its still a fairly small hobby, we take all newcomers

4/13/2006 6:15:18 PM

i'll be lookin for maybe albino nelsons, but any other awesome colored snake will do

4/13/2006 7:58:56 PM

^yay, i found a golden egg in your profile

4/14/2006 2:17:48 AM

reptiles were my favorite type of animal growing up, with turtles being the top choice

4/14/2006 2:23:56 AM

i get half a point right

4/14/2006 2:31:35 AM

^^same here, but unfortunately someone got me a turtle when i was like 7 or so.

im 24 now and that motherfucker shows no signs of dying.

4/14/2006 3:56:03 AM

yay this thread gave me a golden egg

4/14/2006 4:02:42 AM

Oh glee. fellow herp-ites unite. Its that time again to whore out your reptiles!

this year i'm continuing my hunt for the elusive U. Pietschmanni. cute little buggers.
but, in addition, i'm going to try and pick up another pair of U. Sikorae Sikorae. Can't get enough of the mossies!

if you know of some great deals let me know!

4/15/2006 2:40:34 PM

come by and check out the table for "mike and peyton's herps"....anyway, looks like i have a sale already!

4/17/2006 2:33:08 AM

Mike, make sure I just buy what i say i truely need, and not like a dozen other random animals...i am still debating on a couple of snakes, ive got somet that are just damn gorgeous and hard to part with, but with eggs potentially coming, ugh..yeah its difficult....


specifically keep me away from any gray banded kings LOL...

4/17/2006 8:48:17 AM

i wouldnt mind pickin up a pair of pyros or knoblochi's

4/17/2006 8:30:39 PM

yeah, NOW you want some knobs...bastard

check out a guy named Brant Baker, he was the one who produced my Knoblochi; also there is a guy in North Raleigh that breeds knobs named Paul Weaver http://www.carolinaherps.com

as far as pyros go, there should be a few ppl there....the thing is the spring show is kinda slim as far as colubrids go, usually the fall show is when everything has hatched out

4/17/2006 8:40:56 PM

still no eggs....

bump

4/18/2006 8:58:32 AM

anyone gonna need a 29 gallon tank? i've decided to listen to my incessant dreams about tarantulas and NOT get the communal scorpions (and instead stick to my T's).

no screen lid, but it's going to be too big for any of mine.

4/18/2006 10:12:16 AM

^that was a 29 gallon tank i bought from you a while back, right? or is this one of those taller ones? cuz if it's a 30 long like the last one, you can have that adjustable screen top back...it never worked for my geckos, they would slip right under it (always managed to find the buggers though).

4/18/2006 12:49:56 PM

nah, this is a traditional 29 gallon aquarium, not like that tricky one i sold you.

and i'm sorry to hear it caused so much trouble

4/18/2006 12:54:18 PM

I have a nice female grey banded kingsnake...

she hunts awesome

4/18/2006 1:38:54 PM

time for some pics












^this is one of the geckos phishy will hopefully be buying

4/18/2006 7:23:27 PM

mike, what kind of camera are you shooting with these days, those photos are excellent

4/18/2006 7:57:56 PM

still the same old nikon coolpix 3700.

unlike those we know who spend $800+ to take good pics, i do it with a 3.1 MP point n shoot.

those werent even really the best of the best...im making sure those dont leak because at least one is gonna make it to a photo contest to win me 1st place a 3rd time.

[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 9:23 PM. Reason : [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]

4/18/2006 9:22:04 PM

photogenic geckos. do they model on a regular basis?

4/19/2006 12:04:23 AM

i picked up an olympus stylus 600 6 mp..it does ok, but since the release of the Nikon D 200, the D70 has came down...so thats what im purchasing this summer

i cant compete with the type of photos zach, kevin and adrian keep producing, plus slide film is costing me way too much to process...i gotta step up...

4/19/2006 12:29:06 AM

^^no, not really. this is actually the first time ive taken any of them outside...it was a beautiful day and perfect for their temperature tolerance. they tend to get a bit jumpier over time the more you try to pose them, but they sit still sometimes. its also the first good pics ive got of some of them in many months.

but i only really got 19 keeper pics out of almost 90, and the sun was still a lil too bright to get the best representation of color...i guess that is what those expensive SLR's are for. (well, theres photoshop too).

4/19/2006 12:40:05 AM

those are awesome pictures

those geckos are crazy.
make my leopards look so boring (which they are)


how many days is it?

4/19/2006 9:32:32 AM

you dont have any male leopards do you? ive got 4 females, and was going to sell 2 of them to pick up a bright male

4/19/2006 9:37:56 AM

nope 3 females - norm, albino, and blizzard.
the male i picked up last year died.

i'll be looking for one at the show. tangerine or bald carrot tail would be great.

what kind of females do you have?

[Edited on April 19, 2006 at 9:47 AM. Reason : d]

4/19/2006 9:47:22 AM

i have a hypo tangerine female and the rest are normals...id love to get 1.1 hypo tangerines to start a small colony...esp. since im picking up an incubator soon

4/19/2006 11:18:28 AM

yea i'd like to get into breeding
I have the space and extra cages around.
i've never bred reptiles before...

I'm interested in breeding geckos and beardies

i have a gorgeous female bearded dragon that should be sexually mature soon.. (i paid $$ for her)
and want to find a hypo pastel male for her.

4/19/2006 11:52:53 AM

as of next year ill probably be producing quite a few snakes....right now im looking at 2 snake clutches definitely, possibly 3;

if i wanted to drop the money and pick up a couple extra snakes, i would be pushing7 or 8 breeding pairs

geckos to me would just be something to play around with, since leo geckos sexual determination is temperature driven

4/19/2006 12:25:05 PM

i will never ever buy another snake from that place.

I bought a Ball Python that had a respiratory infection and it died in less than 2 months.

I bought her as a baby also, not an adult.

[Edited on April 19, 2006 at 12:35 PM. Reason : however, you cant beat them for accessories]

4/19/2006 12:35:15 PM

ball pythons are something i'd stay away from especially if they were all together in one big tank....they are often imported and sold at these shows in big quantities even though they are captive bred in quantity as well.
ussjbroli had the same problem with a ball python, and im pretty sure he'll attribute it to either being in a vat of other ball pythons (if one is sick, its easily transmitted to all the others...and alot of people dont really care all that much to pay enough attention before they sell them..they are just considering the $$$ they will make) or that it was potentially a wild caught snake

be careful what you buy, do some research before hand and it will make things much easier when picking out an animal..and dont be afraid to ask questions....this gives you an answer or tells you how much the vendor really knows about what he is taking about...

just my 0.02 these days

4/19/2006 12:52:05 PM

guess i'll post some more pictures as well, although the lighting wasn't as great











i definitely need to invest in a small tripod and some external light sources for shooting indoors.

4/19/2006 2:09:11 PM

ah man those are great matt....im definitely jealous of how well you have darts coming along....i hope to be doing the same thing in the future, but with GTP localities instead....ah or at least i can dream that ill be doing it

4/19/2006 3:44:40 PM

Quote :

"yea i'd like to get into breeding I have the space and extra cages around. i've never bred reptiles before..."

once you start, you cant stop. its a lot of fun, you never know what exactly will come out in the offspring (really so in leaftails, since theres so much polymorphism). the best part is, once you start getting eggs, you start having something to look forward to beyond just the same animals all the time, and you can end up with offspring that are much better than the adults you started with!

the good thing with leo's is that they're always in demand and will always be sellable. with mine, a lot of people ask me if im selling, but then back down once they hear the prices. i dont think most people realize CB leaftails often go for $200+, fresh imports alone go for $100 to $150 these days (at least for the common species). a lot of people also dont realize that long-term captives also go for a higher price.

but i plan on making some bank at the show! (if i find some nice looking female satanics or spearpoints, ill probably pick some of those up...BUT THATS IT!)

[Edited on April 19, 2006 at 4:24 PM. Reason : [][][][][][][][][][][]

4/19/2006 4:22:56 PM

2 quick more, this is a male pumilio, he's in the video i posted calling.

4/19/2006 4:23:54 PM

ahhh....so i see youve played ol' knife and spoon before.







got some better colors out of them today, but they would only hold still long enough for me to get the camera positioned right, as soon as i went to snap the pic they'd move.

4/20/2006 2:40:35 AM

well played sir, i'll see your uroplatus and raise you 2 thumbnails and a leuc.

4/20/2006 11:04:05 AM

This thread is so cool... Although I have no idea what any of you are talking about.

4/20/2006 11:31:20 AM

well if you'd ever come hang out brandy then you'd know all these things sorry, had to bust on ya...LONG time no see

4/20/2006 11:51:16 AM

They are so cute when they just walk out of the water and still have a little tail... (this is a D. imitator tadpole that morphed today, he's got 7 brothers waiting to walk out as well, although only 3 have front legs atm)



[Edited on April 21, 2006 at 3:00 PM. Reason : better photo]

4/21/2006 2:59:32 PM

bttt yo

4/22/2006 2:47:14 PM

Received my VIP tickets to the show yesterday. Anyone else get theirs?

4/22/2006 4:08:07 PM

I can buy a ticket at the door, correct?

4/22/2006 5:44:02 PM

i got my two tix in the mail on thursday or friday.

first time i've ever gotten my tickets! i've always had to go in with my receipt.

4/22/2006 6:19:39 PM

hmm, im assuming that since im a vendor there this year i get a shot at that early advantage as well

4/22/2006 7:21:57 PM

i'm assuming that since i'll be in baltimore at international amphibian days, i'll be seeing much cooler stuff than any of you

4/22/2006 7:38:50 PM

Shit, I'll go to see the tree frogs, I love them.

Is there a charge to go?

4/22/2006 7:44:55 PM

^yea, i think general admission is like $8 or so.

and peyton, yea, we kinda do get an early advantage, but we wanna be at our booth starting at 9am. i guess we'll be able to walk around and get a look at some of the stuff others are carrying before then, since we wont have really too much to set up. theres also a gathering for all VIPs and vendors on friday night. i guess ill be going to that, how about you?

oh yea, and for any of the VIPs, if you get one of those lil bottles of "mistimize" in your tote bag, and you arent gonna use it, let me know. i use that stuff.

4/22/2006 9:55:39 PM

im goin and im gonna be looking at and maybe getting a ball python bred in captivity and eating of course which is why i might not get one at the show because most ppl there dont guarantee that
i definately want a snake and hopefully if things go well ill be getting one soon

4/22/2006 10:05:17 PM

how are the prices usually at these things. Ive actually never been to one. Are the animals usually cheaper?

4/22/2006 10:29:05 PM