OK, Aidan, in some of these pictures you look A LOT like my fiance. The resemblance is somewhat uncanny!! I think he looks like a model so I suppose that says a lot about you.
I have a fasciatum sling that have handled during rehousing. Mine is a scaredy cat, pretty docile the one time I handled it but he ran and hid when I tried to get him out. I would imagine that as it grows older it will run and hide at any movement, yours will be the same???? :confused: It's...
A H. Lividium really isn't a good choice for beginners. For the above stated reasons: pet hole, defensive, fast, etc. There are more docile Ts that would satisfy your needs better like an a. versicolor for example. Even a rosea, but if you insist, than you.....insist.
You need a sufficent...
My g. aureostriata is growing freakishly fast!! Yet another reason why I would recommend one. I bought mine, ummm, this past summer as a 1/4" sling and it's a little over an inch now. It just closed up it's burrow, so I think it's getting ready to molt again. They are fantastic!
I wouldn't use the heat pad. Ts naturally go further down when too hot, it could cook the T if it tries to burrow down. Evereyone else has said everything you need to know!
It's been said a thousand times before but blondi's are most definately not for handling.
As suggested before, a g. aureostriata is wonderful. Docile and they still get pretty big. L. parahybanas are nice too but still on the aggressive side.
I would do some research on some more...
My a. seemani is WAY skittish. I would not recommend it for handling. It also became one grumpy T during rehousing, tried to bite use through the cage. I would put them on 6-8 inches of sbustrate so they can burrow. Mine burrows a lot. Mine will eat ANYTHING that moves in her cage, she is a...
They are EXTREMELY intelligent!! Mine talks to me now, it took her a while to get used to me though. If wnats food, she lets me know. If she wants out, she lets me know.
I don't know if you can get them cheaper from breeders....
Oh oh, they LOVE raisans. That's the way to their...
Yeah, they run about $130 or so and the cage is about as much. But they are well worth it. They don't smell at all, nothin. The only bad part about them is they like to chew and they are nocturnal so don't keep the cage in your room. Ours likes to throw things around in its cage at night. ;)...
1. Do rehousing/packing for shipping etc. in bath tub with holes shut/covered.
2. Invest in cheap containers for slings (if you get 'em). I use plastic "Freezer Jam" jars with holes put into them.
3. Hides=happy T
4. A spray bottle is useful for giving water to slings.
5. NO SPONGES! (naughty...
I have a chinchilla!
I would recommend a chinchilla. They are wonderful once they get used to you. Mine talks to me and tells me how it is, lol. But they do need out of their cage for an hour so too, kinda like ferrets. Oh and when they take their dust bath, cutest thing you will ever see...
Exactly what I was thinking..... How did you get lemmings? Do you have any photos, I would love to see them!! Wish I could help you with care, but alas I know nothing.
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