[Lilysmommy]

:lol: I'm seriously cracking up at the video of Finn rolling around on his mealworms. Also that video has me wondering if the people telling me to be careful with my slow-moving lazy snake have seen a hedgehog going after mealworms...NEVER get between a hedgie and their worms! :shock:

 

[Lilysmommy]

:lol: Poor Finn. Bindi has the same problem when she tries to go into the Lixit igloo I have. She gets too frantic & runs straight past the opening and then stops by the back of the igloo, completely confused. I hope you can get his usual hut cleaned up soon! And sounds like he enjoys being Mr. Destruction, heh.

I read the bit about the cresties out loud to my roommate, we were both cackling. Poor Grunt. :lol: Not so smooth with the ladies!

I wonder if shells for the marine hermit crabs are as scarce as ones for the land crabs these days. I know there's a shell shortage for the land ones, so when they get a huge variety in captivity, some of them just go nuts. They can't seem to believe there's really so many suitable shells available and can't choose just one. Wonder if he'll calm down soon or keep being a shell critic!

I'd love to see a video of the shrimp eating! I'll probably agree with you...I think my hermit crabs look adorable when they eat too. :lol:

 

[Lilysmommy]

Oh no, poor Grunt! :lol: I"m giggling, but feel bad for him! Poor little dude is getting bossed by the ladies. Hopefully he finds his confidence soon! I've read about them dropping their tails so easily. I'm glad your little ones have all kept theirs so far and hope they keep playing nicely.

Man, the crabs either really got mad at me for the tank rearrangement or they got annoyed with the temperature dip (still stayed within safe levels). I haven't seen anyone in days, they've all been hiding constantly. No cute crab nom shows for me. Someone dug a tunnel right by the food bowl, so I'm wondering if they decided it's molting time now that they're stuffed with good food & have the right conditions. Shelob's still sleeping in the moss pit though. :lol:

 

[Lilysmommy]

Oh no he's so cute!!!! Such a teeny little guy!

 

[Lilysmommy]

I love all of the pictures!! And squealed a bit over the little crabby waving. He chose such a pretty shell too! The new goby is gorgeous, I love his coloring, and so are the corals.

Also those are great pictures of Finn, even if he was less than impressed. :lol: I tried to get one of Bindi snuggling last night. Got a great shot of uh. Quills? :roll: She'd had her nose poking out from the hoody about 2 seconds before that, sigh.

And the new job sounds awesome, congrats!

 

[Lilysmommy]

I hope this fish does better!

I love the video of Aki, he's so much more graceful than Charis. :lol: Anytime she decides she needs to be a GTP & starts climbing on a chair or shelf, I end up nervously hovering near her with a hand nearby because she fell off a bookshelf a few weeks ago & scared the crap out of me. I'm amazed at how well GTPs can coil up on such thin sticks! They're light tight rope walkers.

And Rocket is adorable...you & Tumblr are both making me want a BTS someday in the future. I've been badly bitten by the reptile bug!

 

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I just went "Oh noooo" VERY loudly at his reaction! Poor old boy...such a weird thing to get upset by, but that instant change in his attitude. He's so lucky he came to you guys though. Seeing how he is the rest of the video after reading his backstory & knowing about how stubborn & difficult ACDs can be, it's very clear you guys were perfect for him.

 

[Lilysmommy]

:lol: The shrimp is so cute going back & forth. And the goby looks like a statue, not moving at all.

I hope Oz's results come back with good news! My old family dog had a couple lumps around the eyes & eyelids before, but after we got them removed, they didn't end up growing back. She was a much better patient than it sounds like Oz will be though...good luck. :shock: Definitely don't envy you!! Hopefully he'll heal up quickly, for both of you.

Did Aki eat his frozen mouse or no luck yet? If you end up with the pet mouse sticking around & if you're interested, I know a couple different people who recommend this forum - http://forum.thefunmouse.com/

 

[Lilysmommy]

:lol: I clicked on the thread already anticipating that it was on "active topics" because there was an update! I'm wondering too!!

And Aki, you little butt! I'm sorry he's giving you such trouble. Shame I can't have Charis give him a talking to about how it's better to just eat the yummy frozen food and how nice it is to not have your food biting you back. I'll keep fingers crossed for the quail chicks! I'm planning on trying the day-old ones with Bindi sometime down the road & whole dressed ones for the kitty (because I don't want to be cleaning feathers up in the apartment for days :lol.

 

[Lilysmommy]

Ohhhhhh honey!!! I just want to snuggle the poor dude. I hope he shakes the rest of the drugs off soon so he can start feeling more normal. I'm glad everything went so well though, that's great news! Your vet sounds really awesome.

 

[Lilysmommy]

Yay!! Glad he's feeling better today.

 

[Lilysmommy]

I'm so sorry you're having so many issues! Bodies are stupid sometimes. We'll miss you, but definitely take care of yourself and your babies first. When you can, let us know how you're doing! I'll be sending lots of good thoughts your way and keeping fingers crossed that you heal up and feel better quickly. And that Oz isn't too much of a terror for you through all of this!!

 

[Lilysmommy]

That's great! I'm so glad you're feeling better. And that Oz is free too!

 

[Lilysmommy]

:lol: It's like a sideways jack-in-the-box!! I love it.

 

[Lilysmommy]

Meant to reply on this sooner but got sidetracked. Oz is so cute!!! My roomie loved the video too. And I'm so glad the biopsy results were negative, that's great news!!

 

[Lilysmommy]

Sounds like a cool outing! I bet Oz loved it. Probably for the best he didn't know what to do with the bison. :lol:

I managed to miss the Finn post somehow! Just watched the vids, he's such a cutie. I love the little "snarl" face they get when eating. And it's interesting watching him eat the soft diet compared to a hard kibble diet - definitely less effort to chew the food, which I like. They always seem to have to work so hard to break up kibble. I'm totally fine with the forums being mentioned, I can't see that it would be a problem at all. Lord knows it's far from the worst link/information given out on YouTube. :roll: Hopefully it does catch someone's interest sometime!

 

[Lilysmommy]

If you mean how she included the pictures in the post, you have to upload them to a separate site (like Photobucket, Imgur, etc.) and then use the IMG link to include it in the post.

Okay, Kerrigan is seriously gorgeous!! I adore that second picture of her cute li'l snoot! You're making me want another snake...specifically one of Kerrigan's offspring... :lol: I looked for images of albino ones and I'm in love. They're like candy cane snakes!! I may have to talk to you about an albino baby from her someday, though my roomie will probably kill me.

What size snakes would hatchlings need? I know I've heard of people selling hatchling normal ball pythons as feeder snakes, which makes me wince, but I know it's a better fate than they'd likely get otherwise, given the overpopulation & lack of responsible reptile owners. Would that be an appropriate size for them? Will you be making sure all hatchlings are eating before they go to new homes? I'm guessing you would, just curious!

 

[Lilysmommy]

All of that makes sense. I can understand why there aren't many being bred, with the difficult feeding. But hey, breeders like you, that are doing it for the love of the animals & want to ensure their babies go to good people, are the only ones I'm okay with. I still prefer to get my animals as rescues/rehomes, but I think I may make an exception for a candy cane baby... Also I mentioned all of this to my roomie & I think I may actually be safe from homicide since it sounds like this would be at least 1-2 years out. :lol: Hooray!

 

[Lilysmommy]

The froggies are so cute!! They were trying so hard to climb the wall, silly things. And the viv is absolutely gorgeous. I love the water feature! I've read several tutorials for how to set that kind of thing up and it just seems so intimidating. It's not a good idea for hermit crabs anyway, though. And I'm not sure if I'll ever end up with something that would need or benefit from one. So hopefully I'll never have to try & actually follow a tutorial to make one. :lol:

Did Kerrigan eat her food? And yay sheds! I'm so happy Charis is finally done with hers. I'm hanging out at Jackie's tonight, but planning to get Charis out for an exploring session tomorrow evening. She's due to eat again as well, sometime in the next several days. I hope your boys' sheds go well! Tell them I told them to cooperate because I wanna see pictures of everyone in nice shiny new suits!

 

[Lilysmommy]

Man, that's a bad week! I'm sorry. I've been struggling this week as well (I'm actually home from work today on my discretionary day), and it's reminding me I need to try contacting psychs in the area again to find someone to go to. I kind of want to give medication another try, but I'm pretty sure Citalopram is what I tried last time & we didn't get along well.

I'm glad you were able to get in to the emergency room for help and get things straight again. Hopefully the new dosage helps prevent another nosedive! And major kudos for the boyfriend for being able to take care of everyone in an emergency, especially with no notice or idea of what was going on. Looks like we both better get our emergency care sheets typed up...maybe we should egg each other on until we get them done? :lol:

Poor silly Pepper! We seriously had similar situations recently, with my trouble with Pancake. I hadn't tried the unflavored Pedialyte to realize just how unflavored it is...that sounds weird. Pancake took it pretty easily too though. I'm glad she's cooperating so well with drinking it...how would you even force-feed a bird? I've done it with wildlife, but for some reason parrots have always intimidated me more than huge great horned owls or red tailed hawks! I think it's the intelligence & grudge factor - the raptors don't seem to hold much of one most of the time, but a parrot...man, they'll remember.

And that's really cool about the garter nests! Those would be very interesting pictures...I've seen some on Tumblr & just can't imagine finding that many snakes all at once!