Life, the Universe and Reptiles.

Again, it’s been a while, I make no excuses, I make no promises about updating regularly.  In many ways, not updating regularly is a good sign, it means that nothing spectacular has happened in my life.  I will bring you, my avid reader, up to speed on my life recently.

Rachel is 27 weeks pregnant today, Emmett is well and truly baking now, giving his mum more grief than she realistically deserves, as I keep telling her, it’s his way of letting her know he is okay.

The pet collection has increased.  We now have the three dogs, four Boa Constrictors, two Chinese Water Dragons and a Chameleon (picture are below – all photo’s enlarge).  Most of you will be familiar with the dogs, Spike, Todd & Benson, there is very little change with them, except that Todd has found a new friend in Star and spends most of his time with her, including sleeping in her bed with her.  Benson is still laid back and loving.  Spike is, well, Spike, not much more to say about him.

The four Boa’s are Jack, Jas, Soren & Xena.  Jack was the first snake I bought and is nearly 7 foot long, Jas is Rachel’s and nearly 5 foot, Soren is Ceann’s, measuring nearly 12 inches and a mere baby at 7 months old and Xena is a healthy  3 year old 8 footer bought recently from friends.

That just leaves the Water Dragons and the Chameleon.  The Water Dragons had a 2ft vivarium when the first came to us, which was fine, as they were juveniles.  Luckily, a few months ago I had the forethought to save Liam’s MFI style wardrobe from the recycle bin, when it finally fell apart.  So I set about building a bigger viv for them, one which fit nicely into the alcove in our front room.  The Water Dragons are nameless at the moment, so feel free to hit me with a few name suggestions.  The Chameleon, who I named Karma,  inherited the Dragon’s vivarium, which, as he is only 8 weeks old, is ample, future plans include making the chameleon’s viv taller.

Water Dragons

 

Grantham Reptile Society

Grantham Reptile Society is a new society in Grantham that are interested in keeping all varieties of reptiles and exotic pets.  They are offering the chance to go to monthly meetings and talk to fellow knowledgeable people in this field.  They are hoping to have guest speakers of all type of exotics pets including snakes, spiders, insects, amphibians, lizards etc.

Meetings will be held at the Loft, above L.A. Reptiles in Kings Walk, Grantham (opposite Argos), on the last Wednesday of every month, starting at 8pm.

The first meeting was tonight, I have to say for a first meeting, I think it was a great success, for me it also hailed the day I lost one of my phobias, by holding a spider.  If you are interested in reptiles or exotic pets and local, why not come and join us?

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Thor Raven Austin Jim Gresham

21/04/01 – 18/09/07 RIP

Hey Thor, my little stud muffin, with those gorgeous eyes and eyelashes, which meant you could pull anywhere, I miss you son.  You would have been 11 today, I’d have loved to celebrate this day with you.  They say it gets easier with time, but it doesn’t you know.

I miss that cheeky smile of yours.  Thank you for the wonderful memories (I’ve been looking through photos tonight), you will always be my beautiful boy.

I love you Thor, always in my heart.