Update on Set

Sooo, it turns out Set is not a Red Nile Monitor. He is actualy a Freckled or Black Tailed Monitor from Australia. Instead of reaching 7+ ft long, he's at an adult size of 24inchs. Oh well, he's still pretty awesome :)

Pictures of what he looks like, these are pictures from google.

Long weekend was Long

Had 6 shows in 3 days, 3 were super far away. But it was fun, except the driving. That wasnt any fun at all, especially with a Tortoise that makes a mess in his crate....

Got tagged by the Corn snake i was going to bring to shows, but because he wasnt hapy with me just looking for him. I doubt he'd want kids poking at him, so he stayed in his tank. The Yellow rat snake expelled smelly ooze on me because he got scared..... smelled like that for the rest of the day mind you. The Caimen also peed on me. Btw, the Corn snake bite didnt hurt much, Charizards accidental bite hurt much worse.

Beach trip next weekend too :). Should be fun.

Lets do another reptile count shall we?

Bearded Dragons: Winston (Male), Frank (Male), Charizard (Male), Flare (Female)
Tai Water Dragons: Mushu (Male)
Brown Striped Basilisks: No-Name (Male?) or Minivan as i call him
Argentine B\W Chocoan Giant Tegus: Lacuna (Female)
Yellow Eared\Belly Slider Turtles: Mr. Turtle (Male), might rename him
Frilled Lizard\Dragons: Marble (Male?) or just Frillie
Savanna Monitors: Matches (Male) (STILL MISSING)
Red Nile Monitors: Set or Big-Red (Male)
Leopard Geckos: Murphy (It)

Ace's mom decided to give Aiden and his new house a chance and let him stay. Ace's brother had to get a lock for the cage which was fine. Especially since Aiden eats like a horse, we could barely keep up with his hunger. I have a feeling that's why he was so aggressive, he was hungry all the time and wasn't getting enough to sate his needs

We have decided that Matches must have gotten outside, through the dryer vent before we acquired it from the old apt. We look around every time we go outside since Savanna Monitors are territorial. Hopefully he'll turn up, when he does he sure wont be very nice :p

Also! Ace finally got his Armored Bishir, so now the Long-fin has a friend :). There both about the same size too, otherwise there might be some bullying between them.

Was worried about Charizard and Updates

So i have been worried about my Orange Fire Beast. He hasn't been pooping (well he is now, he wasnt 3 days ago) and it had been close to a week. I'd been giving him baths and had stopped feeding him (but then i felt bad and gave him some greens to help things move along).

So 3 days ago or so, i was cleaning his tank because he had pooped a teeny bit. Guess where his poo's had been going? Turns out my bearded dragon had been hiding it under the small gap in his repti-carpet. It was awful. Worst hide and seek ever. I didnt know i was playing either XD But he's fine, pooing and eating normally. I just hope he doesn't start hiding his mess again :p

Also!

Might as well update the Lizard count :). I included Charizard though he lives with me

Bearded Dragons: Winston (Male), Frank (Male), Charizard (Male), Flare (Female)
Tai Water Dragons: Mushu (Male)
Brown Striped Basilisks: No-Name (Male?) or Minivan as i call him
Argentine B\W Chocoan Giant Tegus: Lacuna (Female), Aiden (Male)
Yellow Eared\Belly Slider Turtles: Mr. Turtle (Male), might rename him
Frilled Lizard\Dragons: Marble (Male?) or just Frillie
Savanna Monitors: Matches (Male)
Red Nile Monitors: Set (Male)
Leopard Geckos: No-name (Unknown) Might name him Bold Murphy because he looks like a murphy patternless or a bold stripe

That is 10 males and 2 females and an It, so imbalanced our clan is. Now some of you might think "woah, butt-ton of lizards", well it kinda is. However, we used to have 17, And that apartment was much smaller. Now Aiden is still on the list because Ace's mom wont let his brother take him back, which isnt cool. Mostly because Aiden isnt nice and eats like a horse.

And now their tank situations:

Mushu, Marble and MiniVan share a 55 gal in an eco-set up with Ace's Long-Fined Senegal Bishir and a butterfly catfish
All the beardies have seperate tanks ranging from 20 longs to 40 gal
Leopard gecko is by himself, and will be moved to a custom tank thats about 30 gal
Mr. turtle is by himself in a 10 gal except for the guppys he hasnt eaten
Matches is missing, but will be in a 40 gal
Set is by himself in a 40 gal
Both Tegus live in an 8x3x3 box tank enclosure thing

Most of these, mainly the beardies and Mr. Turtle are on a shelf\tower. Everyone else is placed strategically to not take up much space :)

Monitoring

So while me and Ace were out and about we were like "hey, lets go to queen city pets". So we did and long story short we now have a Red Nile Monitor, its a Ornate type of morph. Hes super pretty. He was also free because the guy who was working at the pet shop is loosing his job because the pet shop is going under because it left Petland. So we have a male Red Nile now who supposidly has behavoir issues....

I dont know why, he's a bit skittish about being touched around his face but so far its been 2 days with no biting and not too much hissing. He likes sitting on my shoulders or my head, monitoring the situation obviously. Hes so sweet, and surprisingly cuddly. The little guy is maybe 2 feet or so, mostly tail. Hes like a snake with legs, but adorable :)

MiniVan

Soooo....... We kinda have to call the Basilisk MiniVan now. Why? Because he got out during the move and crawled inside the electrical wiring in a van. We couldn't get him out so we had to wait till the morning to retrieve him. How we caught him? He was chillin inside a shopping bag from petsmart, so we grabbed it before he could get out and plopped him back into the 55 gal. It was eventful. MiniVan is ok, eating and everything just fine.

Charizard likes bananas (there treats, like once every few weeks treats), he kind of attacked me to eat one :p. My finger is fine, tiny nip mark. But i should know better than to feed him something mildly squishy from my hand.