I found this little guy while at work and at first glance he looks like a Mediterranean House Gecko, but a friend said he could be a Texas Banded Gecko.
We live in East Texas, but it's a humid town with a lot of water. So a Texas Banded doesn't seem like he'd be this far east to me?
Please let me know so I don't release an invasive species! Thanks!
My little Cheese turned a year-old yesterday and I finally got his 18x18x24 subadult enclosure all set up! He went from looking so big to looking so tiny 😂
He also got some dubias and a hornworm for his birthday ❤️ I love my little guy so much and he makes me laugh all the time.
These are for my sub adult Tokay and 6 year-old Tokay. They're my first builds and I'm expecting most of these plants to die, but hopefully they live long enough for the pothos and Monstera Adasonii to climb up the branches and backgrounds.
My little Cheese hatched out August 13 of 2025 and I absolutely adore everything about him. He's so funny and adorable and this light tan color he always is is such a gorgeous contrast to his father's colors.
How do ya'll celebrate your baby's b-days? I was thinking a big hornworm, but I'm about to update his enclosure so it may need to be postponed... To prevent digestion issues.
This won't happen for a while, but I have an established 18x18x24 enclosure that used to house my tokay. Now that he has been upgraded, my juvenile will go there until his adult enclosure is finished sometime next year...
However, I don't want to throw away this enclosure and I was wondering if any leaf-tailed gecko species can be comfortably live in an enclosure of this size their entire lives.
If not, is there any others species ya'll know to be comfortable in this? I keep finding contradicting resources online when I look and tbh, I don't trust my local reptile shop to tell me updated knowledge.
I'm currently in the process of upgrading the enclosure to be truly bioactive as I got this from his breeder and it didn't have any live plants or anything in it.
Pictures as thanks for reading! ❤️
Chamoy's new enclosure is finished and after seeing stuck shed on his pores, I decided to move him in early so I can minimize his stress. I was able to safely remove the shed and he's now exploring his new enclosure! He looks so small in this enclosure! 😍
Now I need to re-vamp his old enclosure for his son! Stay tuned~
Swipe to see my progress and a photo of Chamoy as a thanks for viewing!
I have dairy cows and springtails to clean everything up. I'm so excited to put Chamoy in here and see what plants take and thrive and what others will pass.
Due to his missing toes and other health issues, I tried to move as much of the ground with plants in case he falls! I'll update when he's in there! ❤️
Found off E Anderson and Cameron Rd. Intact Male, looks to be a pitty/ACD mix. Under a year-old, skinny, looks like he's been a runaway for a few weeks but was clearly loved.
Friendly with my dogs (one female, other neutered male). No microchip, very sweet and took a flea bath like a champ.
My dog is deaf, he is not, tags are also from my dog. We live in an apartment with a cat, so we need to find another arrangement for him if we cannot reunite him with his family.
(Edited to better update his info)
Hi ya'll! This is my first bioactive enclosure, so please be kind. I have another large branch that will the "central" part of this enclosure and a better basking spot for my tokay to climb on. The far right (right above the branch) has two 3in pots in it that I will be adding pothos and a climbing plant to add some coverage, but I don't know what else to add in that right space, any ideas? I thought I could use a 3D-printed pot holder with my more established pothos until they grow in, but I'd love to hear better ideas. Maybe a large umbrella plant?
This is for my tokay and it's a 24x18x36 enclosure. I currently have ferns, a begonia that will be great ground cover, a swiss cheese philodendron, some native Indonesian bush plants, a pink princess philodendron that I will set to climb up that cork flat... I also have some smaller plants that should cover some of the ground and create better coverage for isopods.
Anything not used in the enclosure I can use to upgrade his old one for my juvenile tokay or keep as house plants.
Also, how much soil should I add. I currently have about 3in, but can mix in another bag of organic potting soil.
Thank you again!
My Tokay used to tong feed, so I've always used one bowl as water and the other calcium and fed him 2-3 1in dubias every other day. However, his health issues came to a head and that has completely traumatized him 😂 and now he won't eat his dubias.
He came to me with missing toes on an entire hand, missing nails on his back feet, partially regrown tail, calcium deficiency, and a severe Vitamin A deficiency. I had to medicate him every night for a month so he can finally get back to being healthy. My vet and I worked out a more regimented schedule and gut-loading targeted foods for him, since the stress of being picked up every night made him lose more weight, and that really has helped him bget healthy again.
Today, he gets 7-10 large crickets, but he's not passing them normally (only pooping once every 7-10 days instead of 5-7 days) and I'm worried the excess in exoskeleton is causing this. However, he still won't tong feed and his roaches are too big for the few "escape-proof" options I can find at my local reptile shop, or they're not arboreal and the roaches die in the cup.
Does anyone know of any etsy makers or other resources that has an aboreal option for my baby? Picture as thanks for reading.
Over the weekend, the dogs had BOUNDS and BOUNDS of energy our little leashed outings didn't tire them out. It was hot and our favorite little dog park (with attendants, not sure if that's a widespread thing yet) had a fun in the sun day with ice and pools to keep cool.
Lennon (my sheltie) isn't big on water, just kept trying to lick the ice 😂 but Marcy loved sitting in it! She got all wet and you can see how beautiful her coat's coming in! She ran around the whole place, played fetch, and met so many new friends.
They both promptly fell asleep after getting back into the car and they were sleeping the rest of the day 😂 such a cutie. I forgot to take photos of them playing together at the park, but next time we will!
Do ya'll have any paid entry dog parks in your area? This one is really nice, relatively new, and every dog had to be UTD on shots, fixed, on flea/tick meds, and they had two attendants that would hover around the dogs and clean up if any ball or twig became a problem for the pups. Truly, it was the best park we've been to and it's open late enough to go on weekdays.
I can't believe it's officially been three weeks since we brought home Marcy Mae. She's such a funny girl, LOVES the morning zooms, kisses all down her long snoot, dancing with dad, and playing with her brothers. We are so nervous about the 4th of July, though she is largely unaffected by sudden noises outside so I hope she'll be okay. Even things like the vacuum, dropping heavy things, or other random accidents she has been spooked but recovers quickly. I know fireworks are different tho...
I think in the next few weeks I'm start on new tricks/working behaviors. What are the best ones ya'll have found to work for your collies? I know something like "hold" on a mat or something can help a lot with vaccines, but I really don't know much else.
She knows sit, stay, place, down, paw, her recall is genuinely the best I have ever seen as long as I say her name three times in quick succession, and off/up the couch.
Hey ya'll, first let me say I know I messed up and things got way in over my head. I recognize that, but my maintenance people told my leasing office that I have a cat and now I need to put him on the lease.
However, I've had this cat now for years and it began as an ESA-finding situation to "Too much time has passed, I still don't make enough money, and now I'm screwed." We had planned to move out of this apartment this year, but more financial troubles have occured.
The good news is, I have enough to cover the fees and I just learned they can do a payment plan. They told me I've always been a good tenant and it's just sucky timing rn...
Anyways, my question is, if I give them my cat's current rabies vaccine info from last October can/will they call and learn how long I've had him for? I can deal with paying the late fees on the payment plan, but only for this new lease/unit and not the 4 years prior to that.
Please, anyone give me advice. I am prepared to go to a different clinic I have never been to and get his rabies early if I need to avoid this if it can happen.
Again, I know I fucked up. I love this cat, never skipped a meal or vet care for him, but I unfortunately had his brother have a lot of issues that sopped up a lot of my savings up until he passed... So I never had the 500 to give to my leasing office.
I posted yesterday and it won't let me add any photos, so I'm posting again! Miss Marcy Mae is home and everything moved like a dream! We are so thankful and happy and so excited for the future now that our family is complete.
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She was so excited to meet our sheltie, Lennon, but when he showed signs of being uncomfortable she stopped and let him come to her. They sniffed, had a little play tussle and then proceeded to just co-exist, like they had been living together for ages. They've had some grumble-fests over toys and chews that we have stopped, but otherwise they are getting along so well!
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She also was so eager and happy to meet our cat, but allowed the cat to come to her and when confronted face to face a hiss was enough for her to back off completely. She has since forgotten our cat has existed 😂
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Marcy also LOVESSS to cuddle, be at our feet, and I have spent probably an hour brushing her while she has her chew. She seems to have been an outside dog in her previous home and has the coat of one, but she also could have had an older owner I'm not sure. That being said, she was clearly well-loved, trained so well, socialized perfectly, but she definitely seems to have been shaved and has a lot of compacted fur and mats around her butt and ears. I'm thankful she loves brushing and has taken me working out the mats with compassion and grace, unlike our sheltie who will paw the brush down and run after a few strokes.
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Ya'll said in my previous post she'd be really aloof and not care for cuddles and strangers, but she is actually more cuddly than our dog. Do ya'll think this is expected the first few days with anxiety or is she "broken" and will be this excited cuddlebug forever? Either way, we are OBSESSED with her and already have her tags and matching walking set coming in 😂
We are over the moon! We will be bringing this big girl home for a sleepover/home trial tomorrow! We have a rescue double-merle sheltie (second slide) and so we know what the breeds are like and their health issues, grooming, and behaviors are like, but I would love to hear more about ya'lls experience and advice so we can give her the best!
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She's a big girl! At around 60lbs, so that will definitely be a change for us! But I'm so incredibly excited for this next adventure and to give my deaf dog some more freedom and a better play output since he has never had interest in toys. Any recommendations on toys your dogs love would also be greatly appreciated. We had a herding egg and might re-purchase if she shows interest in it at our friend's house!
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She's AKC-registered and is up-to-date on all her vaccines and such. I'll see if in her paperwork she was cleared from MDR1 as well.
Just opened. Is barely 1/3 of the bag... 🙄
Hi ya'll. We are looking to complete our family with a collie rescue. We currently have a sheltie rescue who, after baby-sitting my friend's sheltie while she recovered from surgery, we think would live his best life with another bestie. He's a low-to-medium energy dog, so finding one of a similar energy level is needed.
However, we also have a cat and it seems like all the Collies (or Aussies, Shelties, and mixes of the sort) that have been available the last 6 months or so are either seniors or not cat-friendly.
At this point, I am willing to travel from Texas to neighboring states if anyone knows of a pup that would fit our home. Please lmk where to look and any advice, thank you! ❤️
I took Chamoy out last night as he hasn't pooped at the front of his enclosure in about 10 days and I was due to weigh him.
To my surprise, he had pooped in the back where he is most of the day and currently weight 114.8g! An increase of 8 grams over about 6 weeks. I'm so relieved and happy! I gave him some oral calcium and water drops, as well as a tummy massage, and these photos is when he went back into his enclosure ❤️ I love this baby so much
Last night my gecko left behind his first bit of shed for the first time. He'll be a year old in August and hasn't left it behind before. However, I did just feed him the night before a LOT of food as he kept wanting to eat. It's so cool to see his little head stamp and other details on the shed. If you put it up to the light it looks almost iridescent.
Now I know definitively what size roaches to feed him 😂
Hi ya'll, this little baby was found on the side of the road in my area and we are currently going through the adoption application. They believe her to be a 4-month old Chow mix (though google images is trying to convince me she is a Euasier). She won't be my first dog, but my first is a Sheltie rescue so this is a bit of a different experience for me. My boyfriend has had mastiffs and Great Pyrenees before, so he feels qualified for a bigger dog.
Any advice, tips, or tricks is welcome! Thank you so much. We want to give her the best life as possible and hope my cat and dog love her as much as we already do.
(Note: not my picture, but the foster's, will update if I have anymore. They said she's roughly 25 pounds on intake)