Haha all of these are really cool, hope you had fun! ^^

I love every single one of them omg. I envy your job! What a pleasure it must be to work with so many beauties like that.

Spyro falling over looks like a good reaction image, heehee.

Since it's early in the day and this already has had such a good response, I'd like to share some more of our babies with you all. : D
This is a juvenile Red Tail Boa owned by the Coalition of Herp Enthusiasts of Tennessee. The study of reptiles is known as herpetology! And if someone ever tells you that they're going 'herping', it mean they're going to go outside and scout for reptiles (or amphibians); whether to keep track of population numbers, examine known specimens, or just for the fun of finding these masters of hide and seek. Here in TN you either find Blue Tailed Skinks or Rattlesnakes, ahaha, with the occasional toad. I've only found one legitimately green frog, and I never saw it again after that one year.

Here is Leo, a normal pattern Leopard Gecko. He's about 6 years old. I'm fostering him for anger issues as well. As soon as I got him home, he bit down and started to chew, lol. He's much better now, and is the back up leopard gecko for the Reptile Guy in case his current gecko passes away; he's very old.

Here is a baby Black Nile Water Monitor. He's cute and little now, but as an adult from snout to tail, he might reach 6 feet long (around 180 cm)! This little guy is also owned by C.H.E.T. They're native to large parts of the African continent except for the Sahara region and some parts in the South. As can be gathered from their name, their range also extends along the Nile.

I almost bought this little baby! This is a juvenile male Purple Passion Ball Python. Through selective breeding, breeders have taken colour mutations to the extreme with Ball Pythons, the mutations known as Colour Morphs. A Purple Passion is gained from the pairing of a Mojave and a Phantom, with passion babies ranging in colour from light grey to almost violet. Usually, though, they are lavender with near-yellow splotches. They're my favourite morph aside from the Silver Bullet. <3 It's important to be very careful when selective breeding, some specific morphs have physiological problems. The Spider morph, for example, has a neurological defect that results in a wobbly head. They can't hold it still and it varies in severity. Video at the bottom.

All photos in this entry so far have been taken at the Tennessee Repticon at the Factory in Franklin. Think an anime convention or a furmeet, but with REPTILES and SPIDERS (and some frogs and insects). Here I am with Sunshine, the Reptile Guy's Albino Burmese Python. She was a rescue from an owner who kept her in a very, very small tank (I don't remember the exact gallon size, but I think it was between 70-100 gallons, way too tiny). As a result her growth is highly stunted, and she about four feet shorter than she should be at the age she is now. Sunshine, after much rehabilitation, is now one of our sweetest program animals, she acts as our greatest animal ambassador to young children, and they adore the pink streaks she has on her face from her albino mutation. These creatures are native to Southeast Asia, discovered in the country once known as Burma, now Myanmar. Below is a better picture showing off her 'blush', the pink streaks on her head.


Here's a better photo of Mr. Freckles! Look how his scale pattern extends into the irises of his eye.

Here is a new rescue, Blue, the Blue Tongue Skink (RG isn't very good with naming, sob). As of right now, I don't actually know much about these babies. It's been my goal to do some research and talk with some breeders before the next convention in April. Right now, just know she loves to burrow, as evidenced by her substrate hat.

Here is Mel, our Citrus Leatherback Bearded Dragon. He actually has two major mutations affecting his phenotype, one is a colour morph, that's Citrus. The second is Leatherback. As a result of this leatherback mutation, Mel's scales are about half the size and hardness of regular beardie scales. He's so smooth, omg.

Here is Rojo, our baby Red Iguana (poor RG, he just named him the spanish word for red). Iguanas grow into massive animals, and we don't recommend them as pets at all unless you have experience with large lizards and can devote time everyday to handling them. They require extremely large enclosures, and can give massive damage to a person with their tail and teeth. As an adult, their tail alone can grow to six feet long. Rojo was delivered to RG in a box at a convention about a year ago. The owner found out how big they got and bailed, leaving him in our care. We quickly found out Rojo hadn't been properly cared for. He was scared, skittish, underweight, and had lost his tail at one point, as you can see in the picture by the point in his tail where the stripes and spikes no longer continue. Rojo is still very wary around humans, and takes as many chances as he can to run or jump away, but he is slowly acclimating to life as an ambassador. In the picture, Rojo has jumped from RG's hands to his hat in the middle of a presentation. The lower picture is a better example of the ratio of body to tail that Iguanas have.


Lastly for this entry, here is Lil' Joe, a very cranky and little baby tortoise, hatched last Spring. I sadly do not remember what species he is(but he is not a Sumatran). :c Lil' Joe is owned by Exotics of Nashville and is the son of Joe Sr. shown in the bottom picture. Joe Sr. is over 75 years old.






If you'd like to know more, just ask! I love sharing these babies.

Moderate head wobble video:

Because the head wobble can negatively affect the snake's quality of life, many breeders advocate for the elimination of the continuation of this colour morph.
Mild head wobble video:

Sometimes Spiders have no head wobble, but it's still a chance a breeder takes.

Mik is beautiful! All of the ball phythons I have met are so sweet, they have gentle puppy faces, and they're smooth and fun to touch, not to mention to hold!
Roxie and Spyro are precious little beans and I demand more pictures of them (eventually) lol

Being involved with a rescue for animals is hard work but very rewarding at the same time. Good for you c:

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Omg, Cross is that a Columbian Rainbow Boa, it's beau-ti-ful

I literally just saw a wild red iguana in Roatan. They're huge. Its' so awesome you work for a rescue and advocate correct care for these guys. so often reptiles are overlooked and never get the correct needs.

Sad to announce our beloved animal ambassador Urie the Uromastyx has passed away. Because he came to us as an adult rescue, we were unsure of his exact age, but we're pretty sure he died of old age. He might have developed an issue before we got him that was related to husbandry (sand for substrate, single heat lamp, small glass tank, humidity too low), but we're unsure. He was simply deceased by the time morning came. Rest in peace, sweetheart.

^____^ This is radical!
I laughed, I cried, I weeweed in my pants a little at the gimondo spiders @___@;;;
and I learned that Savannah Monitors are freakin' cool and that lizards deserve custom costume wings and trips to Ren Faire!
Thank you for sharing =D
I hope that your day and week and state in all aspects of life improves tremendously

One more photo from this weekend! St. Patrick got to come out and about to teach people about large, terrestrial monitor lizards.

Salut! I would welcome you to pet all of them if you were here! I am going to Repticon, a convention about reptiles, this weekend in fact.
And no, sadly I am not from Romania, but I love it very much. <3 My Romanian is not very good, hahaha, but the language is beautiful. Unele ?opârle sunt scumpe. Pogona sunt ieftine aici.