Treat day!

Feeding dog food as a staple is simple and affordable, but I love treat day. Snow was in the forecast for today, so yesterday I cleaned the garden of all it's small veggies and the skinks enjoyed a meal of zucchini, green bell peppers, and squash. They loved it! 

Did it actually snow? Yup. 

Brand new!

These are my favorite geckos, and they are notoriously difficult to breed in Canada. We actually don't know of anyone who has been successful in at least 10 years. We had to go to the US to get our breeding group because there were none to be found in Canada at all. Well, we hatched out 5 last year, and today the second baby of this season hatched. I have a new birthday buddy :-) From nose to tail tip he's a bit longer than my longest finger.

Do you have your licence?

In one week we are off to Winnipeg for the Manitoba Reptile Breeder's Expo and preparation begins today! As I was printing off our "Live Wildlife Import/Export Licence", I thought it might be a good time for a reminder. Fellow Saskatchewan reptile keepers, remember that you must obtain a free "Live Wildlife Import/Export Licence" any time you move, take, or bring an animal in or out of the Province of Saskatchewan. Absolutely every time. It is law (Captive Wildlife Regulations 13 (1)). We get an Export Licence from Saskatchewan Fish, Wildlife and Lands Branch for every single animal that we take to an out of Province Reptile Expo, and we get an Import Licence to bring any unsold animals back into Saskatchewan. As residents of Saskatchewan, we (each and every one of us) need an Import Licence for any animal that we bring in to Saskatchewan from out of the province. The form is easy to fill out, and it's free, you just need to apply 14 business days before the animal will be leaving, or coming into, Saskatchewan. 

We hope to see you at an Expo this fall!

A northern blue tongue has joined the skink family!

We excitedly welcomed our first northern blue tongue skink to our blue tongue family today! Jaxom is originally from Mel's Exotics, was born in 2014, and is amazingly docile. 

Baby merauke update!

Baby blue tongue update! The babies will be 4 weeks old on Tuesday and are doing fantastic. We lost 2 along the journey, and have 7 remaining. One will be staying here (although we haven't decided which one) and the others will be sold at the Regina Reptile Expo on September 22/23 and at the Edmonton Reptile Expo on October 13/14. 

Enjoy a peek at their photo shoot from this afternoon.

Surprise!

This week held three little surprises for us. 3 years ago we started the search for Blaesodactylus Boivini (giant Madagascar velvet geckos). There were none to be found in Canada, top Canadian breeders and importers said they had not seen any for 5-7 years and to their knowledge none had ever been captive bred and born here. We were intrigued by these guys and sought out 5 from the US, legally importing them and adding them to our family. After months of eggs with no babies, we gave up and began enjoying them simply as interesting pets. Over the past few months the 2 youngest died, leaving us with 3 older pet B. Boivini. 

Fast forward to this past week ... on Sunday, July 15 a daughter noticed a baby in the cage! Wednesday there was another! Then another on Thursday! What a crazy and unexpected week, 3 babies from pet geckos that we had no intention of breeding. We did nothing with the eggs and they hatched in the adult tank. These are the first known Canadian captive bred, captive born B. Boivini in a decade, and likely even longer! 

Babies!

We did it! 9 baby merauke blue tongue skinks have dropped and we are thrilled! We have been working with these guys for 4 years now and are very excited to finally have produced captive bred, captive born meraukes!

There are many people that have been waiting years for us to produce, so for now these will only be available in person at the Regina Reptile Show on September 22/23 and at the Edmonton Reptile Expo on October 13/14.