Daenerys's Bunny Blog, Reptile House

[Daenerys]

This is me, Daenerys!

I have many animals from reptiles to amphibians to aquatics to mammals. I'd just like to introduce them to you all and keep you updated on their progress

First, my dog, Legend of Kalimar. He is a purebred Papillon and retired show dog. He was a show dog until he turned a year old, and then he became my 13th birthday present. My present was technically just my permission to get him. I had to raise the money to buy him myself. Because he is an ex show dog, he was a bit more pricey than most. I raised $1000 for my little boy. ^_^ Since I turn 19 in just a few weeks and his birthday is just 2 days after mine, that makes him coming up on 7 years old. He did agility for about a month after I got him, but he ended up pulling a muscle in his shoulder and that ended his agility fun. Here's some pictures of my boy!

Next, we'll start on reptiles.

My first reptile is my corn snake, Drake. He is an amelanistic, or red albino corn snake. He was hatched early July 2009. I got him in late August. Here he is:

He is bigger than that now but I actually don't have any other good pictures of him besides a couple of him eating, and from my experience so far on this forum you guys are a sensitive bunch so I will spare you those.

More to come!!!

 

[JadeIcing]

Cute. More please. :biggrin:

 

[Daenerys]

I did however get Drake a little girlfriend for when he gets older. Her name is Lyra, and she is a lavender corn snake. Here are pictures of her and some of her with Drake playing around in one of my mom's potted plants:

"Well, hello there"

*kiss*

Next is Bella, my hog island boa. I got her from the Charlotte, NC Repticon in January. Hog island boas are extinct in the wild because they were all pulled out of there natural habitat (Hog Island, Central America). They were all taken for the pet trade because they only get about half the size of your average boa, like Red Tails, and they are very light in coloration which is very beautiful. Bella loves to climb right now because she is still young, but as she gets older she will lose that.

She climbed a candelabra

Bella was a bit nippy the first week I had her, probably because I had to transport her from Charlotte to Raleigh. She tried to bite me a few times, but I always dodged it

Baby boa bites are nothing, just a little scratch. I made sure to handle her a lot to break her of her nippiness, and it worked! She is a lot calmer now.

 

[Daenerys]

Next is Norbert, my Brazilian Rainbow Boa. I got him at the Charlotte Repticon the same time I got Bella. These guys are actually supposed to be the nippy babies, but he has only ever struck at me once, and that was because I was getting in his face with the camera. It was all worth it though cause I got some great photos!

In this photo I was able to really capture his RAINBOWS

My last snake is Asmodaeus, my red tail boa. He is about 7 feet long and 14 years old. I got him from Florida's Venom I in Miami, which is the home of the widest variety of snake antivenom in the world. It is all kept in 5 refrigerator sized coolers (3 for native antivenom, 2 for exotic) in what basically looks like a little storage room with a tiny office attached. My boyfriend knows one of the guys who works there and we were visiting on our winter trip to the Everglades National Park. The guy asked if we wanted a free red tail boa. Apparently one of the daughters of a police man or firefighter or something had had this snake since he was a baby, and she was going off to college and couldn't take him so she gave him to Venom I and they needed to find a home for him. So, now we have Asmodaeus. here he is!

"I have the most perfect boa mustache..."

 

[RandomWiktor]

What beautiful little snakes!

 

[Myia09]

I love your snakes, esp your Rainbow boa. I rehabilitated one, and since then wished to own my own.

And he really does have the perfect boa mustache.

 

[Daenerys]

On that note about the boa mustache, I feel I need to post this lovely snake comic, which is not mine:

Yeah, hog island boas don't have the traditional boa mustache

Now on to my baby bearded dragon! His name is Tatzu, and he is a hypo pastel from georgia bloodlines. I got him back in February.

Then we have my frogs. There is a green tree frog, a golden tree frog, and two firebelly toads:

This one is Verde, my green tree frog. He is VERY vocal, its so cute!

This is Oro, the golden tree frog. He is vocal as well, but not nearly as much and his call isn't as loud. Its more of a quiet croak.

This is Oliver, my brown anole. He is called Oliver because he sometimes looks an olive green color, like in this picture:

Then there are the firebelly toads! There are two, Pyro and Phoenix:

Here is one playing tree frog on the glass:

 

[Daenerys]

Then there is the fish. We have a bunch of guppies, they reproduce at will in our little 10 gallon fish tank. Here are a couple of the adults:

In that tank we also have a goldfish we call Adolf. Originally he was Hitler Fish, because he has markings that look JUST like Hitler:

For some reason all of his black markings faded and he is just all gold now.

Then we have some of my boyfriend's pets. Not technically mine, but I live with them so I will include them

Here are his two ball pythons, Ovid and Jasmine. He is trying to breed them right now:

Ovid:

Together:

We tend to keep it simple with the snake enclosures, they wouldn't care if their tanks were done up all nice and pretty or if they're just glass vivs with newspaper, a water bowl, and a hide so long as they have all they need (which includes a heat pad for these guys).

Then there is his 2 year old corn snake, Aphrodite.

His milk snake, Ares:

His Kenyan sand boa, Sandy:

He has a white sided rat snake named Luna, but for some reason he hasn't gotten any pictures of her by herself. This is one of her during Agriculture Awareness Week on the NC State campus, our friend Albert has her around his neck:

Then there is his Dusky Pygmy rattlesnake, Baliss:

Baliss is special because he is deadly, so he does have a nice desert-y setup instead of the basic newspaper/waterbowl/hide thing, but I don't have any pictures of that.

 

[Daenerys]

Thanks to all the nice posts between my pictures. I was trying to get them all in before I read any of them All of my snakes are still young except Asmodaeus. I can't wait until they grow up!

One more photo post on the way!!!

 

[Daenerys]

Last but not least, my bunny Basil!!! ^_^

I have no idea what kind of bun bun he is, he was bought from a pet store back in December of '09. I named him Basil after Basil Stag Hare from the Redwall series (also where I got Asmodaeus's name, as well as Baliss's -- they are the two serpents in the books). I'd guess he is somewhere around 6 to 8 months old but I don't know for sure.

This is when we first got him:

And this is him now:

 

[Daenerys]

mistyjr wrote:

No snakes! Yuk! :embarrassed::vomit:

You just don't know them well enough to know how sweet they can be. I can snuggle and kiss and pet all my snakes just like I do my furries

 

[Daenerys]

Oh no! I forgot Brandon's ratties!!! They're dumbo ratties.

This is Aragorn:

Arwen:

 

[TinysMom]

I probably won't be in your blog much cause I can't stand snakes and am not a big fan of rats, mice, etc.

BUT - Basil is adorable....I love your ability to capture your animals on film.

Mainly I wanted to say a "BIG WELCOME" to the forum and thanks for starting a blog.

I think we have several here who will love seeing ALL of your animals..

 

[Daenerys]

I have never understood why some people can't stand things like rats or snakes....rats are super smart and LOVE cuddles and play time, and snakes can be just as sweet, while not exactly playful, and can be cuddled with as well. They all have personalities, even the reptiles!

 

[mistyjr]

I hate snakes to the passion.

 

[Daenerys]

Well....then please don't post here anymore. It makes me sad to hear people say that, because I love my little sweeties to death. They're great pets.

 

[mistyjr]

I'm afraid of them because I got bite by an Gardner snake. But he didnt last.

 

[Daenerys]

Garter snakes are harmless =/ I bet you only had a few scratches. He only bit you because he either felt threatened or you smelled/looked like food somehow. Snakes don't bite because they just feel like biting. Biting is the only way they can defend themselves.

 

[mistyjr]

Yes! I know that.

 

[Daenerys]

So there's no reason to fear them. Unless you're dealing with a snake over 6 feet long, they're no danger to you. Well, unless you put it around your neck. And even then a snake will not choke you intentionally. Sometimes the scales and flesh kind of stick to each other, especially if you're sweaty. I've had a few get a bit uncomfortably tight just because they were trying to move off of my neck but my damp skin kept sticking to the scales.