1 Egg, 2 Eggs, 3 Eggs.

Below, are recent eggs between my 1.0 Pastel & 0.1 Pastel (Sweeto)

7-Days in incubation.

Here, are 2nd clutch of eggs between my 1.0 Pastel, 1.0 Butter, 1.0 Pastel Yellowbelly & 0.1 Genetic Stripe

30-Days in incubation.

Here is my 1st clutch of eggs. Between my 1.0 Butter x 0.1 Normal (Crocky). 42-Days in incubation.

In another 2-weeks or so, Inshallah. ;o)

Incubation them at 31.1C-31.3C. Substrate-less method.

Summer Campers visits Exotic Pets Expo 2011.

Hello, again. Another busy morning, as the Summer Campers of ISB, JIS & CBf came for an educational visit to the Exotic Pets Expo 2011 at HuaHo Mid-Year Expo 2011, Kiulap.

Usually, the students would go for a few hours of arcade at The Mall. But, since they heard there is a Exotic Pets Expo around the corner. The students cheer to have something different for a change.

Students above holding a Granite Burmese Python & a Genetic Stripe Ball Python.

Rather than a couple of hours at the Arcade, the teachers here thinks it a best thing that this expo have to offer is the individual tour guide explaining the species, care, do & don't about pet reptiles.

Students holding a Butter Ball Python, Cinnamon Ball Python & a Lemon Blast Ball Python.

At first, some of the students are scared of the slithering snakes & crawling lizards. But with the tour guides around, they are given assurance that the animals display here make wonderful pets and are totally safe.

Students very eager to hold a Red Knee Tarantula.

Before entering the exhibition, the tour guides usually practice a Brief Safety Briefing. Included in the briefing is whenever you encounter a snake outside this exhibition, pls call your mommy or daddy or your teachers. Or simply call for HELP. The snake found outside of the exhibition are very unfriendly and will hurt you. The students agree to this statement, and hopefully this educational tour will remind them of the dangers.

Albino Burmese held by students.

Apart from the animals displayed, there is a sitting area with a video about reptiles showing every 30-60 minutes intervals. For someone, who are scared of snakes, they can sit down and watch the video, in their own comfort.

A student showing his friends that he can carry a Granite Burmese all by himself. ;)

The students ask question about what they eat, the daily routine of cleaning and petting the animals. Some even wanted to volunteer working as they wanted to handle & touch the reptiles everyday. ;o)

Students helping out giving sanitizer to students before leaving the exhibition.

The crew and myself, Thank you, for the warm and very friendly students from Summer Camp.

Hope that you guys had a very wonderful experience & very educational tour.

We are open from 19-July till the 21-August-2011. 10am -10pm. At the Huaho, Kiulap Branch inside the Huaho Mid-Year Expo Tent.

See you soon.

Exotic Pets Expo 2011 by TigerLim.com

Don't miss this out the Exotic Pets Expo 2011 at the Kiulap Hua Ho Mid Year Sale Expo 2011.

Inside they have more than 40 different snakes and reptiles. Most of the collection is owned by Eddie. Check out his blog here. Is really worth to have a look inside there unless you are a Ophidiohobic "afraid of snake" one lah! Yes at 1st I am a bit afraid of touching them but after a while understand them I start not takut and dare to touch them. It feel really smooth for some snake and I didn't expected they are so good boy and good girl.

I see this hobby getting popular on this day... I also feel like want to keep one also but I was told by Ezam make sure I really love this pet and can taking care them for 15 to 30 years coz some of this animal can live up to 30 years long so make sure you really take them as your part of family. Don't just play play for few years then throw them away like no body. So after the few consideration I think I quit for this hobby coz I don't think I can tahan that long. So I', going back there again but this time with my family.. It is great place for family and kids to visit and is really worth for some education about the reptile also.

It started opened already from today 22 July until 21 August time 10am-10pm. $3.00 for kids, $6.00 for adult and half price for senior citizen to entry.

He so brave

I guess snake also know how to choose people one...

Adik ni macam Pro lah!!!

She look sexy.....

I see numbers!!!!! Did you see what I see??? hehehe

A heart full & personal thank-you to Tigerlim.com for his generous contribution & event coverage.

Small Female, Small Clutch.

Small female equals small clutch (less eggs) I expected this, as this female was just on breeding weight of 1280-grams when I 1st pair her in December'10 with my 1.0 Pastel. She continues to eat during the breeding, (she never refuse a meal, ever since I got her) then refuse & accepted food till the middle of 3th month of breeding. After that, she refuses completely any food offered on the 4th month till today.

Ball Python shows parental instinct, which in the reptile kingdom, they usually dont take care of their youngs. But, to lessen the stress, and safety of my females & the need to bring her weight back up. I have to remove the eggs, and incubate it artificially.

There is no harm in parental incubation, but bear in mind, the female havent been eating for the pass 3 months, and ball python eggs usually hatch in average 55-days, with the mom on the eggs, that's a total of 5-months without food.

So, I'm going to artificially incubate the eggs, then tomorrow, hopefully she'll have her 1st meal. (2 of my females, accepted food straight away 1 day after they lay, hope this one will too)

A slim chance for a super pastel, but who knows, right? On paper, there is a 1 in every 4 eggs for a super pastel. My target is a male super pastel, that my wish, lol.. All 4 eggs, Super pastels, please.. AMIN!!

55-days plus today, expected hatching 16-sept-2011.

How are my baby Leopard Geckos?

My post on the May 6, 2011.

About the hatching of my Leopard Gecko between a pairing of a Sunglow and a Jungle Tremper.

Here they are after about 2 months 1 weeks old .

I'm so new to the Leopard Gecko world, I 'to-date' dont know what morph are these offsprings are.

Hope, a few gecko hobbiest will guide me, lol. Anyway, my next pairing will be between a Sunglow x Sunglow, which will yield 100% sunglows.

More picture in my fb's album.

They are Albino Trempers. (Updated 19-August-2011)

Exotic Pets Expo 2011

So how was the Exotic Pets Expo 2011?

Thanks to all that came, and indirectly supporting Local Brunei SMEs.

Part 2 of Exotic Pets Expo 2011 will start on the 20-July-2011 till 07-August-2011.

See you there...

SME Products & Services Expo
Part 1: 24 June - 10 July 2011
Part 2: 22 July - 7 August 2011

Syria Products Showcase
11-20 July 2011

Expo Ramadhan/Shawal 1432/2011
10-29 August 2011

Exotic Pets Expo 2011
Part 1: 24 June - 10 July 2011
Part 2: 20 July - 7 August 2011
Part 3: 08 - 29 August 2011

Business Hours: 10:00am to 10:00pm

How to make a 1:1 ratio on your vermiculite.

1. Tare your Egg Container.

2. Weight your dry vermiculite. Here i place 100-grams. I'm using a 1:1 ratio water/vermiculite ratio.

3. After "tare" the vermiculite weight. Add water using a water sprayer, its gets everything wet evenly.

4. 101-grams of water in the 100-grams of vermiculite mix. No mixing nessary, no mess. Good luck.

Blonde Pastel is inverted.

Inverted?

Maybe just like my Genetic stripe. Inverted on 02-june, lay on 28-June. So Give an take 26-Days. Hope for a male super on this one.

Genetic Stripe for Breakfast.

She finally laid. Refering to my blog entry, CLICK. Or just scroll to my post below.

Pastel, Butter & Pastel YellowBelly X Genetic Stripe.

Total 6 eggs, 552-grams. Averaging 92-grams/egg. 23-August, mark your calendar.

2011 Ball Python Breeding (2nd clutch)

Lets Hug the Water Bowl.

Gravid or not? A Typical behavior of a Gravid Ball. Inshallah.

Breeding between a Pastel X Pastel.

Hua Ho Mid-Year Expo 2011

A Joint-venture/Partnership with MediaHub.

I had a long thought on their proposal due to the long exhibition period, and I have a Job which I'm more commited to. But as MediaHub is a Business Developer & likes to develop SMEs, I guess, this will give me exposure, experience to step-up if i'm to be doing my part-time hobby as a side-business in the future.

Alhamdulilah, dealing with professionals gives me more confidence on the up/downs of setting up business strategies. Well, for now. Thanks for all the supports & Come and Meet Us.

SME Products & Services Expo
Part 1: 24 June - 10 July 2011
Part 2: 22 July - 7 August 2011

Syria Products Showcase
11-20 July 2011

Expo Ramadhan/Shawal 1432/2011
10-29 August 2011

Exotic Pets Expo 2011
Part 1: 24 June - 10 July 2011
Part 2: 22 July - 7 August 2011
Part 3: 10 - 29 August 2011

Business Hours: 10:00am to 10:00pm

Managed by:
www.mediahubweb.com

Further info, call: +673 2232996

Local Media Links:

The Brunei Times : Hua Ho Mid-Year Expo 2011 opening this weekend

Borneo Bulletin Weekend : Snake-handler sisters at Exotic Pets Expo

Borneo Bulletin : Variety of Exotic Pets at Expo

Crocky Laid

Was expecting this, cause she was so full & round. Didnt want to eat. And was just bulking up.

A typical ball python on her eggs.

Lift her up & found 6 white ball pythons eggs.

Weight them and got an average 91.3 grams per egg. Hope all are fertile. Will candle after 36-hours.

Im cooking them at 31.5C. with swings between 31.2C - 31.6C

Wish me luck & Lets count together, 55-days from today. ;o)

2011 June 6. St.James Cleanaton.

An invitation from St.James, Kuala Belait.

For a Beach Cleanaton + charity to Pusat Ehsan & SMARTER.

More pictures -> CLICK

Genetic-Stripe Laying Inverted.

A few more days now or weeks.

She was bred to Pastel, Butter, Pastel Yellowbelly.

All babies will be het for Genetic-Stripe.

2011 June 2. SMSA Reptile Education.

Helping out a fren (Tania) to do a Reptile Awareness to the students.

My 1st time doing a School Trip.

Was doing a presentation to Year 6 & Year 7, with 30mins of presentation & hands-on.

As per Tania, the students are doing research on Reptiles, Snakes, Turtle & Tortoises.

More Picture by clicking the links below:

EdPets-2011 SMSA Reptile Awareness

Tania-2011 SMSA Reptile Awareness

Leopard Geckos Hatch.

Im still very new to Leopard Gecko. Even this breeding is an experiment. Which was successful after 3 tries. 1 try, didnt know that moss will dry up so quickly, that 2 eggs dry-up. 2 try, got 1 slug. 3 try is a charm. Which I incubate at 27-28C, to get female ratio.

Ps. Havent got the rhytem to make a proper post. Been, so silent so long.

So, I just let pictures roll..

Leopard Gecko Update.

And Then, there is Eggs.

Leopard Gecko Breeding 2011

Sorry for the lack of update, been a pretty buzy month for me. ahaks.. Another rodent room has been made. Woohoo.. But im still catching up on my rodent breeding. As they are no supplies here, who can supply me at least 40-50 breeding pairs. (Anyone, who knows or can supply or offer.. hit me an email or call me. Name me your price!!) To date, manage to increase my rat breeding colony from 3, to 7 now. With 1.3 in each tub. Once I hit 10 colonies, i will need 10 adult males, as to minimise inline breeding.

Now, Something "NEW" for 2011.

Leopard Gecko or scientific name, Eublepharis macularius.

Below are, Sunglow and Jungle Tremper.

Offspring between these two would be 50%/50%, Sunglows & Jungle Trempers.

I didnt think i would have in my mind to keep them. But due to my abundant supplies (from self breeding) of mealworms, even my 25 plus Tarantulas & feeding my Sugargliders, I still got excess. And I got no intention of selling them. (Mealworms)

Nothing better than self breeding of their food/feeders. As I know, what my feeders eat.

2011 Breeding Resume.

Hello, Im following a tip from Justin of J.Kobylka Reptiles. (well, there is no harm in trying, or experiment, right) That give the breeding snakes a 1 week rest every month.

It does give a very valid point (who you are kidding, an advice from justin kobylka lol)

1st. it rest both the pairing.

2nd. it keep the stress back to minimum.

3th. time for me to take a rest too. haha.. im following a 3-days on/off pairing.

4th. it keeps my rat/mic production in check. Pounding my rodents every 3-days, make my stocks in chaos. Take this word from me, I breed & also buy. (i need to be fully prepare for the coming snake babies, hopefully)

5th. importantly, time for me to check the condition of my animals.

So after the 1 week rest, I went back to breeding, after a few hours, this happen..

Butter X Crocky (Normal), which will give Normals & Butter.

Pastel x Genetic Stripe, which will give Pastel & Normal 100% het Genetic Stripe.

I pair the Genetic Stripe with a Butter last month too. So, roulette breeding on this one, but hope both Pastels & Butters will turn out on this one. lol..

My most anticipate pairing. I strictly place a Butter & this "Pastel" to breed with my streak. (hopefully, he's a Pastel Yellowbelly)

Pastel (hopefully its a Pastel Yellowbelly) X Silver Streak.

If the Butter was the father, hoping for the Butter Black Pewter.

If the Pastel (hopefully Pastel Yellowbelly), wish to nail the SilverStreak Belly. (Can I call it that?? lol)

But even if the pastel is just a Pastel, a SilverStreak the most wont be too bad + a super pastel & a black pewter in the mix.

Maybe its the non-stop raining for 2-days now.. or maybe, the 1 week rest gave them full energy. Anyhow, its pairing & pairing.. until *jeng jeng* ovulation..

Captive-breed Ball Pythons in Brunei? Well, its too soon to say.. But wish me all the best..

1 Year Brongersmai Shedding

After a year, how does a brong looks like. Below is a link about a year ago.

http://edpets.blogspot.com/2010/02/brongersmai-shedding.html

Her completed shed. With this, Humidity is perfect..

Here she is now.. The same bowl. (But im not using that bowl for her anymore)

She's just a Normal, wont see her to brighten up soon. But i love her tame & docile character.

She live in my snake-rack at the moment. Until, she out-grow this current one.

Keeping brongs IMHO is a bit different than Ball Pythons. Brongs on my personal observation, they require a bit of a higher humidity than Balls. So, adding to the simplicity of keeping boids, I mist my bloods tubs twice a week.