It is February, and love is in the air....
Snakey love, that is! The Blood has been rejecting all comers lately, which could be good or bad, depending on if she 'took' with Stick or not. Bark has been gettin' his groove on with all the ladies, and I have a fresh one lined up for him after he sheds, a really pretty 'dinker' girl I got a couple of months ago. I have some suspicions about her, it'll be interesting to see what she produces (I'm predicting she will make EITHER a solid black or a solid white snake when paired with the correct male, we'll see what Bark throws with her). All this loving, however, means it will soon be time for me to lay out some dough, because:
a)I'm expecting anywhere from 2-4 clutches this year, which means
b)I'll be housing anywhere from 12-30+ baby snakes for at least a month before I can sell them, and since
c)All my racks are full, this means
d)I need a new snake rack.
I have a couple of options, I can either go with the least amount of effort, which would be buying a rack from Animal Plastics, or I can go with the least amount of money, which would be making my own. I'm not planning on doing either until I actually get some clutches on the ground, however. Once I have some idea of how many babies I'm likely to have, I'll know how big of a rack I'll need. I'd really rather buy the rack...it's more space-efficient and a lot easier than building my own, but we'll see. Oh, I need to call Jen about that table to see if she still wants it! I'm gonna need the space...
I have 4 fully morphed Green and black Auratus froglets, 3 of which are one month old. The other one just morphed a couple of days ago, and there are 3 more not far behind them. I have 13 tadpoles in cups right now (not counting those about to morph), I just pulled 3 tadpoles out of the tank; the parents responded by laying 4 more eggs. And yet, with all this activity, my imitator still have yet to make a single good egg. Grr.
Carlos gave me a baby vampire crab! It's so cute and small! Right now it's kind of gray-ish but the adults are crazy purple and orange ^__^ I can't wait for it to grow up! Maybe if I pester him he'll give me a couple more...
Other than that, I got a new pair of critters for a future breeding project...here's a hint: they're slow-moving, and Bri will adore them ^___~
a)I'm expecting anywhere from 2-4 clutches this year, which means
b)I'll be housing anywhere from 12-30+ baby snakes for at least a month before I can sell them, and since
c)All my racks are full, this means
d)I need a new snake rack.
I have a couple of options, I can either go with the least amount of effort, which would be buying a rack from Animal Plastics, or I can go with the least amount of money, which would be making my own. I'm not planning on doing either until I actually get some clutches on the ground, however. Once I have some idea of how many babies I'm likely to have, I'll know how big of a rack I'll need. I'd really rather buy the rack...it's more space-efficient and a lot easier than building my own, but we'll see. Oh, I need to call Jen about that table to see if she still wants it! I'm gonna need the space...
I have 4 fully morphed Green and black Auratus froglets, 3 of which are one month old. The other one just morphed a couple of days ago, and there are 3 more not far behind them. I have 13 tadpoles in cups right now (not counting those about to morph), I just pulled 3 tadpoles out of the tank; the parents responded by laying 4 more eggs. And yet, with all this activity, my imitator still have yet to make a single good egg. Grr.
Carlos gave me a baby vampire crab! It's so cute and small! Right now it's kind of gray-ish but the adults are crazy purple and orange ^__^ I can't wait for it to grow up! Maybe if I pester him he'll give me a couple more...
Other than that, I got a new pair of critters for a future breeding project...here's a hint: they're slow-moving, and Bri will adore them ^___~