Category: critters
Green Tree Monitor photos (Varanus prasinus)
A random collection of photos of our Green Tree Monitors, Varanus prasinus.... Read More
Feeding Green Tree Monitors (V prasinus)
We offer a variety of foods to our Veranus prasinus, the Green or Emerald Tree Monitor. Our pair will take: live crickets live dubia roaches frozen/thawed pinkie mice frozen/thawed quail chicks frozen... Read More
Green Tree Monitor (Veranus prasinus) enclosure evolution
Overview This is a comprehensive post on how I approached housing V prasinus green tree monitors over the course of our first four months with these animals. My objective was to provide our V prasinus... Read More
Zen Habitats 4’x2’x4′ review
We purchased a 4’x2’x4′ Zen Habitat PVC enclosure for our tree monitors in the summer of 2020. We had been looking for an enclosure system that provided the ability to create a habit... Read More
Nominant fants OOW
I’ve had pretty good success with my 2.2 of the nominal form of Ranitomeya fantastica. They routinely deposit tads in the large pool in the front of their Viv. I’ll periodically fish out t... Read More
Lamasi froglet…almost there!
My first group of Standard sirensis / lamasi / Tingo Maria are about to come out of water! Once a popular locale, their representation in the hobby has dwindled over the years. Like Lorenzo, they are... Read More
Lorenzo 1.2 group and first clutch
I’ve been experimenting with a 1.2 group of Lorenzo. This is unusual in that most tinctorius keepers avoid grouping females for fear of aggression. I have found that you can group females if you... Read More
A nice juvenile female D. tinctorius Lorenzo
Here’s a female Lorenzo that is in grow out as one of my hold backs. She is growing in nicely and looking like she will turn out to be a pretty robust female. I have found that I need to hold ba... Read More
First R. summersi clutch
The first clutch from my group of UE Ranitomeya summersi. They used the edge of the can so I will leave these in place and see how they develop before I attempt to move them. ... Read More
Ranitomeya summersi “Sauce”
I added four Ranitomeya summersi to my collection in the spring of 2016. I have long considered bringing in a group of summersi, but I didn’t have the room, and most of my space was dedicat... Read More
Dendrobates tinctorius population map
Back to the main dart frog page Dendrobates tinctorius populations Dendrobates tinctorius is a polymorphic species that ranges across Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana, and Guyana. Often you will s... Read More
Shannon’s Insects – Fruit Flies
Back to Shannon’s Bug Blog my dad has frogs. Our frogs eat fruit flies that is why we have frogs. Back to Shannon’s Bug Blog... Read More
Shannon’s Insects – Bean Beetles
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Shannon’s Insects – Meal Worms
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Shannon’s Insects – Wax Worms
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Shannon’s Insects – Butterflies
Back to Shannon’s Bug Blog February 13 2016 at first my caterpillars were small but not now. Now they are gigantic.Today I looked at them and said wow those have gotten big. When I got my caterp... Read More
Shannon’s Insects – Lady Bugs
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Shannon’s Insects – Praying Mantis
Back to Shannon’s Bug Blog My project We got our praying mantises on-line. They started out as a little egg case it took four weeks for it to hatch, when it hatched there were mo... Read More
MistKing Repeat Cycle Timer review (RCT-24)
I have two MistKing misting systems, a starter driving 6 heads on my 120 gallon display vivarium, and an ultimate that drives 20 heads on my main display wall. I use cheap Exo Terra nozzles since I st... Read More- 2 of 4
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