ok, update time.. so here are a few shots of my colllection. my two no name neonates.. so cute.. 

obviously the little Aru animal i got from Wolf Herp. Kris is an awesome guy! thanks Kris!!

my Rico blue project animal with a bad skin fold  :( still one of my precious jewels even if he does have a horrible skin deformity.

my Aru type female Luna, in her new cage. she is just so beautiful

frank, my fav! he is a killer animal. Aru by biak out cross. love him!

Kronos, beautiful male.

of course, AtomO! he is a perfect GTP.

the cages. looken good. i need to get a heating element in the bottom right and move AtomO in to his new cage.. poor guy..

who are these two beauties you may ask? why they are soon to be the newest acquisitions to the collection. the fist being a yellow neo, Greg Maxwell linage. beautiful female and the second is just a Lereh x Biak outcross. i am super excited to add these two gorgeous females to the collection!! the yellow dorsal marking s on the one below, i believe are going to stay. she has blue, black, green, and yellow.. i cant wait to see her in person!

ok, ok.. obviously this isn't a GTP.. this is a Borneo short tail Python, aka blood python. his name is Beefcake and he is totally awesome! i picked him up at the Tampa Repticon when i was there to get cages. i Love short tail Pythons, they are the perfect "big snake" but without being a big snake! he will get 5-7' and weigh an astronomical amount. he is awesome.. and he needs a girlfriend.

ok.. major update.. all pictures taken have been taken over the past several weeks.. FYI

ok.. so several weeks ago i finally made the trip to Tampa Fl to pick up those snake cages.. remember the tiny Aru locality neonate and 4 cages i talked about months and months ago.. well it finally happened! so up first are some pictures of the animals at Kris Wolf's "Rising Sun Arboreals" the first little guy is my Aru Locality animal. i paid 500 bucks for this little one and its nothing special, just a Aru Type Locality breeding from exceptional parents. i am very proud to have this little one in my collection. he/she looked really great and i cant wit to see the color change..

next are various pictures from Kris's collection. all stunner animals

 this little one below was a clutch mate of the above animal i purchased

 nice Emerald Basin..

 Abigail.. so beautiful..

 the ever beautiful Cora, and her sketchy attitude.

 it's really a shame i don't have more pictures of this girl.. she was my favorite! she is an Aru x Biak outcross and was huge!! truly the jewel among his other jems.. i wish i had her in my collection.. her and Frank would make killer offspring!

 this is the same big girl.. and that's a shot of our host and breeder, Kris Wolf.

 me and Kris, just before i shook hands and hit the road..

cages loaded up and ready to go.. i am was super pumped about these cages. they were built amazing and really nice, big cages.

here is a shot of the cages, all 4 of them, and the extra perches that came along with them..

it was a really pain in the ass but i got them situated in my tiny apartment! ha ha its going to be killer!!

more shots of my little guy, checking out his new tub..

ok so at this point i wanted to start putting perches up in the new cages and decided to go a different rout so here is a short and crappy tutorial of what i did.. in my previous cages i would use the ol' hook and eye method, which works great but this time i wanted to do straight perches and i wanted perches that would be easily removed for photogenic purposes.. 3 point attachment systems is too difficult to remove. while i was in Tampa Kris gave me this great idea by explaining to me how he hangs his perches.. so.. i went to the woods and cut some nice straight branches..

 after cutting them to length i drilled a hole, using a 21/64 drill bit. both ends..

 my plan is to use these adhesive backed plastic hooks.. apply them to the cage interior, drill hols in the wood, and rest on the hooks.. seems simple enough right?

 adhear the hooks evenly and level to the inside of the cage walls..

 hang perches.. looks pretty great. due to the shape of the plastic hooks they are thick and deep enough that they keep the perches from rolling. if you cut them right and drill the holes correctly they fit pretty tight. and if you want to remove one all you have to do is reach in and lift up evenly and presto.. photo opportunity!

ok, so i'm pretty embarrassed that its taken me this long, but i FINALLY got a good disinfectant. i wash the water bowls with a bleach/scalding hot water soak, then wash them with  hot water and soap, let dry and i'm good to go.. but i haven't had anything but bleach/ water solution to clean cages.. everyone raves about Nolvasan, and chlorihexidine.. and it works great, no doubt.. but its flippen 60 bucks a gallon! Quatricide is much cheaper.. by half, and it is just as effective as the Nolvasan solution. lab tested and hospital grade bacterial disinfectant.. heard its safe for animals to but haven't confirmed it yet.. however. this is what i will be using.

i am still getting the 4 cages ready, and have a few more things to update. my lap top has been broke for weeks so it's been hard to post anything that's been going on.. tune in later for more..

thanks,
brandon

more on the new rubbermaid tubs.

ok, so i thought i would create another post about these tubs, so here is the process of setting them up and getting them ready for one of my animals. first i drilled the ventilation holes. i noticed that the plastic these tubs were made from drilled a lot better than the harder clear plastic the Sterilight tubs i was previously using. so that was a plus for me. these drilled nicely and didn't break or crack from the drilling, like the Sterilight tubs would to.

 these wooden dowels came from home depot for 5 bucks each. they are perfect for these tubs as they are the perfect length. when cut in half they provide 2 perches perfectly suitable for the interior of the tubs.

 1 dowel cut and mounted

 if you look ate the picture above, the bottom of the tub has a pretty high lip which is perfect for adding any kind of substraight for terrestrial animals. aspen bedding or red cypress mulch would more than lay in the bottom without fear of spilling over.

after which i gave it a good wash in the tub with scalding hot water.

 add some newspaper, the animals water bowl and of course the animal itself! awesome front opening tub suitable for keeping animals, arboreal and terrestrial.