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Post by talk2spooky on Aug 20, 2006 14:45:24 GMT -5
Isn't he KYOOOOOT?!!! My cousin found him in the yard :3  |
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Post by nauticusvergil on Aug 20, 2006 14:53:07 GMT -5
Awww, he is kyoot ^_^
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Post by pitbulllady on Aug 20, 2006 15:15:45 GMT -5
It it totally adorable, but I hope your cousin released it, since Horned Toads can be very difficult lizards to care for properly. They only eat one thing, a particular species of Harvester ant, and will starve if they can't get that particular species of ant. They also have really strict UVB and UVA requirements and can be tough to meet. Very few reptile keepers try to keep these lizards. I'd wondered why you didn't see more of them offered for sale as pets, since they are so cute and seldom bite, until I checked with some long-time reptile breeders/dealers, and they told me it's almost impossible to keep these alive in captivity.
pitbulllady
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Aug 20, 2006 17:58:08 GMT -5
Wow, it's so tiny.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Aug 20, 2006 18:04:42 GMT -5
Ain't it?
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Aug 20, 2006 18:36:45 GMT -5
SEAN!
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Post by talk2spooky on Aug 20, 2006 18:37:10 GMT -5
It it totally adorable, but I hope your cousin released it, since Horned Toads can be very difficult lizards to care for properly. They only eat one thing, a particular species of Harvester ant, and will starve if they can't get that particular species of ant. They also have really strict UVB and UVA requirements and can be tough to meet. Very few reptile keepers try to keep these lizards. I'd wondered why you didn't see more of them offered for sale as pets, since they are so cute and seldom bite, until I checked with some long-time reptile breeders/dealers, and they told me it's almost impossible to keep these alive in captivity. Oh yeah. This is the same cousin who gave me my dear Cinnabar (delighted squeal). He stopped keeping reptiles to raise goats and boxers, so he won't be taking in anymore reptiles, much less a VERY young, VERY endangered species of reptile. Oh yeah. He's the same cousin who gave me my dear Cinnabar (delighted squeel), so he won't be taking in anymore reptiles (he's keeping goats and breeding dogs now). And Horny toads are endangered, so it's to big of a risk one way or the other. pitbulllady |
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Post by talk2spooky on Aug 20, 2006 18:39:49 GMT -5
Oh yeah. This is the same cousin who gave me my dear Cinnabar (delighted squeal). He stopped keeping reptiles to raise goats and boxers, so he won't be taking in anymore reptiles, much less a VERY young, VERY endangered species of reptile.
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Aug 20, 2006 18:47:46 GMT -5
Endangered huh?
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Post by RandallBoggs on Aug 20, 2006 18:55:23 GMT -5
Well I DID post a back post ^_^ |
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Post by FlameTheCharmander on Aug 20, 2006 18:59:17 GMT -5
Must have missed it. *goes off and searches for it*
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Post by RandallBoggs on Aug 20, 2006 19:26:56 GMT -5
^_^
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Post by lizardgirl on Aug 21, 2006 11:15:21 GMT -5
Awww, so sweet! It kind of looks like a leaf. Beautiful!
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Post by Beboots on Aug 23, 2006 9:21:15 GMT -5
So... cute! ;D I like how you've put a hand in there, for scale, or I really wouldn't appreciate how tiny he is! I wonder how young he is? Do they grow much bigger?
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Post by talk2spooky on Aug 23, 2006 16:13:42 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm guessing this little guy's roughly the size of a Goldfish(r) snack cracker ;D
Hmm... I don't know exactly how big they get, but the largest one I've ever seen was about 5 inches long. I rescued the 5 inch one from the pool when I was a wee Spooky, and relesed it, and I'll tell you right now, thse gguys are so adorable when they walk XD
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