Snakes And Stuff
On Saturday, April 24th, and Sunday, April 25th, TARAS (The Alberta Reptile And Amphibian Society) hosted a reptile show here in Calgary. I'm also a general board member of TARAS. :)


It was a blast as usual, and, I did not walk out empty-handed. :)


I got:

A pink toe tarantula
A male Northern Pine Snake - I named him Zuul. (There is no pine snake, there is only Zuul!!! *L*)
And a gravid (pregnant) Jungle Phase Leopard Gecko

Ken got:

A pink toe tarantula
A male Amazon Tree Boa
A male Jungle Carpet Python
A female Columbian Red Tail Boa
A female Dumeril's Boa
A female Aztec Anery Corn Snake

We both got:

A female Miami Phase Corn Snake

We got this as a gift for letting our friends from Saskatchewan stay with us for the duration of the show.


As I mentioned above, the leopard gecko was gravid when I got her. I got her on Saturday, and, by Sunday night, I had an intuitive feeling that she was ready to lay her eggs. So, I placed her in a humid nesting box overnight. When I came to check on her on Monday afternoon, she was resting beside two eggs. :D I'm so proud! I have to incubate the eggs for about 45 days. They should be due to hatch around June 10th. I'm counting the days!

So now, I have 42 snakes, 3 tarantulas, 1 scorpion, and 2 geckos. Quite the zoo eh? :)



Till next time...