Another Cassie thread

[Bradyloach]

So here's some more pics of her. This will be her permanent thread were all her pics are posted!
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/5223ebae.jpg

My gf going to pet cass
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/34b6acfe.jpg

Love this picture
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/070ffa11.jpg

A little size comparison
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/a16ba30d.jpg

:)
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/1ff290b5.jpg

Is there something wrong with the farthest toe? Looks like a sore
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/cb7fcf7e.jpg

[Bradyloach]

A little photo shoot
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/97d8eb86.jpg

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/35c3554f.jpg

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/ef1008ac.jpg
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Cassie/f3b07f72.jpg

[Bradyloach]

Look at this :)

[*Don't Mind Me*]

The penny for comparison really shows the size. As for the toe: Have you asked a vet?
It doesn't look to bad, but I have never kept a monitor.:confused:

[millertime89]

She looks great man.

[Bradyloach]

The toe is nothing, I think it's just a bad shed, I'll put some poly sporin on it tonight :) I'm pretty sure ,y hygrometer is broken! Anyone know we're I can get a really accurate one?

[alessia55]

She's so sweet :)

[alessia55]

The toe is nothing, I think it's just a bad shed, I'll put some poly sporin on it tonight :) I'm pretty sure ,y hygrometer is broken! Anyone know we're I can get a really accurate one?

A hardware store, a cigar store, online (amazon.com sort of thing), home depot, an electronics store. ;)

[Bradyloach]

on update on Cassie! With a video and a cute pic :)
Savanah monitor eating nightcrawlers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9p7AP-lSuc&feature=youtube_gdata_player)


http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/bed55127.jpg

[alessia55]

She is adorable :D

[Bradyloach]

So much personality! :)

[Norm66]

That last picture is the best. Totally adorable. :)

[BarelyBreathing]

I can't get over how big she's getting. Looks like it's time for a new enclosure!

[Bradyloach]

I can't get over how big she's getting. Looks like it's time for a new enclosure!

In around 3 weeks I'm buying her p an 8x4 :))) that can come apart into 4 sections and will allow for 2 ft of substrate before the window :) she is going to love it!!! ( in the summer time I move 2 hours away with my dad to work! This is my last summer for working there tho :)

[BarelyBreathing]

Cool! Does it have a place for lights?

[Bradyloach]

Umm I'm gonna put hooks in th ceiling of it! At that petstore they don't use heat lamps for anything.... They just have heating pads the savs look terrible and the peach throat is in a whole wired cage... The guy as been raising reptiles his whole life but come on guy your sav has crusted eyes and just sits in his cage all day his 30 gallon tank

[Bradyloach]

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/e5ddaf84.jpg
This is terrible

[BarelyBreathing]

Oh man. That's sad.

[Bradyloach]

Like the guy is a respectable breeder but he keeps his savs in fish tanks and feeds them veggies and dog food? Like grr he has great deals and is super nice that's why I do business with him, that's the only reason why

[alessia55]

Brady have you talked to them about the proper care of their lizards and about improving the quality of life for those animals? Or maybe just leaving a printed out care sheet on their cages anonymously...? :hmm:

[BarelyBreathing]

I'd do that. The guys at the reptile store near me are excellent when it comes to taking advice on how to care for animals.

[Bradyloach]

Umm I can't screw up my deals, he gives me like percent off crickets and meal worms, and will buy my dubia. But I'll bring it up in a professional matter and sit down with him with savannahmonitor.org printed out and I will give it to him

[BarelyBreathing]

Just bring it up in a "hey, did you know?" type way. It may work if you say something like "I've been researching my butt off, and I found this new information. I figured you'd want to hear it because you have savannah monitors, too". Sound excited, not criticizing.

[Gungirl]

No matter what "deals" you get it is not ok to allow the animals to be treated poorly. I would never let someone make money off me if they are not taking proper care of their animals.

[Lankyrob]

No matter what "deals" you get it is not ok to allow the animals to be treated poorly. I would never let someone make money off me if they are not taking proper care of their animals.


THis!! And if they dont listen then get animal control involved. No deals are worth animals suffering

[Bradyloach]

Yah, I'll go in there next time and tell him, I've just thought it through, it's not worth it....

[Bradyloach]

*UPDATE ON CASSIE ENCLOSURE*

So I added another ligh on the cool side. Wow humitdy is already 70 and it's makinG a huge differenc.
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/ce6bbc5e.jpg


What's the temp suppose to be on the cool side? Before it was 71 now it's around 79

[alessia55]

Just bring it up in a "hey, did you know?" type way. It may work if you say something like "I've been researching my butt off, and I found this new information. I figured you'd want to hear it because you have savannah monitors, too". Sound excited, not criticizing.
This is the best way to do it, hands down. Be excited, and emphasize that you want what's best for his animals too. Make it sound like you agree with his end goal (having healthy animals) and that you have new information that helps get there!
Umm I can't screw up my deals, he gives me like percent off crickets and meal worms, and will buy my dubia. But I'll bring it up in a professional matter and sit down with him with savannahmonitor.org printed out and I will give it to him
Kat responded the way I would:
No matter what "deals" you get it is not ok to allow the animals to be treated poorly. I would never let someone make money off me if they are not taking proper care of their animals.
The discounts you're getting are nowhere near as important as the animals' suffering.

[Bradyloach]

Yah I will! My hygro,eter just blows. Time for a new one! It's reading 56% humitdy and the glass is fogged up

[Bradyloach]

*cassie update*

She didn't even eat today! She didn't want to :/ maybe she was full of hunting in her enclosure! Anyways here she is

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/06002a3e.jpg

[Bradyloach]

Another update! I picked her up and she doesn't mind :) no hissing or tail wiping :)

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[alessia55]

Awww look at her on your lap! :D

[Bradyloach]

Cassie update!

She took a bath :) and i caught her burrowing! god shes cute

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[alessia55]

look at her burrowing! so cool that you caught that in action! I bet she'll be so happy when you give her the bigger enclosure with lots more dirt too :D

[jarich]

She didnt eat? As in you put food in front of her and she didnt react? Is that still true?

[Bradyloach]

she always eats :) sometimes she is full before i get to her cause she munches on all the crickets that are in there

[jarich]

Ah, ok, I gotcha. Sorry was just worried she had stopped eating for some reason.

[Bradyloach]

Ah, ok, I gotcha. Sorry was just worried she had stopped eating for some reason.

oh shes an eater :D shes getting a little fat tho

[Bradyloach]

Who wants more pictures :)!
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/e7f3fd77.jpg

GROWTH SHOT
When I first got her
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/Castiel.jpg

Two months later
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/littlecass.jpg

And now
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/3330bf02.jpg
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/dcd2e8ad.jpg

[infernalis]

Now you can see why that fish tank was not going to last, look at the changes in just 8 weeks

[BarelyBreathing]

Look at her go! More digging pictures, please!

[Bradyloach]

Look at her go! More digging pictures, please!

I can't get anymore! Well I never catch her!


*CASSIE UPDATE*. Video

YouTube (http://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google&tsp=1&rdm=40623589&rdm=4q0yw9khm#/watch?v=9IDv17UaAgw)

[Bradyloach]

And here's a picture :D
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/1fc37be2.jpg

[infernalis]

nom nom....

[Bradyloach]

She won't eat crickets right now. I just don't know why :/

[infernalis]

That's odd.

It does seem that once they have had bigger bugs, the smaller ones don't work so well anymore.

[Bradyloach]

Yah maybe the crickets are to dirty and eating there own poop and she knows this? I don't know

[Bradyloach]

*CASSIE UPDATE*

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/3b441316.jpg
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New hygrometer :D
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/9ba94c6c.jpg

[jarich]

That's odd.

It does seem that once they have had bigger bugs, the smaller ones don't work so well anymore.

Ive heard from a few keepers that said that as theirs got bigger they just stopped being interested in crickets. Mine still munches them down like candy!

[Bradyloach]

Cassie ate lots of crickets today, and humitdy is now 74. Wow :D

[BarelyBreathing]

Woohoo! That's certainly a relief, huh?

[Bradyloach]

Yah :) that hygrometer was broken! This one hasent went down since 12 pm still going strong
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/0ba02181.jpg

[Bradyloach]

* cassie update*
So I have a video of me petting Cassie. I'm taking things really slow with her still :)

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[Bradyloach]

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/019779f2.jpg

[alessia55]

Seems to really tolerate you when you were petting her :) Well done

[Bradyloach]

I can pick her up to, that's tomorrow In the next video :)

[Bradyloach]

So this is cassie! she is making so much progress. this is me picking her up. I usually use 2 hands but i had to use 1 because i was holding the camera.

Watch how calm she is, no hissing or tail whipping instead she goes right back up to her basking spot and looks at me. what a great sav.

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This is another one, She was in her burrow because i scared her changing her water dish, coming into the room. but as soon as i sprayed the water bottle she came out curious. The mister is a great way to get her to come to you

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[BarelyBreathing]

She looked a bit nervous in the beginning, but I'm going to assume it was because she didn't feel supported when you lifted her. As soon as you put her on her lap, she calmed right down.

Great progress!

[Bradyloach]

how should i pick her up? any tips ?:)

[BarelyBreathing]

Lay your hand down flat and encourage her to walk up onto your arm. Then support her with your other arm as you bring your arm closer towards your body.

[Bradyloach]

okay tomorrow i will do that! umm the guy gave me the wrong quote on the enclosure. its not 800 its 1200. but thats a pretty good price i guess for an enclosure made out of pvc

[Bradyloach]

Can crickets climb PVC?

[BarelyBreathing]

I feel weird because I just answered this in PM.

They can, but not very well. Every once in a while you'll get one that manages to get all the way up, though.

[Bradyloach]

yeah :D just wanted to know if they can escape from her and just stay on the roof like they do now

[Bradyloach]

thanks you answered in pm :D umm ive decided to go with a basking rock instead of a reyes stack. im going to go find a 200 pound huge rock. if i put the rock in there would i have to sink in right to the bottom so she wont die digging under it?

[BarelyBreathing]

Yes, place it directly on the bottom of the enclosure.

[Bradyloach]

wow, i dont know how im going to get a rock that big! haha

[BarelyBreathing]

The beach?

[Bradyloach]

i can find one! but i dont know how im doing to go about carrying it haha

[BarelyBreathing]

Grab a friend. Nothing beats forcing your friends into manual labor.

[jarich]

Haha! Its funny cause its true.

Why do you need such a big rock?

[Bradyloach]

Well I need to burry it into the substrate so when she burrows under it it doesn't fall and kill her

[millertime89]

Haha! Its funny cause its true.

lol, oh so true.

[SpOoKy]

okay tomorrow i will do that! umm the guy gave me the wrong quote on the enclosure. its not 800 its 1200. but thats a pretty good price i guess for an enclosure made out of pvc

You can buy wood and pay someone looking for side work less money then that for an enclosure

[Bradyloach]

I want this one :p it dissembles into 4 pieces Im moving In a year. This is totally great for a sav :)

[varanus_mad]

I want this one :p it dissembles into 4 pieces Im moving In a year. This is totally great for a sav :)

unless your getting it custom built with a 2' bottom plinth... id disagree.

[Bradyloach]

Dont even know what that means ^ :p

Cassie pics!

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/6ddd3696.jpg
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/a29e1cbc.jpg

[Bradyloach]

So I'm in Guelph Ontario, been here since Thursday and My mom is watching Cassie. So she calls me and says I got a great deal on worms. She got 800 for 45 dollars that's insane! Also she said Cass was right up on the glass and my dad picked her up and she didn't hiss or tail whip. Or even shut her eyes, she was licking everywere just exploring. She asked me if I was mad I said deff not she's making a lot of progress it's great.

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[alessia55]

Looks like Cass is warming up to all her humans :p :D

[BarelyBreathing]

That's awesome!

[Bradyloach]

Yah! I Really think she is getting friendly

[jarich]

Very cool about her becoming used to handling. And great price on the worms! That should keep Cassie happy for quite a while.

[Bradyloach]

Yeah :D I'm really EXICTED. When I get the enclosure this week it's only going to get better! No on really understands why I spend so much on my sav. I just enjoy the hobby :)

[MoreliAddict]

Nice sav, cant wait to see the new setup when it's done

[infernalis]

cool on all counts...

[Bradyloach]

Well boys and girls, I just got back from my gfs. Cassie is so relaxed now and she is moving all over her enclosure side to side. She took all the leaf litter and shoved it in her burrow had to dig some out, and my mom didn't know what lizard poop looked like so she only cleaned out what she thought was poop so there was around 9 of them just waiting for me, peeeeee yewwww it smells, around 5 days my mom watched them and she is like a little puppy? She now comes to the glass everytime someone is at it. Wow she's my little puppy, but I did get tail whipped haha I went in the cage so eager to pet her and boom tail whipped, but I picked her up and she was so relaxed
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She dug another burrow that's so deep
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/f4753077.jpg

And what the heck a pic of my 3 ferrets
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/4848bf96.jpg

[alessia55]

Sounds good Brady :D you should post a video of her again!

[Bradyloach]

I deff will :) she's in her burrow right now so I'll have to wait :)

[varanus_mad]

Dont even know what that means ^ :p

Cassie pics!

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/6ddd3696.jpg
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/a29e1cbc.jpg


the bottom section of the viv that holds all that lovely sand/soil.

[Bradyloach]

Well i have a huge 8 min video for you guys! Uploading it now. :D

[Bradyloach]

So here's s video of Cassie eating worms! And me talking

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[BarelyBreathing]

It's not working, Brady. :(

[Bradyloach]

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[Trollbie]

Awww! Cute!

[Bradyloach]

Does this one work?

[Bradyloach]

And some pictures:)
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/02def07c.jpg
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[infernalis]

looking good Brady....

[Bradyloach]

Thanks Wayne! She loves night crawlers

[Bradyloach]

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[BarelyBreathing]

Tongue flicking, eyes open, these are all good signs. Next time you feed her, make her run after a few of the food items and record it.

[Bradyloach]

Deal! I ran out of crickets untill next Tuesday. So I'm just using night crawlers. Can I dust those?

[BarelyBreathing]

Sure you can.

[Bradyloach]

Nightcrawlers aren't that bad for a couple days! I have tons

[Bradyloach]

I thought Hedy would enjoy these pics I just got
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/cff5c975.jpg
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[Gungirl]

That second one is great

[Trent]

The last couple are awesome!

[BarelyBreathing]

I like the first one!

[Bradyloach]

Thank you :)) these are all from my iPhone 4gs :D

[Bradyloach]

Well cassie is an a huge shed right now! its gone off her belly and its showing alot of orange! kind of cool.
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/f36a111d.jpg
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And heres the bearded dragon :D
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/658c9950.jpg

[Bradyloach]

Cassis update! She likes to cuddle her monkey!
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt351/bradyloach/655e5821.jpg
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[Bradyloach]

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[BarelyBreathing]

Don't you hate how they don't shed evenly? It's like, as soon as the last bit starts to shed, the cycle repeats itself.

[Bradyloach]

Haha yah! She will shed again in like 3 weeks :(

[infernalis]

everything is looking really good Brady.

[Bradyloach]

Thanks Wayne :)

[millertime89]

That looks great man. I love the picture of her with a dirty mouth after chowing down on some nightcrawlers.