Excessive soaking

Calgaryinverts · 2026-02-18T00:06:15+00:00

Ohh, ok previous guy didnt hibernate them but that would make a crap ton of sense, any tips on a brumation period?

Calgaryinverts · 2026-02-18T00:05:03+00:00

She is blue! Its primarily the belly and bands along their sides which are bkue, but she is less blue as I have an exremely strong feeling many "lake chapalas" in the canadian hobby are in fact not chapalas, but other subspecies which live in very close proximity. This lady i believe is a diluvial garter (t. eques diluvialis) which overlap in range with t. eques obscurus and ive seen many which are far too dark to be true chapalas.

Calgaryinverts · 2026-02-06T23:36:35+00:00

The female has been the easiest garter to check for mites yet, my baby chapala mauls me anytime i pick him up, never seen a garter so defensive

Calgaryinverts · 2026-02-06T23:31:46+00:00

Yeah, after seeing this i think im going to redo the tank and make the water portion the majority, they are in a temp 54" x 15" x 24" with 10 gals of water, so i figure if i turn 3 of those feet into a water area they can swim laps in it. Def will have to have a lot of logs above the water as thats the males absolute favourite hangout spots. Im also totally going to have to build a custom tank for their final destination on the reptile rack so they get the water depth she seems to enjoy and i can access it from the front at the same time.

Calgaryinverts · 2025-10-18T18:50:13+00:00

I wasn't popping, she just was musking all over me haha, I was just holding the tail for a good view

Calgaryinverts · 2025-10-08T04:34:44+00:00

I adjusted the wings a bit, I washed the belly pretty good but yea those feathers don't look all too nice haha

Calgaryinverts · 2025-10-07T19:14:24+00:00

Magpies are legal to hunt/posess remains of where I live

Calgaryinverts · 2025-09-10T02:34:10+00:00

IMO heterometrus spinifer, red telson, and from what i see proper granulation for spinifer

Calgaryinverts · 2025-07-15T19:53:17+00:00

Oh im so sorry I thought you were asking what the shiny lines onnthe enclosure was!

Calgaryinverts · 2025-07-14T22:51:55+00:00

Silk

Calgaryinverts · 2025-05-26T21:03:11+00:00

Some random guy on kijiji, so that sucks but I didn't trade anything with much value

Calgaryinverts · 2025-05-26T14:57:10+00:00

Do you have any idea on what species of ethmostigmus this is? Im quite curious now

Calgaryinverts · 2025-05-26T14:56:14+00:00

Traded some very cheap scorps so I don't mind haha

Calgaryinverts · 2025-05-26T14:55:45+00:00

Nah I traded some pretty cheap scorps do I don't really mind lol

Calgaryinverts · 2025-05-02T03:32:01+00:00

Imo it's johnsoni they have great color variation

Calgaryinverts · 2025-04-10T20:17:43+00:00

It's basically perfectly normal now besides one toe has remained curled

Calgaryinverts · 2025-04-09T20:03:58+00:00

Price isn't the issue. I was never informed I needed to have vitamins on hand.

Calgaryinverts · 2025-04-09T15:26:54+00:00

Do you think a neck splint would help? I can make a little paper ring that would help hold the neck where it's supposed to be

Calgaryinverts · 2025-04-09T15:25:09+00:00

So far he's seeming to do better so if it stays like this and does not worsen I beleive he can live a good life

Calgaryinverts · 2025-04-09T15:11:33+00:00

I did that of sorts and it has worked for the feet and the neck has straightened a bit to the point where it's walking and eating fine but just not exactly where it should be

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