253. EHS club meeting 1st May 2012

EHS club meeting TUESDAY 1st MAY 2012

Welcome return of internationally renowned field herpetologist and author
STEPHEN SPAWLS
Who will be giving an illustrated talk on
THE DANGEROUS SNAKES OF AFRICA
Free entry for members, donation from non members
Royal British Legion, Aylsham Road, Norwich 8PM

252. First plain Jane Mack Snow of the 2012 season.

This babe is literally fresh out of the egg. Checked the incubator at lunch today(17/04/2012)and she/he wasn't there. probably a female, bearing in mind the low temperature of incubation and its lengthy period. However, checking again at about 16:30 and we were greeted by this charming little babe. Parents are Slurm and Fanta who produced us Microfiche the supersnow last month. Incubation at 29 degrees celcius for this Leo took 52 days and hatch weight was 3 gram. In keeping with our olympic theme we have named him/her javelin. Sibling egg looks in fair condition so fingers are crossed for another hatch soon.

251. Yippe we are past 250 blogger posts.

Time to crack open a bottle of bubbly as we pass the quarter of a grand post barrier?

250. We hope broken hides is not a fore warning of broken eggs?

Just got a mail order delivery of 6 exo terra medium hides and some other goods. As you can see in the image with this post 4 of the hides are broken as the packing was pretty ropey. The stockist has agreed to replace them so no problem there. Lets hope it is not a bad omen similar to the one at Aintree last Saturday when Synchronised threw AP Mckoy off the saddle before the race.

249. Latest Gecko olympian

In celebration of the olympics being staged in Blighty for the first time since 1948, we shall this year mostly be choosing the names for our 2012 babes from words associated with the Olympics. So far we have a Taekwondo. And now we have a Discus (below) who high jumped out of the egg yesterday (10/04/2012). She is the sibling of the babe in post 248. So an extra days incubation and weight was 2 gram.

248. Easter egg hatch

This little one gram wonder chipped her way out of the egg this morning (09/04/2012). Must be a Tremper sunglow as both the proud parents (Currant bun & Helios) are sunglows. Incubation took 51 days. Given her the name Taekwondo. The sibling egg looks viable so fingers are crossed for another quick hatch.

247. Its fortnightly weigh in.

It's Saturday and fortnightly weigh day. Hoping that one or two of our virgin females will have got to the Lowestoft Leopard Geckos standard breeding weight of 55 grams. If so we will be pairing up with some of our males that are current lying about on their bellies and twidling their thumbs. Time for them to earn a living.

246. Where are they now?

Always nice to find out how our hatchlings got on after they moved on to new homes. Here is a link to a current piccy of Uno, so called as she was our first hatchling of the 2011 season. Even If i do say so my self a definite quality uptown girl http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/lizard-classifieds/832085-leopard-geckos-1-3-four.html

245. First UK reptile show of the year

BRITISH REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SOCIETY

Are pleased to announce their Reptile Meeting
TO BE HELD AT A NEW LOCATION.
Saturday 12th May 2012
AT
Castle Green Sports Centre
Gale Street
Dagenham, Essex
RM9 4UN
Café on site
Doors Open 10am to 3pm.
Featuring over 100+ Tables.
You Do Not Have To Be a Member to Book a Table OR Attend the Show
Private Breeders Selling Captive Bred Livestock
Commercial Traders Selling Live foods & Equipment
Ample Free Car Parking For All.
Entry Fees £2-50 Adults. Children £1.00.For Information on Table Availability
E-Mail bras-show@talktalk.net

244. Meet the parents (33) for the 2012 breeding season.

We have just (03/04/2012) paired up these two African fatsos to see if they can produce some nice offspring. The normal wild type stripe is Tulu whom we obtained from Worcester morphs back in Autumn 2009. She is a bit dimunitive, so we have been reluctant to breed her in previous years. However, we have now come to the conclusion that she is now as big as she will get, and just naturally small, hence safe to breed. The male is Nelson a proven albino stripe who has been featured in earlier posts.