Recent content by texastailfeathers

I'm going on vacation tomorrow to Table Rock Lake near (in?) Branson, Missouri. Is there any good herping around there? Where would I find info like that?

We haven't seen our g. aureostriata (chaco) tarantula in about two weeks now. He buried himself, blocked the entrance to his hide, and he hasn't surfaced even to eat. Should we assume he is preparing to shed and will come out when he's ready, or should we pick up the hide to make sure he's...

One of the regular vendors at our local reptile expo always makes a big deal about telling people not to photograph her reptiles with flash. She has mostly snakes and a few lizards. I've wanted to ask this since I went to the first expo back in April and I'm just now getting around to it. :)...

My very young male ball python has always been an eager eater. He always strikes at the first presentation of the prey item (once even caught my pinky finger by mistake), and he eats F/T with great gusto. Last night, however, he was more aggressive than usual. As soon as I opened his viv, he...

Hubby and I went to a reptile show today and fell in love with a spider. We're going back to pick her up tomorrow (unless she's sold or we change our mind...doubtful). She's a very pretty little 2-inch Chaco golden knee (Grammostola aureostriata). We both held her. Well, ok...hubby held...

I found two very freaky-ass insects in my flea trap this afternoon. Can someone please identify them for me? I live in north Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth suburb), in a townhouse development. The following trees are in my neighborhood: mulberry (fruit-bearing), willow, cottonwood, ornamental...

I saw a gorgeous, incredibly docile blue tongue skink at a reptile show in July and I didn't think much of it until last week when I saw one one on Animal Planet. I've searched through the forum archives and I'm surprised there haven't been any threads about them. I have read countless...

Has anyone clicked the new "over 18" ad that is popping up all over CS.com? It looks scary, like some kind of vampire dating site or something. :devil01: But when you click it, it's some goofy teenage compatibility test thingy with pink hearts and junk. I'm disappointed. :(

I spent a whopping $35 at the reptile show yesterday (not including admission) and came home with two angry little hatchlings. Meet my little trinket snake:

What is the likelihood of a person being bitten by their pet tarantula or stung by their pet scorpion under normal circumstances (responsible care, no teasing, etc.)? I know there are quite a few spider/scorp hobbyists on the forum...have any of you been bitten or stung by the bugs in your...

I got two ball python hatchlings about 6 weeks ago. The male has taken 6 or 7 meals with me and has grown from 67g to 89g. He has a killer feeding response. He is such an enthusiastic feeder that he even bit me once. He readily eats f/t or live, rats or mice, whatever I put in front of him...

I bought an extremely thin female snow on May 5 and I've been feeding her every 5-7 days to try to get her to plump up. Mission accomplished! She weighed 128 when I got her, but now she's up to 189 and she shed last night! She finally got too big for her old skin! Woohooooo!!! :crazy02: I...

I'm a rabid fan of animal documentaries, so I've been adding quite a few to my Netflix queue lately. Last night I watched a really great one, so I thought I'd make a recommendation. It is from the Nature series and it is called "Nature: Spiders and Snakes". It is excellent! The first half is...

I know this is a longshot and has absolutely nothing to do with reptiles... :rolleyes: But is there ANYONE here who can translate two short phrases into Irish Gaelic for me? "strong shoes" and "in the palm of His hand" And possibly direct me to a site where I can download a free Gaelic...

Ok, this is a reeeeeally dorky rat question...I have bred lots of animals, but never rodents. I bought a very small hooded (black head, white body with black spots...hooded, right?) rat for my foster BP a few weeks ago and he wouldn't eat her, so she became a future breeder. My husband picked...