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If you want a hard number, it has cost me $26.82 USD since end of June 2009 until now to feed my crestie, give or take a couple of pennies. So, not much at all :) My feeding routine: Fresh Repashy MRP on Monday/Wednesday/Friday (left in for 2 nights as mine prefers it day-old, as do many of...

This hoax reappears every few years, but it's still funny :)

Having been involved in the commercial pet industry to varying degrees for quite a while, I can think of a few reasons why the selection of scorpions is far more restricted than that of Ts: 1. Ts have a greater variation of colour, shape and pattern. 2. Ts are spiders, and no other common...

There seems to be a spike in monitor-related questions recently :) There are a couple of recent threads that cover the information you're looking for. There's a good list of small beginner monitors in the following thread: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=168218

These are commercial food fish, so you won't find much on how to care for them as pets. A friend of mine kept one about 10 years ago, so I asked him, and he had this to say: Feed it 2-3 times a week on feeder fish, fish parts and frozen food, as much as it will eat in about 10 minutes. He...

The doc called it contact urticaria, so basically an allergic reaction from coming in contact with the saliva. Their saliva is used defensively as an irritant, so it would still be a good idea to test it out before you take the plunge, even if you aren't allergic.

My experience with them (assuming you're referring to African pygmies) is limited but memorable. When they were still legal where I live, we got one into the pet shop I used to work at. They coat their spines with saliva, and when I had to move it for cleaning, the saliva caused such a bad...

I'm 95% certain that it's Leptodactylus laticeps. The remaining 5% doubt is due to never having personally worked with the species. Common names include red-spotted burrowing frog, coralline frog and Santa Fe frog. The species is rare in the hobby, and also rather expensive for a frog...

Daytime roughly 80F-82F, which can drop to mid-70s at night.

As mentioned, If you've never kept a monitor, steer clear of Nile monitors. Their general attitudes and space requirements don't make them suitable beginner monitors. I've worked with some easygoing individuals, but they were exceptions. Most Nile monitors are very ill-tempered. Savs...

+1 They fit everything you've listed, and there's a wide variety to choose from to suit your taste.

This belongs in the true spiders section, but if you're wondering what the specific species is, there is more than one. You're describing a whole family of spiders (the Deinopidae). The best-known of these are probably the members of the Deinopis genus (ogre-faced spiders), which includes...

Buy some fluorescent powder or black fingerprinting powder, and put a little around any area that is being disturbed before you go away. It's not that expensive, and whoever is messing with your stuff will get their hands/clothing stained for a few days. I did this once a long time ago when...

Very cute! Axolotls are great little critters, and one of the best beginner salamanders around. I used to have a pair when I was younger, and they were like little garbage cans - they ate anything, including pellets and scraps. After a while yours should start to associate you with food, and...

There is no "pet" turtle/tortoise species that will live comfortably in a 5 or 10 gallon tank for life. You could keep a hatchling or juvenile in something that small, but it wouldn't take long for it to outgrow the tank. Small easy-to-manage turtles include spotted turtles, mud and musk...

Your best bet would be to request access to the Canada section of the forums. Instructions can be found here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=150578 Someone there might have what you're looking for. As for online dealers in Canada, though they may not list a species you...

Well, the colony wasn't mine, and my grandfather died 8 years ago, so visual records aren't something I'll be able to provide without a séance to find out if he even kept any ;) It's fairly easy to prove if you have an albino or not - send a specimen to a research lab and have them confirm...

They're not albinos. When breeding C. gracilis, you'll occasionally get a pale mutation. Unfortunately, it's random, and doesn't appear to carry through in line breeding, so you don't even have "hets". It's more like a harmless birth defect than a genetic trait. My grandfather kept a...

There's a thread HERE on AB with pics showing how to identify the two. Look at the last couple of posts. Chances are that it's D. diadema, especially if it comes from Tanzania. True D. variegatus are quite uncommon in the pet trade.

I've kept Dasypeltis scabra and fasciata - established snakes are very easy to care for, as long as you have a stable supply of small eggs (I mainly used quail and bantam eggs). Screened cages might not be the best for them though, as they require high humidity (70%+). Temperature-wise, they...