
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3463
- February 18th, 2022, 6:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping the Earth - Field herpetological videos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3231
Re: Herping the Earth - Field herpetological videos
My sentiments exactly.
- February 4th, 2022, 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping the Earth - Field herpetological videos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3231
Re: Herping the Earth - Field herpetological videos
Rana temporaria - Original Frog of Lore and Literature!
Excellent so enjoyed the homage to this species. There are no common herps, only Classic ones!
The dance floor metaphore and its changing seasonal decor. Quite the lovely touch.
Kelly
Excellent so enjoyed the homage to this species. There are no common herps, only Classic ones!
The dance floor metaphore and its changing seasonal decor. Quite the lovely touch.
Kelly
- February 3rd, 2022, 9:58 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Bumblebee Toad Takes Aim
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3202
Re: Bumblebee Toad Takes Aim
One of the males. Males are smaller, with beautiful, intricate call.
Male Klappenbachi 12 years old 'Elid' by Kelly McDougall, on Flickr
Male Klappenbachi 12 years old 'Elid' by Kelly McDougall, on Flickr
- February 3rd, 2022, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Bumblebee Toad Takes Aim
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3202
Bumblebee Toad Takes Aim
I like this shot of my female bumbles. Keen little lady.
2022-01-24_07-04-19 by Kelly McDougall, on Flickr
2022-01-24_07-04-19 by Kelly McDougall, on Flickr
- January 23rd, 2022, 1:50 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Invert Feeder Cultures
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3633
Re: Invert Feeder Cultures
Saint Louis Dude, Thanks for responding, so much experience I really appreciate you taking the time. Because of all the taxa and husbandry detail shinin up there I will be brief but really found many parallels of agreement. The mealworms for one, deserve another look I too have found. You really get...
- January 14th, 2022, 6:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Cruise Herping" in the Caribbean
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2298
Re: "Cruise Herping" in the Caribbean
Fun and informative as always!
- December 17th, 2021, 4:49 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Massachusetts Alligator captured
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3249
Re: Massachusetts Alligator captured
Aw thats good to hear.
- December 9th, 2021, 12:35 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Captive Care Videos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5298
Re: Captive Care Videos
Great content. Worth the wait. You're like an old soul on all the right edges and very credible and comfortable to listen to.
- December 9th, 2021, 6:43 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Captive Care Videos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5298
Re: Captive Care Videos
What a pretty girl - I love retics so much, for all the reasons you describe.
I hope you share more of your captive work whether its cold outside or not.
All the Best!
I hope you share more of your captive work whether its cold outside or not.
All the Best!
- December 6th, 2021, 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Road and Surrounding Area October 2-8.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2016
Re: Snake Road and Surrounding Area October 2-8.
That heavenly shot of Snake Road.
- November 29th, 2021, 9:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping In An Indian Mangrove Forest (pic heavy)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2426
Re: Herping In An Indian Mangrove Forest (pic heavy)
Thank you for all of these shared, I especially appreciate the head study of the vine snake, and the lovely set of the viper in the branches. They are aesthetically compelling. I realize that is true for all species in my admittedly exuberant opinion, but I do really think they are special. Years ag...
- November 9th, 2021, 7:18 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Tiger Beetle?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 15798
Re: Tiger Beetle?
There are so many photographs worth bumping in the bug section.
All the beetle ones definitely. Such a great group.
All the beetle ones definitely. Such a great group.
- November 8th, 2021, 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake headscale diagram request?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5929
Re: Snake headscale diagram request?
What are the green circles drawn on the snake photos supposed to show/mean? I have looked a couple times pretty close and have been around a lifetime full of snakes and dont see anything important.
- November 7th, 2021, 12:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake headscale diagram request?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5929
Re: Snake headscale diagram request?
It would seem important to include in this pursuit research into pie balding and perhaps other pigmentation anomaly as it is a strong item of contention in the snake shown.
- November 6th, 2021, 6:39 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Invert Feeder Cultures
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3633
Invert Feeder Cultures
Let's discuss invert cultures modalities.
Currently doing beetle larvs, roaches, waxworms, springtails, drosophila and banded crickets.
Personally I enjoy working cultures almost as much as vivaria inhabitant care.
Currently doing beetle larvs, roaches, waxworms, springtails, drosophila and banded crickets.
Personally I enjoy working cultures almost as much as vivaria inhabitant care.
- October 26th, 2021, 2:30 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Nephrurus Cinctus hatching
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2881
Re: Nephrurus Cinctus hatching
Oh very cool. The time lapse is a first here. Really neat species of gecko. It would be great to see more and read of your keeping modalities. FHF is more like a museum than other online herp sites where social cultures and mod hierarchies dominate the forum theme. Your documentation would have a se...
- October 19th, 2021, 11:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One more metamorph ID post
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3696
Re: One more metamorph ID post
Yeah. Its the greatest tool. It decreases the intangible.
- October 13th, 2021, 8:51 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Spider Vids and s10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8184
- October 11th, 2021, 5:05 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Spider Vids and s10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8184
Re: Spider Vids and s10
Nadia is still here. Though has been secretive.
Small progeny of hers is occasionally revealed where there are neglected cardboard boxes. Or sometimes one will just be seen crossing a surface in what seems to be not a great decision.
Small progeny of hers is occasionally revealed where there are neglected cardboard boxes. Or sometimes one will just be seen crossing a surface in what seems to be not a great decision.
- October 11th, 2021, 11:04 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Spider Vids and s10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8184
Re: Spider Vids and s10
Please bear no slight at delayed response (you dont seem like you would) events and distractions happened but I did check out the channel at posting.
Edited but sincere was my weird compliment.
Edited but sincere was my weird compliment.
- October 11th, 2021, 9:40 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Spider Vids and s10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8184
Re: Spider Vids and s10
McMartinville was very cool. I watched Critters.
I loved the variety and approach.
After I finish my morning work I will watch the time lapse plants. Time lapse deserves rapt attention. Its like magnification. Its a master teacher.
Im enjoying the videos. Thanks for sharing this.
I loved the variety and approach.
After I finish my morning work I will watch the time lapse plants. Time lapse deserves rapt attention. Its like magnification. Its a master teacher.
Im enjoying the videos. Thanks for sharing this.
- October 8th, 2021, 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick day trip to the desert
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4348
Re: Quick day trip to the desert
Vertical stands like trunks and poles are a great resource for lizards. A lizard can securely vanish in plain site, take advantage of dense slants of sunshine and instant shade, have a secure obstacle between him and a predator with minimal energy expenditure, zip up insects that seek to pause and b...
- October 7th, 2021, 9:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick day trip to the desert
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4348
Re: Quick day trip to the desert
I love that.
If I was the leader of a desert guardian motorcycle club that made cars go around snakes on the roads, and moved them into the scrub and things like that, that would be the patch on our backs.
If I was the leader of a desert guardian motorcycle club that made cars go around snakes on the roads, and moved them into the scrub and things like that, that would be the patch on our backs.
- October 6th, 2021, 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One more metamorph ID post
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3696
Re: One more metamorph ID post
Only Here. Cool.
- October 6th, 2021, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick day trip to the desert
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4348
Re: Quick day trip to the desert
Im a fool for all of them. I dont mind!
- October 6th, 2021, 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick day trip to the desert
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4348
Re: Quick day trip to the desert
That was a good trip. Lizards on a stand, a trunk or a wall is always important to see. Cerastes most often strikingly wee, mineral pastel elfin beauty. The Sidewinder of the ol West. A sage accountant and predictor of heat, distance; bright spikes and graduating shade. In the little shadow of a ben...
- October 6th, 2021, 1:54 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Red Tail Green Ratsnake .....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13942
Re: Red Tail Green Ratsnake .....
Thats outstanding. You really captured the tensile pause of that strange, robotic flick they have.
Its a great work.
The oh so subtle magnification on the edge of a labial scale by the water droplet - man thats good.
Its a great work.
The oh so subtle magnification on the edge of a labial scale by the water droplet - man thats good.
- October 5th, 2021, 4:47 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Florida kingsnake not eating...any suggestions?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6185
Re: Florida kingsnake not eating...any suggestions?
Havent seen him around in a while, but FHFs Berkeley Boone has worked alot with our American Big Kings. His enclosures and descriptions of wooden hide houses he built stick out most memorably. I would love to see a photo of your guy Melissa. For sure I love our western animals, but those big iconic ...
- October 5th, 2021, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Florida kingsnake not eating...any suggestions?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6185
Re: Florida kingsnake not eating...any suggestions?
Hey Melissaisdown, some followup on your snake would be great, like, its fun and fulfills the purposes of this forum. There may be persons worried about their snake, or even more worried because they have a King or even a Fla King and they are new etc.. and so, they click. Because of their own conce...
- October 5th, 2021, 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One more metamorph ID post
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3696
Re: One more metamorph ID post
If you are ID-ing toad species, a loupe lense (I like the hands free glasses type, the inexpensive ones are perfectly adequate) or clear zoom shots of aspects above and lateral are critical for visuals purposes. With very young anurans the 'topography" derm detail presents with faint, burgeonin...
- September 30th, 2021, 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5986
Re: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
The species that have the keels on the belly you Jeff, remarked about made me think of some asiatic arboreal agamids that had strongly keeled, spire like ventral scales, and to a lesser degree or same a kind of one way texture all over the body. It seemed to act w mild velcro effect as a damper agai...
- September 28th, 2021, 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5986
Re: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
Excellent addendum.
- September 28th, 2021, 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5986
Re: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
Any other input on this? As far as juvenile anolis sp in possible contention? As I would be interested in the data. I notice, unfortunately that I.D requests and discourse sometimes takes place per PM instead of On Forum; this is unfortunate and while it provides some insulation of ego, it defeats t...
- September 22nd, 2021, 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Box Spring
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7738
Re: The Box Spring
Porter, I think you have a true love of nature and herps, and other animals too and that it comes through so vibrantly through your skills. The music, both yours, and your concept choices. You could encourage people, especially kids and young people, with your gifts in a channel they arent being enc...
- September 22nd, 2021, 8:52 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13754
Re: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...
A co worker ate iguana I think it was the tail in a stew if I remember correctly. He said it was good. Looking at what they eat it makes sense. Reptiles are easy to 'detain' .. tie, secure or store until convenient to kill for the pot. Yet are as astute to pain and suffering as a mammal or a bird. F...
- September 20th, 2021, 2:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Box Spring
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7738
- September 20th, 2021, 9:18 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Another look at UTH mats
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22481
Re: Earth Colored UTH mats
Most of the species I keep happen to be coastal, or marginally heated guys. Not a deliberate choice just happenstance. Mats and linear cables have come in very handy especially when turned 'modular' and mounted on pieces of glass. I can change them, see them, and move them at will, and they stay in ...
- September 18th, 2021, 11:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5986
Re: Help with ID - Yucatan, Mexico
Baby A. sagrei i would think.
- September 17th, 2021, 4:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: One more metamorph ID post
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3696
Re: One more metamorph ID post
Haha I was just about to post that I will stick with boreas, not being able to see a hint of that crest..
Thanks Jeff !
Kel
Thanks Jeff !
Kel