Dubias Roaches

The Dubia cockroach is found in Central and South America. They are common from French Guyana and Brazil to Argetina.

Dubia cockroaches have become popular for feeding reptiles and amphibians because they are a high quality herp food source that is easier to raise than crickets. Dubia are a meaty roach with a soft body which contain a much higher ratio of protein to indigestible chitin compared to crickets.

The Dubia Roach can be fed to:

Arachnids, Bearded Dragons, Frogs, Centipede’s, Lizards, Mantis, Monitors, Salamanders, Scorpions, Sugar Gliders and Turtles

They breed in drier conditions than many other roaches and produce little odor. They are

calm and easy to handle for feeding. They do not make any noise which is another reason they are becoming much more popular than crickets. Instead of having an escaped cricket forcing you to go "camping" at home, if you drop a roach they are easy to catch.

Compared to other roaches, they are exceptionally poor climbers and cannot climb glass or plastic; they can, however, climb silicone used to seal fish tanks.

Compared to crickets, dubia roaches are quiet, don't smell, don't jump out of the enclosure, are less picky eaters, are more hardy. But they mature more slowly.

Two Leo eggs

Leopard geckos season is going steadily. My Leopard laid another 2 more eggs. So cool. Its only early of the years and 3 babies leo already hatched and now this. I guess my reptiles room will be full of leopard geckos soon.

2 fertile Leopard Gecko eggs

Just to show you guys a brief update on my last years Snow Motley corn that I hatched. She getting bigger and bigger every month and from my weighing her. She weight almost 300 grams as at 18thMarch2011.

0.1 Snow Motley Corn snakes

Born on 17/3/10

And an update on my 0.1 Mojave. The 0.1 Mojave stop eating since last month. She had been breed to my 1.0 Mojave only since last September.

So what do you guy think? Is she gravid. I think she is. She been refusing food since last month and yet I notice she didn't lose any weight in her body and look eventually getting bigger than before and also it seem like she been feeding of a jumbo rats although she been refusing several time, With all that sign. That in my own conclusion, I think she is indeed gravid.

As for the rest of the Female Ball Python. Didn't See any sign that they are gravid yet although most of the female refusing to feed now. Must got sign and behavior than you can assume that they are gravid and not by guessing even though they mated. Some Ball python even though had mated yet still wont be gravid. Time will tell and hopefully one by one will show sign soon.. I so need Super Mojave In my collection. What about you?

Setting up aquarium tank for my daughter

My wife been nagging me for the past few week for me to set up an aquarium tank in the house so my little daughter can look at the fish swimming around. It started when i brought my little daughter to pets shop just few weeks ago. My little daughter was attracted to the fish in the aquarium that been display. She keep repeating PISH PISH PISH as I had shown her baby animal play card all the time and one of the card had fish in it
Luckily I had an empty aquarium tank in the house. It took me sometimes too to clean the aquarium n scrubbing all the dirt in the tank which I previously use that aquarium tank to house my bearded dragon. Since that beardie I had move her in bigger toyogo box and the aquarium had not been used for quite sometimes.

AquariumTiger barb, Black Tentra and Rosy Barb

Color Tentra

I not really fancy in keeping fish as pets as its required a lot of attention but since Its for my daughter happiness so I just go for it. I'm not really into those expensive super red arowana and those predator fish and fish that grow big. So we just decided to keep smaller fish that can be house together which is very cheap which I bought for B$1 a pieces and I bought 19pieces to fill in that tank. Also I purchased the tank cover, water filter and some others accessories. Overall I spend more than B$100+..(Shit)..like that also cause me $100+.

Stabilizing the fish Before I release it.

Fish Happily in tank

After releasing all 19 fish, I think it still look empty with that 3 feet tank. Maybe I should add some more fishes in there. Will love to add angel fish and (Ikan sepat) dont know what it call in English, Maybe Spot Gourami I think. Now with reptiles and fishes. Haiya, Cleaning day will take more of my time. But It worth it. My daughter happy then I'm more happier. World greatest dad lah kata kan..

Corn Snakes Eggs

So far three of my females corn snakes had laid eggs. on the 30th Jan 2011, Amel Stripe laid 13 eggs, 3rd Feb 2011, Snow laid 12 eggs and on the 5th Feb 2011, Anery laid 11 eggs. So I have total of 36 eggs Corn eggs so far which I expected to hatch in March/April. Also I Still have one more female expected to lay maybe early March or so and Hopefully maybe the hondo project also show result.

36 corn eggs

Milk snakes laid 7 eggs, But one slug and one double egg gone bad. Had to throw that away and now left with 5 eggs.

The juvenile Leopard geckos had start eating now after it hatched last 22nd Jan 2011.

And what with the weather nowadays. My 0.1 Mojave got Respiratory Infection(R.I) SHIT. Just notice it. Saw some bubble and watery fluid on his mouth and nose. Luckily I think its not that severe, I think he just got the infection just recently.

1.0 Mojave

Reptaid

Heat Lamp

Mojave now on treatment. Luckily I got reptaid on me, Don't know how effective this reptaid and hopefully it is good as that was recommended for reptiles treatment. Basically its good also to had everything well prepared when keeping any reptiles. Never know we might need it someday even how careful we are. We as human too sometimes get sick. so what more reptiles. Those heat lamp is to be used to warm the snakes up, from few article I read, that warming up the sick reptiles can speed up healing process. Why not just try it.
For my Ball python projects, They still locked here n then. Just wait for it to pop.

Happy Chinese New Year 2011

I, Marvin's Reptiles and exotics pet wishes all the Chinese peoples around the world "Happy Chinese New Year" Gong Xi fa Chai. May all happy return and prosperity year to come.


At the same time, another Colubrids Snakes had laid eggs again. Come on.. Keep it coming. Lets flood colubrids all over the market.


Still have 3 heads of colubrids snakes is expecting lay soon. My last snake that laid on 30th January 2011 had successfully laid 13 eggs. All look good except one which I suspected look infertile but Still I still going to incubate that eggs coz I not so sure it was really infertile as I seen a lot of infertile eggs but this a bit different.
On final note: I will like to wish all the Chinese again.. GONG XI FA CHAI. Ang pau na lai. and tonight lets SAR KI KONG.

Sneak Peak Season 10/11 2nd clutch

Another snakes had just laid her eggs.


All right.. will update her status in this few days. Let do the eggs count.

Wish List for 2011

I have collected few number of snakes, with my collection of almost 50 snakes yet, I had never satisfied and always wanted to add few more species. I been googling this python species for quite sometime now. I think I need this species in my collection. Sooner or later, This species I got to own at least a pair.

Bismarck ringed python is a monotypic genus containing the non-venomous python species found on the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. This snakes that stay relatively small and reach only about 1.50 m of length as adults. They are beautiful snakes that cannot be confounded with any other species. The babies are bright-orange-banded, in the 8th to 10th month this striking color changes to a golden-yellow to dull-yellow ring pattern.

Picture from Board Reptile Channel .com

Even though if I couldn't get this species this year. There always next year, next next year, As if the world going to end soon. Some how some days. I will get a pair of this BISMARCK RINGED PYTHON.

Update on Milksnake eggs laid 15th Jan 2011

Lets see the eggs that my milk snake laid on the 15th January. From the breeding of that milksnakes. Apricot Pueblan Milksnake laid 7 eggs. From that 7 eggs, 6 look fertile and one look like slug(infertile).

7 Milk Eggs

Sire (Pueblan)

Dam (Apricot Pueblan)

And my leopard gecko egg just hatched again. I think 3 eggs already hatched this month. 2 mocha Super Hypo and this super hypo.

Hatched 21st Jan 2011

Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail(SHTCT)

Still one more eggs haven't hatched, It is also shtct, Its was laid on the 9th Jan 11. Two eggs laid actually but one eggs gone bad.

Those Milk snakes expected to hatch most probably in March and so do the solo leo egg. Very excited to see the outcome of those babies Milk. As it was my 1st ever successful laying eggs by a Milksnake.



Got one more pair that I'm also trying to breed. Both are Tangerine Honduran Milksnake. I just witness one copulation so far. To insure it fertility and successful pairing. I will keep pair them together until I'm sure that the female Hondo show any sign of gravid.

Feeding Brandon Spider Ball python

Been Taking care of Brandon Spider Ball python Since last year November. The intention was to breed her Spider Ball python with my Male Ball python. She had since mated with my male pastel for an number of time. Hoping to get Bumblebee from that pairing. Hoping it will be successful pairing. I did however try to use 2nd male to pair with that spider Ball, But till now, I haven't got any result by using 2nd male. Anyways, His spider just shed today. So while waiting for Brandon to come over my place to feed her, I try to feed her 1st with Syrian hamster I just purchased. I think She sure hungry after her shed. She strike instantly and constrict the Syrian hamster from the moment I offered her.

Spider Ball python

Perfect skin shed

At the same time, I feed me other python. The Green Tree Python, Burmese and Blood Python.

Green Tree Python( didnt Realize she was in shed)

Malayan Blood Python

After Merely half n hour, I checked on Brandon Spider Ball python, Well She just leaved the hamster uneaten. I try teasing that spider and swing the hamster in her face, yet still she refused to strike it back. Maybe the hamster was to big for her. Such a stubborn spider. Remember Brandon told me that she don't like to eat bigger meal. LOL..Luckily I got a rubbish collector in the collection. Take the dead hamster and throw it to my Albino Burmese(Brüno Gehard) that what I name him. That Burmese never refuse.

Brüno Gehard

Nowadays. I'm feeding Bruno heavily, As I want to make him bigger. Let see if he can compete with Raymond on which are more likable. So wait and see..

Sneak Peak Season 10/11 1st clutch

First clutch season 10/111 had laid. I did't really see how many eggs, Will wait till she finally laid all her eggs then I will start incubate all the eggs. From what I see the egg, One or two eggs look infertile to me. hope that the only eggs that is infertile.


Few others snakes are going to lays their eggs soon. Will update the status of this eggs soon..

Corn Stud for Season 10/11

This Ghost Stripe or pastel Stripe is my Corn Stud for this season. Its a triple recessive morph corn snakes with it base mutation: Anery, Hypo and Stripe gene in one. A three year almost four years old this year. I had used him once last season to breed with my 0.1 Amel Stripe but my 0.1 Amel Striped failed to produced eggs last season. So this years I'm using him again to breed with my others female corn to prove that he is a star stud in my collection. What I believe what ever female I breed him will be a one super nice corn babies.

Ghost Stripe/ Pastel Stripe

All my female corn expected to laid end of this month or early February this year. A bit late this season not like my other previous season which usually laid early January. I actually not really into breeding Corn Snakes this Season even thou that had been out of hibernation for quite sometimes and been thinking to rest those breeder for this season but then after some thought then I decide to re-breed them and only pair them in Mid December. So meaning that next season I will rest all my female breeder next season n replace them with newer female that I myself breed last two season.
The Pueblan Milksnake that in my last post had shed and refused to eat last 2 days.. That A good sign. So hope that she really do lays eggs this time. YEAH YEAH YEAH \/.