While at the CRBE...(New Savannah Monitor)

[Kayla90]

Sooo, while at the CRBE this weekend, I happened to fall across the path of a Savannah Monitor, and absolutely just couldn't resist taking him home with me.
He's pretty tiny, but I have great hopes for this young one. We got him set up in his cage last night and within a few minutes he was out from under his hide just soaking in the heat of the lamp from the top of it. A while later he took notice of all the yummy food running around and began to chomp down.
All in all I believe he was indeed the best choice of the batch to choose, I especially loved his pattern and colouring just a little more than the rest, sure there may not be that much of a difference between them all, but I still like him.

I've thought of a name to call him, Ash for short.. Acheron if he is truly a boy and Ashlyn if he actually turns out to be a girl :P

Pictures to come in a few days after he settles in a bit more..

[HOGGISLAND]

Congrats on your new addition.:)

[UwabamiReptiles]

Congrats, can't wait to see pics of the lil guy.

[youngster]

Awesome! I like Acheron for a name.

[infernalis]

Welcome to the new way of life.. do it right and you have a friend that will be around for many years. :)

You will find out the sex around puberty, when mature the males will extend their weiner and show it off from time to time.

[stephanbakir]

You will find out the sex around puberty, when mature the males will extend their weiner and show it off from time to time.
Hot, can't wait to see that.

[infernalis]

I think I posted a pic of Chomper doing that once..

[stephanbakir]

Yeh, he was in the grass.

[millertime89]

these posts should be illegal when not accompanied by pictures...



:D

[SnakeyJay]

Acheron... wheres simi? Lol... from the darkhunter books? Sweet name choice :)

[Kayla90]

Acheron... wheres simi? Lol... from the darkhunter books? Sweet name choice :)

:O YES absolutely, I shall have to find a Simi now!!
Nice to meet another darkhunter fan :P


I promise to have some pictures up by tomorrrow :D

[Kayla90]

Welcome to the new way of life.. do it right and you have a friend that will be around for many years. :)

You will find out the sex around puberty, when mature the males will extend their weiner and show it off from time to time.

Mhm, I surly hope all goes well, I'm absolutely charmed by him.

Bahaha that I can't wait to see... I think.. >.< Hmm... :confused::confused:

[SnakeyJay]

Lol... ive read the books, numerous times x

[2006gt]

weres the pics!!! hahah

[SnakeyJay]

Pics, pics, we want pics lol :D

[Freebody]

Grats!! savs are sweet! we need pics!! lol

[youngster]

Me 4!!! I want pics too!!!

[Kayla90]

Ahhh I'm trying, I'm trying.. I just don't want to disturb him, and every time I pause by his cage, he quickly dashes into his hide :(
Though when I just walk past it, he lies still, and waits for me to leave.. haha .. I can't wait till I'm able to start working with him.. It's been 3 days, he's eaten everyday so far so I take that as an awesome sign, means I'm not doing too poorly by him.

[Kayla90]

As promised.. the extremely LONG awaited picture... It's currently only one, hopefully I'll be able to get a couple more within a few days..

[Freebody]

cherish those days of him being so tiny, they grow so fast. so hurry on these pics before it too late LOL , looking good btw :)

[Gungirl]

Aww he is a cutie!

[millertime89]

eeees soooo tiny!

[Kayla90]

cherish those days of him being so tiny, they grow so fast. so hurry on these pics before it too late LOL , looking good btw :)
But, but, but I want him to get bigger faster so I can take him out... Right now he is too frightened of me, so I mostly never see him.

[Jacob1750]

He'll come around, ive only had my sav for a few months and hes grown a few inches already. Its a trust sort of thing and once hes used to you he'll be more curious than he will afraid of you. Try not to handle him much when hes little, you don't wanna stress him out. Good luck with your little one :)

[stephanbakir]

But, but, but I want him to get bigger faster so I can take him out... Right now he is too frightened of me, so I mostly never see him.
Your goal should not be to take him out.

[Kayla90]

Well what should my goal be?

Besides, taking him out is not my goal, it's just an added bonus I'd like to experience. Right now my goal it making sure he lives so it can even get to the point.

[dshin963]

Speaking of the CRBE did anyone else check out that Banana Ball that I believe Markus Jayne had on display? jeez... was it a beauty...

[Kayla90]

I looked through his collection, but I don't believe I spotted that one :(

[stephanbakir]

Kayla and I are heading down to the MTL expo on the 23rd... There are a few animals that will be sold there that I would spend the money on if I let my guard down but I need to make sure I don't buy em lol.
I've been told that there will be green vine snakes and other assorted rear fanged snakes and an indigo pair.

Gona be going there to buy some PVC cages, and potentially a purple albino retic.

[dshin963]

Nice the Banana was out on display at the wall of breeders around... 2:00 pm on sunday i believe...

[Kayla90]

Awwwe, we didn't end up going Sunday.. We had planned too, but Saturday, we decided to pick up everything we needed and head home... :(

[dshin963]

:( that sucks... i love expos... im going to the one in Ajax on Oct 2.

[Kayla90]

So yesterday for the first time ever I got to see Ash eat :D
It was so fascinating, we threw in a bunch of food for him, and sat very sit, the moment he was comfortable enough and spotted the food it was like, "CRUNCH!" ... "Crunch crunch *swallow*"
bahaha it was the cutest disgusting thing I've ever seen :P

[stephanbakir]

So yesterday for the first time ever I got to see Ash eat :D
It was so fascinating, we threw in a bunch of food for him, and sat very sit, the moment he was comfortable enough and spotted the food it was like, "CRUNCH!" ... "Crunch crunch *swallow*"
bahaha it was the cutest disgusting thing I've ever seen :P
Kayla can't spell.
(only said that because shes running to retype it:P)

[Kayla90]

Bahaha it's true.. I did get up to go correct it when I saw the mistake... I totally meant sat "still"

[Kayla90]

So I just purchased a Ceramic Heat Emitter for Ash today... Noo more bright lights..
Thankfully Steph was nice enough to put it in for me... but it was hilarious when I walked back into the room to see him climbed into Ashes enclosure.. "I couldn't reach it!" Bahaha Oh Steph you never think of doing things the easy but longer way... you have to do everything so complicated.. If only I had grabbed the camera... That would have been one priceless picture.

[Kayla90]

Ps.. The past couple of nights I've been able to sneak a peek ... and saw he for the first time in a month.. he's looking sooo good I'm glad..

[Gungirl]

Glad to read he is doing well

[Kayla90]

For all you picture lovers :P
The first two are just his enclosure..
And see if you can spot him in the last two :P

[stephanbakir]

He found the trickiest hiding spot in there lol.

[Gungirl]

I love the inner log shelf! Thats cute!

[stephanbakir]

I love the inner log shelf! Thats cute!

Was fun cutting down that section, then hauling it out of the bush alone lol... Kayla has the balance of an elephant and refused to walk across the fallen logs to get to it :P

[Kayla90]

Mean while.. Stephan has the grace of a ballerina (HA my ***) and still managed to fall into the water.. I'm just smart..

[alessia55]

Haha it took me quite some time to find him in there! Cute!

[Gungirl]

You 2 make such a cute couple.. bahahahah

[Kayla90]

(Whoops sorry about the swear word.. )

You 2 make such a cute couple.. bahahahah

O.o .. why does everyone say that??

[Gungirl]

O.o .. why does everyone say that??

Because we see the love that lies under the roommate title :crazy2: bahaha

[Kayla90]

Liiies.. No such thing lmao I just like steph for his animals and knowledge :P Oh and his cooking when I can actually annoy him into doing it :P

[Lankyrob]

Liiies.. No such thing lmao I just like steph for his animals and knowledge :P Oh and his cooking when I can actually annoy him into doing it :P

Yup - sounds just like a married couple!! :) :) ;) ;)

[Gungirl]

Rob you took the words right off my finger tips.

[stephanbakir]

Rob you took the words right off my finger tips.

When Kat gets clever, she secretly wants a hug.

[infernalis]

Liiies.. No such thing lmao I just like steph for his animals and knowledge :P Oh and his cooking when I can actually annoy him into doing it :P

Overcook the pasta and serve nasty food over and over, He will take over cooking altogether.

[stephanbakir]

Overcook the pasta and serve nasty food over and over, He will take over cooking altogether.

Edit that out!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!1

[Gungirl]

lol Actually Stephan I hate hugs unless its my son giving them. :P

No need to edit it out. Stephan you fail, get in the kitchen and know your roll

[stephanbakir]

ROFL, I've had my daily dose of irony. I had to literally bend over backwards and squeeze into the savanah monitors enclosure to screw in his CHE (lightbulb) today.

[infernalis]

ROFL, I've had my daily dose of irony. I had to literally bend over backwards and squeeze into the savanah monitors enclosure to screw in his CHE (lightbulb) today.

When I get all done, most people would need a stepladder to change lights in Chompers cage.

[Lankyrob]

When I get all done, most people would need a stepladder to change lights in Chompers cage.


I wont!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

[infernalis]

I wont!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Me either.. @ 6ft.4in. I can reach the sockets just fine.

[Kayla90]

Hey!! I take offense to that.. just because I'm short!! I'm a foot shorter than you wayne.. that's no fair.

[stephanbakir]

Aww, wayne is an inch taller then me :*(

[youngster]

Lol Rob is two feet taller than me :)

[infernalis]

Hey!! I take offense to that.. just because I'm short!! I'm a foot shorter than you wayne.. that's no fair.


How is that not fair??

Every woman I have ever been with except one is tiny. Dorothy is almost a foot and a half shorter than me.

[Gungirl]

Hey!! I take offense to that.. just because I'm short!! I'm a foot shorter than you wayne.. that's no fair.

Life is not fair... put on your big girl undies it will all be ok.

I am also short 5'3" I love it!

[stephanbakir]

Love you Kat :P Awesome attitude, and you clean and cook...!

[Kayla90]

I just take offense cause you couldn't make putting the light bulb lower LMAO

[infernalis]

I just take offense cause you couldn't make putting the light bulb lower LMAO

I hear that about the cupboards every day... and I tend to set things on the top shelf.

[SnakeyJay]

Well i must be the man dwarf in here... 5ft7 lol.

[ZARADOZIA]

I hear that about the cupboards every day... and I tend to set things on the top shelf.

As a Short Woman myself (5'3")..I learned to get revenge on my husband who is a foot taller than I am...I leave all the cabinet doors open.

You see, I can walk right under all of them and never even brush the top of my head with them. He on the other hand whacks the crap out of himself every time I leave them open.

Now it has become a game between us. Every time I leave them open (usually while I am cooking, bouNcing from one cabinet to the next) he runs in the kitchen and Yells, "HUNNY WE'VE BEEN ROBBED!!" and proceeds to close all the cabinets I just opened.

When we moved into this house in 2010, I got here before he did and made sure that I opened every single cabinet door and drawer in the entire house! And guess what...he didn't even notice....LOL

[Kayla90]

:O How mean! (And that was directed at the men, not Zaradozia LMAO)

[Lankyrob]

My problem is standard door frames, they are 6'6" in the UK, top of my head is covered in scars from me forgetting to duck. Have had 9 stitches so far due to head/door frame colisions :(

[infernalis]

I used to drag the top of my head on the school bus...

[stephanbakir]

I used to drag the top of my head on the school bus...

Likewise, the last step getting off the buss was the worst, its only 6'2 in Canada, and its got a padded thing on it that lowers it down to 6' sucks really bad for tall people. Got a screw head between the eyes when I jumped off the buss in highschool.

[infernalis]

Ever get sick of all the "do you play basketball" questions?

[stephanbakir]

I played for a bit, but never liked it. Everyone looked at my funny, but I'm not ashamed to say that I kick hiney at volleyball, badminton, ping pong, chess, running and any form of swimming. The only physical sports I play are football (american) and rugby.

[infernalis]

My sports have always involved a motor of some sort.

Slalom water skiing is unreal, and it only hurts a little when you wipe out, as long as you don't collide with anything. (I saw a guy ski right into a dock before)

Motocross and woods racing, Trust me, threading through trees on a dirt bike at competitive speeds is an adrenalin rush, more so than heading into a 60 foot long, 6 foot high pile of dirt with the throttle pinned.

Soccer (AKA REAL football) is a blast, but I have only done that recreational and for fun.

[stephanbakir]

Only things with a motor that I've used were a fourwheeler (crappy one) and an airboat. Never had the opportunity. That being said, I did ride on catamaran last march when Cuba was hit by the tail end of a hurricane. I'll dig up some photos and upload them later. We traveled about 20k in under 5 minutes and smashes into the beach. I was flung about 20 feet, my arm smashed an aloe plant and got torn up pretty bad, other then that I was fine.

[youngster]

Tsk tsk...
pics or it didn't happen Stephan...
you should know that by now :)

[stephanbakir]

You asked for it. These photos are not in progressive order.

[stephanbakir]

One pic is of the mangroves, my fav herping and food gathering location.
The other is of a bee hive.

[stephanbakir]

random pic of the damage.

[Kayla90]

Sooo guess whose a girl :P

Now for the bad news... My CHE stopped working.. now Ash has an RI and is cold.. we've got her set up in a snake bin on top of a heating pad for now till we can get to the store.. Sigh.. today is not turning out to be a good day...
I have a 'potentially' dead, 'potentially" frozen in time burmating water snake.. It looks dead.. so either it's fresh dead or something is wrong with it.

[infernalis]

Oh, so sorry. :(

[Kayla90]

Well she's being pretty active now that I've got her on the heat pad and some food to keep her company :P At least until she slams them all against the wall and devours them..

[Gungirl]

I tend to think that you should always have a spare heat source on hand. I use flexwatt and always have enough to make spares for at least a few vivs. I would suggest keeping a spare CHE on hand to save you and your sav from a later issue. I hope all smooths out this time.

[Kayla90]

Oh we have flexwatt .. the only issue is.. it's not the type of enclosure you can work it into.. I usually had light bulbs going at the same time just so I could also keep a watch on him... but the last one blew a couple nights ago... so I was worried cause I could never see him.. I mean her :P ... I could never see her and I like being able to see them move around at night even if it gives them a moment of stress cause at least then I know they are alright. She has such a big enclosure for her sizes that I almost NEVER see her..