package arrived today

[smy_749]

V. storri pair arrived half an hour ago. From the first 2 minutes of being in the enclosure they are both basking at the 145 spot. Neither are skittish and the male has bright red with purple dorsal stripes. Hard to get a good photo on an iphone 4 through the glass. Female is the last 2 pics. These guys are TINY !

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[smy_749]

For a size comparison, that bulb is no more than 2-3 inches in diameter. Don't know exactly though.

[infernalis]

Congratulations!! The little pygmy goanna are in capable hands.

[formica]

nice :D congrats!

[smy_749]

Thanks, I hope to have a good experience with them and not one like some others describe.

Here is a pic of them hangin out.
The male just took a turk roach off tongs hahaha

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[lady_bug87]

Cool, how big do they get?

[sweatshirt]

Awesome :D They're adorable!

[smy_749]

These are adults. 12 inches including the tail is in the right ball park

[lady_bug87]

Oh sweet!!

[MDT]

Very nice dude!

[Donnie]

Really nice, congratulations

[Mikoh4792]

Those are awesome! I'd love to own a pair one day. Will you be breeding your own feeders?

[smy_749]

I might give it a shot with the turks. Not looking to put much effort into it honestly. I think I'm just gonna order 1 or 2000 crickets a time or something.

[alessia55]

Congratulations on your new pair! Keep us updated.

[Pirarucu]

Very nice! Keep us updated!

[SnoopySnake]

They're awesome!

[smy_749]

Thanks guys. Female ate a pinky mid afternoon (I had them so gave it a shot, not planning on using them as feeders. They are for my kenyan) and dissapeared for the rest of the day. Male is much bolder, and has no issue with me petting him. He ate about 30 crickets and hung out till 8 pm. Both of them seem to prefer basking at 145 on the log as opposed to 120 on slate. Male also went around marking his territory everywhere. I think i sat watching them atleast 2 or 3 hours lol

[LadyWraith]

How cute! I bet they are so fun to watch.

[Chris72]

:smug::smug::smug::smug::smug:

Lookin' good...!

Nice animals & a cozy looking enclosure.

[ErikBush97]

Hard to get a good photo on an iphone 4

This we know! ;)

Congratulations on the new additions!

[smy_749]

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[franks]

So cool! You must be ecstatic. They look very entertaining.

[smy_749]

I've been coming home from work, and sitting on the floor for hours at a time. The female goes nuts if I try to come near her, but the male is so fearless its hilarious lol

Caught the female basking at 169 degrees when she had other options. She also likes to sit ontop of the male which is a great sign (hoping the male doesn't rip her to pieces like storri sometimes do)

[franks]

That blue stripe is wild sammy.

[smy_749]

Yea hes a pretty boy. The female is in shed so its hard to tell what her true colors are just yet, but I don't think she will be like him. I'll have to give him a bath and then take fresh pictures in better lighting.

[smy_749]

Good comparison shot for size and color. Male is the colorful larger one.

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[smy_749]

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[franks]

Could you put a dollar bill in there, or something to reference size?

[smy_749]

I don't have a dollar. hahahaha I'll find something lmao

[smy_749]

Here is a picture next to a fake credit card (same size as a normal one)

Shes smaller than the male, but he wasn't cooperating so that'll have to do haha
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[smy_749]

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[smy_749]

Burrow has been constructed under the basking concrete slab. Goes pretty deep from what I could see (deeper than shown in the pics, they have done more construction).

Dunno if anyone is still checking this thread, but I'm using the forums as a personal journal I guess.

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[Donnie]

I'm still looking, keep the posts coming ;)

[Akuma223]

They're awesome smy :)

[Mikoh4792]

niceeeeeee

[Pirarucu]

Love the videos and pictures.

[boosh96]

Those are awesome! How much were they?

[smy_749]

A little more than double the price of yellow ackies...Thanks guys. They are getting big already. Eating around 40 big crickets a day. I feed like 30 with the tongs and throw ten in to watch them hunt. Male is sort of lazy, and doesn't enjoy tong feeding, but he will crawl on my hand, and let me pet the monitor sweet spot on his neck. Female spazzes completely when I try to touch her, but will eat straight out of my fingers without tongs, and leaps through the air while hunting....Fun stuff.

[smy_749]

This was the third cup of turk roaches, they were fat and lazy at this point. Female went into her burrow and he sat out to bask. I'll post the video of what happened before this as soon as it uploads.

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[smy_749]

Some of the feeding

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[ReptileSeeker]

where did you get them?

[Mikoh4792]

Who's taking care of them while you're away?

[smy_749]

Who's taking care of them while you're away?

My sister is feeding them. Wrote step by step for her. Got them off facebook group, they are chris murray stock.

[smy_749]

A few updated pics I took today. They are in the cage I setup for the tristis trio I was supposed to get. Having a front opening enclosure with glass they can view out from, the behavioral changes are significant. The male will crawl up my arm and go in my sleeve and hang out and go back into his enclosure on his own if I leave an arm "bridge".

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An enclosure pic, yes there is a sandy mixture in there and that is a nest box. Humidity is super high and the two floor / large enclosure with lots of shade gives so many temp gradients They can have a resting place out of sight in temps from 68 to 95.

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[smy_749]

I leave that one 60 watt lamp on 24 hours, the rest of the floods are on 12 on a thermostat if it drops below 70 they will turn on but it never does. The large 48" fluorescent is also on a 12 hour timer. Hard to take pictures in the day due to the amount of light.

[SnoopySnake]

That tank is awesome! They look great-I'm sure they love all of that space :)

[smy_749]

That tank is awesome! They look great-I'm sure they love all of that space :)

I have a hatchling leopard gecko in a 3 foot x 1.5 x 1.5 exoterra above it too haha They both have alot of space haha

[SnoopySnake]

I have a hatchling leopard gecko in a 3 foot x 1.5 x 1.5 exoterra above it too haha They both have alot of space haha

That's great!! If I had the space then all of my snakes would have final tanks at least twice their length and height would be at least half the length-haha.

The blue stripe down the ones back is wicked :)