update.. finaly

well good morning all. when last i posted i had 38 page views. today i have 51! woo hoo!! ha ha so there is a few things to talk about. firstly, both of my animals are doing really great. Gorgeous George is healthy and active at night. feeding well and looks as beautiful as ever!! my little one RD12129 is also doing well, eating well and looks great. he has grown a lot too since i got him. i will probably weigh him i June and see how much he has grown. i purchased another animal that has been on breeding loan with Arboreal Enthusiast. i talked to them last of January. no updates since then. shouldn't be too much longer and he should get sent to me. that's an exciting thought. now just yesterday i put 100 dollars down on a High White male Aru type imported animal. he was too beautiful to pass up. only 438 shipped so i threw 100 bucks to hold him till later next week when i could afford him. aside from that i also purchased another neonate. :) this one is an Aru animal, with full pedigree information. I'm very excited about this one. i picked this little one from Kristopher from wrherpetology.com. he breeds strictly Aru animals and emerald tree boas. he has some amazing pairings in the works and will produce some great offspring, of course i will be purchasing 1 from the 2 clutches i am interested in. here are some pictures of the little one i just bought from him.

the above picture is the Dam. she is too beautiful!

this handsome male is Clyde. equally as stunning as his mate.

and this little one is my new addition. I'm very excited about his potential. I'm sure he will look very much like his parents. :)

now, on to some despairing news. a great man in the Herp field and community Rico Walder has come down with an aggressive form of brain cancer. you may remember that name from earlier posts as he was the great host from Chattanooga that my brother and i went to go visit with, and purchase my little one RD12129. that was on Dec. 22nd. later on in February he was diagnosed with stage 4 Glioblastoma, and 2 toumers were found. he has had to undergo surgeries and kemo, and is indeed doing better but is not out of the woods yet.  many many people have come to gather to help Rico by trying to rais moneys for his Dr. bills. he needs to raise 150,000 bucks! but since February his loyal friends, family, and fans, as well as devoted Herps in the community have helped to raise over 30,000 bucks! isn't that GREAT!?? another website IHERP.com has set an auction page (found here http://www.iherp.com/Reptiles/Auction/ ) to help raise moneys for Rico. all proceeds go to the Rico Relief fund. there are many things to bid on. please check it out and perhaps make a purchase. it will go to a great cause.

thanks all for today however. we hope Rico gets well soon. 

~brandon

pics and product review

well, i was using wooden dowel rods from Home Depot as perch's for my little one, RD12129. at some point they needed to be disinfected so i soaked them in my bleach solution, same mixture i use to disinfect everything else. only the wooden dowels are porous, and thus took forever to dry out and made me very uncomfortable to reuse afterwards. so obviously i needed better perches. after searching everywhere and coming up empty handed i sent a friendly e-mail to Rico. the email basically asked him from where he purchased the materials to fab up his own perches. he responded with the source and i went straight there and made my purchases..

United States Plastic Corp.

so i ordered 5/8 hexagon shaped solid PVC plastic rods, and 1/4 round solid PVC plastic rods. these rods had to be purchased in a 10' minimum, which was perfect and going to allow me to make enough perches for all 9 tubs i have.

here i have cut the two different sized rods to length, then drill and assemble.

this is my little guy on the newly made perch. the edges of the hex shape allow for some grip and aid in shedding. isn't he so cute!?

in the tub :)

so i have actually been useing the perch materials for about a week now. thay are working great. the PVC material is perfect fo this application! so product review? i say its an A+

now this is my man Gorgeous George! a beautiful Hi Yellow animal with an amazing pedigree. he is being shy and wouldn't show his face for this picture..

a little nudging got a face shot however.. every time i see this guy, i am amazed at how beautiful he is. he is just stunning!

now, its tax time here in the USA and i hope to acquire a few new animals and some new cages with my tax moneys, provided i don't have to pay in. i have a few animals picked out, and with some luck i will be able to add them to the collection. :)

until next time.

spent some more moneys.

welp, i didn't buy another animal. but i did purchase a new cage and some pvc materials so i could make some tub perches. i also purchased some frozen rodents from a company called Layney Labs. out of all the frozen rodent breeders/ dealers i have been able to find on the interwebs i liked their web site the best. i am pretty excited about it. i only have 2 animals thus far so i ordered 25 pinky mice for my youngling, and 25 rap pups for Gorgeous George. i hope they are as good as their web site has been led to believe.

now i have been looking at several custom cage manufactures. ever since i bought all the materials and made my own cage i have been wanting to get a custom plastic cage and give it a shout. i decided to go with a ReptiRacks 23x23x23 cage. i am pretty excited about it too.i learned a lot about what i like, and what makes a good cage, and what i would change if i had to build another one. i could have bought 2 nice custom cages for what i have invested in my 1 cage for Gorgeous George.  i will up date more as i get these items in. just board at work and wanted to write something in my blog.

later
Brandon

so sad :(

so im just updating to say that the most gorgeous animal, that one i was hoping to get this week mentioned in my previous post, will not be sold. Ben Evens, the breeder of that animal has decided to add her to his collection instead of selling her. i was so crushed, it totally ruined my day. of course i can completely understand from where he is coming, and don't blame him in the least, i was really hoping to add that girl to my collection.

however, i have decided to take that moneys and purchase some much needed items instead. i plan to get some solid pvc bar and make perches for my 9 tub rack. i also want to purchase some frozen thawed feeder rodents from Laney labs. i have been wanting to do so for a while. i will get 25 at a time and that should hold me for quite a while. i will be saving fair amount of moneys too.

anyway, im totally bummed that i couldn't get to purchase that girl tho. :(

anyway..

Brandon

finaly!

good morning all. just wanted to write a little bit to update the blog. the above animal is the Vinsky blue male that i have been on hold and paying for for the bast 3 months. he comes from Rocky Gravely @ Arboreal Enthusiast.com.. i think he is a beautiful animal and i cant wait to receive him. he was 950 bucks, and i went into purchasing agreement before buying the blue line neonate from Rico. however since i had less time to pay for a much more expensive animal, i paid Rico first. then Christmas came, and now that its the new year things have finally slowed down enough for me to get this animal paid in full.

currently he is in Rocky's care, and i believe he has this male paired up with Stella, one of his more beautiful females! an agreement worked up by Rocky and myself is that he will continue to hold the above pictured animal for a breeding loan. i stand to get 25% of any offspring this paring yields. so i am very excited about that as well!

here is a picture of my male and Stella, Rocky's female, with whom he is currently paired.

i am supper excited. i hope it yields a good clutch. i would be happy with one neonate, but of course would like more than one! :) worse case it proves unsuccessful  and i don't get anything. if that happens i still have a killer animal, of which i am very proud.

anyway..

now, aside from this i have also found another breeder by the name of Ben Evens. Ben has a very nice High Yellow clutch that started to hatch on the 11th of this month. i am very excited about this clutch and WILL buy a baby or two from it. he also has a most gorgeous 2011 female for sale and he only wants 400 bucks! she is a must have for me in my collection. it is my plan to hurt myself, and go hungry to pay for her this week  or by next Thursday for sure! she is pictured above. her eyes, and those yellow dorsal flowers outlined in black and blue just drive me wild. she is also a most beautiful shade of green. i simply must have her.

anyway, that's all for today. hopefully i will have more to update you on next week.

thanks to any and all who take time to read this.

Brandon

going good!

good morning all. the above animal is a nice female that i am hoping to add to the collection this week. i think she is absolutely stunning, and i have to have her!!! she isn't very expensive either. :) anyway, things are going good with my two animals. Gorgeous George is doing very well and RD12129 is also doing great. i only have 1 final payment of 300 bones to Rockey for the Vinsky blue male, which i am very excited about!! there are lots of other animals in the future that i hope to acquire too, among them are some nice Lemontree high yellow neonates!! i hope to get some nice Aru animals soon too. and God willing, the sire to my little one. i want that animal so bad!!

anyway, i gotta run, i will update more as the week progresses.

later kids.

product review #2

okdoki.

i have the rack all set up and rinning for a few days now. i really like this rack. it functions great and is very sturdy. its not very big but nice and deep. all in all i would say it was worth the 235 or so bucks i paid for it. aside from the slight decrepinsy i have with the sellers comunication and the time it took to receive the rack, im very happy. the tubs hold hunidity very well and are perfect for young neos. did i mention that it came fully assembled, i didnt not have to assemble anything. big plus in my opinion.

anyway i give it an A+

~Brandon