Introducing Tim

Oh wow, he is Lovely!!!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Yeah Liz has been feeding him Locust's she's seen him take a locust already quite a few times, its really really cool. She's setup a dripper to simulate rain and he sits under that taking drops of water of the leaves and sometimes directly. I thought he'd be a bit boring but he's hugely entertaining.

Y'see, people thought it strange, but this is why I had exotic pets - it's like having the Discovery Channel for real.

I started out with Annoles (tiny lizards) that are kind of the reptile pet equivalent of a hamster... don't live that long but fascinating to watch -- especially when you have a viv with five females and two males and large enough for them to have two distinct territories. Their displays were really cool, as was watching members of the harem change sides!
I found that I'd got their environment just right when I discovered eggs one day when cleaning them!
I didn't dare move them, so left them until they hatched then caught the youngsters and let them grow up safely in a separate viv. They were no bigger than your thumbnail at first and yet with perfect little claws n scales etc. Soooooo cute.

Over the years I've had:
Annoles
Ozimandias the Royal Python (who only recently died of old age ).
Malachai the Chile Rose Tarantula (still got one of her shed skins in a box, well cool).
Mephisto the Green Iguana (who beat up my dog when he was a pup, loved sitting on top of the curtain rail, as well as climbing the curtains to get there... oh yeah... and chicken curry!)

I babysat a Yemen Chameleon for 6 months whilst a friend toured the world... aparently their vision is movement based (yeah yeah, like the T-Rex in Jurassic Park ) which is why they need a drip or similar for drinking water. This one had a tube into his water bowl that blew bubbles - the movement of the surface let him actually 'see' the water was there to drink.
Also never realised their grip is so strong, to deal with the recoil from that tongue, that you can actually break their bones if you try to forcably remove them from their perch.


Yeah - I'm nerd.


But a Discovery Channel nerd, so that's OK...




... isn't it?!

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Yeah Liz has been feeding him Locust's she's seen him take a locust already quite a few times, its really really cool. She's setup a dripper to simulate rain and he sits under that taking drops of water of the leaves and sometimes directly. I thought he'd be a bit boring but he's hugely entertaining.

thats what I heard Liz say bout you when you first met. xx

Liz said you were getting one, one very cool pet there Fizz!

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by andyb

Liz said you were getting one, one very cool pet there Fizz!

He's Liz's pet, and your only being nice so that I dont post more pictures of our bunny

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

He's Liz's pet, and your only being nice so that I dont post more pictures of our bunny

She told you then! You wait until I see you next, she's still going on about it now!

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Tara

grumpy and antisocial he sounds familar Only joking Fizz

very cute

Beat me too it,

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by andyb

She told you then! You wait until I see you next, she's still going on about it now!

Yes she did

i had a chameleon once - tasted like chicken

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

we've had the occasional cricket/locust escapee, but they're only little and generally we see them scuttling across the living room floor and just pounce and retrieve them.

However there was one cricket that went AWOL for ages.....

LOL... I used to feed our bearded dragon crickets too, but kept losing them.. had chirping noises for ages... finally found them at last in the rear speaker amp! 5 of them, had to take the amp apart to get them, reckon they must have been attracted by the heat or something!!

Cute cameleon Fizz!