Aquarium photopost
Some of the adorable little dudes I get to take care of/clean cages of/play with as time allows at the Aquarium.
Dipstick in the yellow ball, and her boyfriend Tigger in the blue ball. Dipstick is everyone's darling, because she is friendly and adorable and enjoys headscratches.
Downstairs, where the animals are kept when not on exhibit, is Jade. She is wriggly.
And Opal, who loves sleeping in things. There's a third one named Amber, but she was not visible. The chinchillas are all adorable, and I often call them "kids" or "children" when no one else is in the room.
The blue-tongued skink Digit.
And Cupcake, who is HUGE and FAT. She is probably close to two feet from nose to tail. She is not often active, although she obligingly flicks out her blue tongue when she's upstairs and visitors look at her.
Martin, a California kingsnake. He is LONG and ATHLETIC. I estimate that the cage is roughly three feet long, and he has to bend around a corner when he stretches out. He will try and escape out the door if you give him half a chance, such as when I change the water in the morning.
I took him outside to hold him last Wednesday, because he was so eager to get out and do something. You cannot hold Martin and multitask. In the 15 minutes that I held him, he tried multiple times to wrap around my neck, get up my sleeve, go down my shirt, circle my back, and finally stuck his head in my pocket... and got his body stuck in a keyring. CUE FREAKOUT. Luckily one of my fellow volunteers was there and was able to get it off without damage. Future note to self: Do not let snakes near narrow ring things.
Coretta, the small and shy kingsnake. She's usually curled up under her bedding or the log. The third kingsnake, an albino female named Blanca, was upstairs on exhibit so I have no pictures of her.
Dipstick in the yellow ball, and her boyfriend Tigger in the blue ball. Dipstick is everyone's darling, because she is friendly and adorable and enjoys headscratches.
Downstairs, where the animals are kept when not on exhibit, is Jade. She is wriggly.
And Opal, who loves sleeping in things. There's a third one named Amber, but she was not visible. The chinchillas are all adorable, and I often call them "kids" or "children" when no one else is in the room.
The blue-tongued skink Digit.
And Cupcake, who is HUGE and FAT. She is probably close to two feet from nose to tail. She is not often active, although she obligingly flicks out her blue tongue when she's upstairs and visitors look at her.
Martin, a California kingsnake. He is LONG and ATHLETIC. I estimate that the cage is roughly three feet long, and he has to bend around a corner when he stretches out. He will try and escape out the door if you give him half a chance, such as when I change the water in the morning.
I took him outside to hold him last Wednesday, because he was so eager to get out and do something. You cannot hold Martin and multitask. In the 15 minutes that I held him, he tried multiple times to wrap around my neck, get up my sleeve, go down my shirt, circle my back, and finally stuck his head in my pocket... and got his body stuck in a keyring. CUE FREAKOUT. Luckily one of my fellow volunteers was there and was able to get it off without damage. Future note to self: Do not let snakes near narrow ring things.
Coretta, the small and shy kingsnake. She's usually curled up under her bedding or the log. The third kingsnake, an albino female named Blanca, was upstairs on exhibit so I have no pictures of her.