Recent content by rockpython

I am sorry if I am breaking the rules by self promoting, but I started a facebook page that will be following a new project of mine "The T'ranch Ranch" It is a project aimed at educating people on tarantulas and other "creepy crawlies". I encourage you to please "like" my page as it will help...

I call him "The Sheriff" he keeps the pill bug count in check at the ranch :)

Just munching a leaf. He seems to enjoy life at "The Hisser Ranch"

She is cool!

Good day everyone, I have a had a few deaths. 2 adults which were original so they MAY have been old. But I have had 1 nymph death and 1 on the verge for a few days. That one has been put into quarenteen and it tends to keep on its back. Food is strawberries, romain, shredded wheat, and fish...

http://s931.photobuc...b562c.jpeg.html I've been watching this pede everytime I went to my LPS... I just had to give him a home! I can't wait to expand with more. Any suggestions on a thick millipede legal in the US? (No AGP's :( )

I came upon a large amount of silk plants (leaves on stalks) I am trying it in my Dubia tub instead of egg crates. I have enough to where I can use half at a time. I figure that they are easy to shake off when its time to clean, and they are reusable. I let you know results after they've been...

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I am going to be starting a 55 gallon planted terrarium for my hissers and I am looking for some opinions. I used to have a setup with a breeding group of crickets, a marble gecko, a golden gecko, a salamander, and a rose hair tarantula... That went well until I moved and I broke it all down...

And a happy Halloween to me because I found a new clutch of baby hissers this morning! Woot!

It's peat mixed with dried leaves and misc. reptile hides. They seem to like it since they are reproducing. Heat comes from an 85(?) watt red light and its misted once or twice a day. RockyP

Greetings! I am happy to be aboard! I am not a complete noob to cockroaches since I worked about 12 years in the pet business. I used to have hissers to feed my tokay, but he didnt like they got out of hand and I donated them away... I used to keep T's and scorpions but I have a 3 year old now...