Hatchling Bredl's Pythons

I have for sale 4 great examples of classic Bredl's Pythons (M. Bredli), all are males left from last season. All snakes are healthy and eating well on fuzzy rats and will colour up into nice robust orange adults, and the adults are from unrelated well known lineages. Would make a good first pet. They hatched on 27/2/2009. $200ea. Snakes are located in Eastern Sydney and are pick up only, will freight for pairs if buyer pays all costs associated with freight. Call 0408 865 284 or e-mail klassicreptiles@hotmail.com for more information.

Beans Sunday!!!

We have spilled the beans to a couple of people but stay tuned for a special promotion coming this Sunday night!

Is that a saw I hear???????

Do I hear a saw running? No way - they are building another stand for the lizard room. They are being quiet with hopes that I didn't find out . I came around the corner and they are all trying to look so innocent. Of course, the boys just point to dad (Wally) . Busted!!!

clean -feed - water leopard babies

Yesterday was cleaning day for all our babies leopard tanks (this year that is 3 1/2 racks) . We have had over 250 eggs hatch this season so far .. still some in the incubators. It now takes me about 1 1/2 hours to clean, feed, and water them. I have slowed down some due to the number of them but mainly because they are getting big and I don't like the size now. I could move the little around easily but the bigger ones I still get goose bumps moving. I have a black plastic spoon that I use to guide them into another container so I can clean theirs. Wally just laughs at me. I'll have to video the next cleaning day and let you have a chuckle as well.

Last of contest eggs have hatched

Hi to all - sorry I haven't update in the last week - been a busy week.....

Well, all the babies from the contest have hatched and are growing very quickly. We had great success with SHM medium for the hatch cups. I can't believe how fast the animals are growing already and they are a little fiesty too :)

Local sponsors help MCCS Research Officer to attend Regional Turtle Training Workshop

There are at least 73 identified sea turtle nesting sites spanning 11 nations, and five species across the Western Indian Ocean. Many of these sites have some level of monitoring, ranging from expensive seasonal aerial surveys to infrequent nest protection and beach patrols. Most often these programmes are achieved through great effort and cost by the conservation authorities but also great sacrifice by local communities. However, when the data analysis is done or the management decisions are to be made from trend inferences, it often proof to be less useful that expected due to unsystematic, non-standardised data collection techniques, especially between rookeries.

Recognising the migratory nature of sea turtles and the importance of comparing trends between rookeries, species, seasons and nations, a training session on “Standardised beach monitoring protocols for sea turtles using international best practice” has been scheduled during the the Sixth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium. The objective will be to tailor techniques to the region to optimise time and resources for monitoring, while still collecting useful, comparable data. The workshop will be conducted by regional sea turtle experts on systematic data collection and management, with a demonstration of a database system such as TREDS.

MCSS Research Officer. Elke Talma, has been invited to attend the workshop as MCSS manages a number of turtle rookeries on the developed islands of Seychelles. While MCSS is already implementing standard monitoring techniques for Seychelles developed by Dr. Jeanne Mortimer in the 1990’s, this workshop provides an opportunity to meet with experts in the region to see how monitoring methods may (or may not) have changed and discuss difficulties experienced in long-term monitoring.


MCSS has received donations from a number of local sponsor, many of whom already support the MCSS Turtle Monitoring Programme, to facilitate this trip. These include: Four Seasons Resort, Thrifty Car Hire, Helicopter Seychelles, Dive Resort Seychelles, Underwater Centre Seychelles and Cousine Island.

New Australian Geckos

As you know, I have been bitten by the Aussie bug! No, it's nothing like swine flu :)
The aussie bug cancan only be cured by getting MORE. MORE what you might ask? Well, more aussies.
This past weekend, i made a trade for three very cute aussies (Australian geckos).
The first is a Diplodactylus vitattus. This is a small ground gecko with a common name of Eastern Stone Gecko. I have a male and this new one is a female.... and a very gravid female at that.
The next two 'aussies' are of the velvet type. These two are are Oedura marmorata (or the Marbled Velvet Gecko). They are aboreal- living in trees- and are currently about 5 inches in length. (male displayed first, then female).
Wally

Dunk kingsnake.com founder Jeff Barringer! Ends 8/18, 7pm pst

KINGSNAKE.COM holding fundraising dunk tank!

Saturday, August 22nd - 3 TIME SLOTs being auctioned on EBAY 3:30pm, 3:40pm, 3:50pm

If kingsnake.com’s Jeff Barringer doesn’t look happy, its because he knows he is about to get dunked. Cheer up Jeff, it’s all for a good cause!

Three balls, thirty balls, 300 balls — we don’t know how many throws you’ll get in your 10 minutes, but we do know that all the proceeds are going to a good cause, the International Reptile Conservation Foundation (IRCF).

Here’s your chance to give back to the reptile community and take a shot at Jeff Barringer at the same time.

Other Reptile Celebrities have also volunteered to be dunked for a good cause including Wayne Hill, Desiree Wong, Tommy Crutchfield, Kim Bell and more!

READ MORE AT:
http://www.ircf.org/2009/08/dunk-kingsnakecom-founder-jeff-barringer/

Update on the contest eggs...

All the eggs have hatched except 2 as of today. Still waiting - I think they are getting closer. I have been very happy with the SHM material this season. It seems to hold just enough water to keep the egg healthy.

Collecting Leopard Gecko Eggs

Putting the cart before the horse- I could have filmed this before the Egg Contest but here it is now.
We've been asked to put together a video on how we handle leopard eggs here at Supreme Gecko.
I hope this generates some questions or comments.

4 more contest babies to see...

4 more babies hatched today from the contest eggs. They hatched all hatched in about an hour!

More contest eggs have hatched

I decided that I will keep you up to date on any other numbers that hatched. So far # 7, # 1 and # 2 have hatched since the contest ended. There are still 10 more eggs left in the incubator. I really thought that once they started hatching I would have a popcorn popping effect with the hatching eggs. Now I just have to wait and see how long before the last one hatches. My sons, prediction of #12 still hasn't hatched and he was sure that would be the first to hatch.

Egg Number ........

It's Monday and time to announce the WINNER of the Which Egg Will Crack First Contest. First, of all I want to thank all of you who entered. I hope you had as much fun as I did with the contest.

There were 19 people who picked the winning egg number. I took a picture of the whole incubator showing the winning egg. The egg that "cracked" first was Egg # 8! The winner of the contest is Rick!

1st Egg to Crack (Hatch)

Hi - to all the contestants in the Which Egg will crack first? Yesterday I was so excited when I checked the eggs in the early morning to find a "crack" (known as a hatch). Wally had left for the Wheaton show and didn't know and still doesn't know which egg cracked. I wouldn't let him anywhere near it last night either. He doesn't get to know any sooner that you do. (by the way he just left again for a show in Racine and still doesn't know) You can pass the word onto him later :)
Below is the egg that cracked on Aug. 1st AM - This is the 1st crack of the contest!



I changed the top so you
can't see the number
yet!

( isn't this fun - I will announce the winner
Monday!)

June 2009 (v16.2) journal released!

http://www.IRCF.org

Are you on Facebook?

So is IRCF! We are actively posting our activities, as well as references to interesting articles about reptile and amphibian conservation and sciences. Desiree is the current administrator for the IRCF Facebook Fan, Group and Cause activities. You can also find her on facebook as well!

Start with the Fan page! If you have seen us at the shows, please feel free to post your show photos!!!

Be a fan! :)
http://www.facebook.com/IRCF.org

Anticipation.....

Its been a busy morning getting Wally and Jordan on their way to the show in Wheaton. I thought now I can relax a little, but wait let me check the contest eggs first. You know the feeling that you want it to crack but at the same time you don't cause then the aniticaption is over? Well, thats how I felt each time I have gone to check the eggs this last week. However, when I opened the incubator and saw the baby I was very excited this morning! Bummer! there is no one here to share my excitement with so I decided to post to you right away. Now what fun would it be if I told you and didn't show you the baby? So watch for another post later this morning .....

PS. If you are going to the Wheaton Show could you tell Wally that a contest egg cracked! Thanks!