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I got this P. Audax- not sure on the sex though

Today I acquired a Mt. Merapi/Java Black and 3 Egyptian rainbows. Super cool to have these guys in my invert collection 🤘🏼

I received this little 3i Hottentotta tamulus yesterday. Got it in its new little home and fed an appropriately sized cricket- no issues eating I can assure you that lol

So far my small collection:

3i H. tamulus
2i H. hottentotta
5i L. quinquestriatus
5i H. spinifer

I love watching this thing eat. I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of that

This was the coolest and cutest little thing lol watching him stick his tiny little spike in that little cricket 😂 🦂

This is a 2i that I traded another vendor some substrate for at our exotic pet expo on Sunday. Super cool to watching this one hunt 🤘🏼 It’ll be cool to watch it grow up on the shelf next to my L. quinquestriatus.

It’s been 10 years since I’ve had a Leo. I have all kinds of other geckos and reptiles currently but I wanted another Leo. I got this beautiful girl this morning and she’s so cute lol

Hey all, I own two companies and one of them is a reptile product supply company, which I specialize in my custom snake hooks. I use 5/16” steel bar stock and occasionally 3/8” for heavier duty hooks for larger snakes.

I currently use and have always used an oxy acetylene cutting torch to bend the radii I need for the hook part. My acetylene seems to run out very quickly and faster than the oxygen.

Is there a torch out there for propane I can get that has a high BTU output and will be considerably cheaper than using acetylene? I have a MAPP gas torch as well with the TS8000 torch head and multiple bottles of gas. Would that be a good choice over the acetylene? I actually have never used that MAPP torch yet for the rod bending. I’m all ears for suggestions

Pictures of my work just to see. I do want to add that I’ve tried hand bending but with two shoulder surgeries in the last 6 months it’s easier for me to use heat

Picked this little one up from an awesome clean store in Iowa. The owner said it’s been 5-8 months old, eating crickets every other to every 3 days. It was black and angry but after about 2 hours it’s back to being blue. What’s everyone’s thoughts on it? Pictures were taken thru the screen on the Tupperware tub lid I have it in, sorry if they’re crappy lol 🤷🏻‍♂️

I own 7 snakes, 4 tarantulas and a bearded dragon lol for some reason I decided to skip over the easiest reptile to keep as a pet. But I got this lively guy/girl today. Isn’t very old at all. The colors look pretty too

I took in my second boa today from a family who was surrendering her. She is an Aztec Jungle. They were unsure on her age. She weighs 1,143g and looks like a healthy snake.

She’s getting a vet visit ASAP because when she’s trying to reach out towards something she has these muscle spasms and seems like she loses her balance then slowly falls to the side. If something touches her(like my arm when trying to reach for her around my neck lol) she’s incredibly twitchy. Her head also seems to slightly lean to her left. So she’s going to see the vet and figure out what’s causing that.

But other than that she’s beautiful and she’s super friendly/tame. Does not mind being handled. She’s got one hell of an iron grip as you can see in the third picture she’s letting my fingers know what’s up 😂 I think I’ll call her Twitch

Reno45 laser

Today is the first day I’m setting up my laser.. or trying to. I can’t get LightBurn to find my laser. I have it plugged into the USB port, it’s powered on, LightBurn is opened. I’ve followed the instruction book all the way to the point of finding my laser but it simply won’t find it??

Edit: I’ve dug around and from my understanding, the standard Reno45 isn’t compatible with LightBurn or LaserGRBL?? Why tf would Monport send a flash drive with those two software downloads for a laser that isn’t compatible?

My wife and I love walking the river to look at wildlife. I personally like trying to catch the snakes we see lol I wrangled this Northern Watersnake in Muncie, Indiana and it was totally cool being handled. The hook I used is a Shackelford Exotics 33” Pro Hook. That’s me- I’m Shackelford Exotics, I make the hooks.

I picked him up today from an exotic expo. I talked to the breeder for a pretty long time picking his brain about everything to gauge his knowledge. Dude knew his stuff and wasn’t just trying to unload a bunch of animals.

This guy is around 2 years old. He’s a citrus 🍊 He’s been handled a lot because he is very docile and friendly. He’s going to be awesome!

I love bringing this little dude out to play and get some sun. Since I’ve had him he’s had two meals. One this past Wednesday and one last week on Wednesday. He’s eaten both with zero issues. They were adult mice. Could I move up to some type of small rat you think? I’d like to possibly bring in more nutrients for him to keep him growing.

He’s active, he’s inquisitive, he isn’t head shy, all he wants to do is either slither around slowly in the grass or think my hand is a tree and look around lol he’s doing very well. Again I appreciate all of you who had input and gave me advice on his health. No more mysterious lump, he’s eating very well, he’s hydrated and he’s active 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🐍

3/6/2023 Key West Kahl BCI, for anyone who hasn’t seen him on here yet. I picked him up 6/2/2026 from a couple on Facebook who were rehoming him and did not feed him nearly enough. He had a stuck poop that caused a bit of panic in myself. They did not disclose that in their post. Luckily everyone on here is super helpful

He passed that mysterious lump that was just before his cloaca. To me, it just looks like a small ball of poop. This has me so relieved. I do apologize for making the freak out posts last week about him, I just didn’t know what to do.

Today is also his weekly feed day and he took the adult mouse like a champ. I think after a few more weeks he can probably bump up to some sort of snack rat. I’m glad I found that poop ball and it’s out of his system

I love his deep brown color and dorsal stripes.

Took the girls outside to get some play time. Nanners is a banana 🍌 enchi and Jessica is a leopard lavender albino

I picked up this little guy a few days ago. He was born March 6, 2023 from Misfit Morphs on MM. He was up for rehoming a couple days ago from some people on a local facebook group. It’s evident he is severely underweight. He has a lump/mass 2” before his cloaca/vent that is semi-hard and it can move when I move it with my fingers.

He’s active, he’s inquisitive, he loves the bath, he’s exploring the grass doing sneky snek stuff. But by golly he is so under weight. I took him to the vet two days ago, they said they weren’t concerned and to give him a warm bath and maybe it’ll soften up and pass(possibly thinking it could be a stuck urate) so I did. Nothing happened. I tried massaging it out. Nothing.

I was advised to feed him by the vet so I did. I fed him and adult mouse which was his body size bc he’s so skinny. He took it like a champ. This was about 45 hours ago. I took him to another vet today and they didn’t seem too concerned either. But I’m not buying it. I rescued him bc I can clearly see he’s underweight. I mean he’s 3 fucking years old and shouldn’t be the size of a yearling. He’s a BCI Key West Kahl. He should be the size of my ball pythons if not surpassing them.

Is he going to make it or should I spend the rest of his time giving him the best love? Idk what to do since all the vets seem to think he’s ok. This is the hardest rescue I’ve done yet and he’s really hitting me hard.

She has been a bit moody (a few snaps at me, got my wife on the ) especially after her previous meal this past Wednesday. You guys think she could be getting rest for shed? Her darker scales have a bluish tint to them in the sun