Show off your pets thread

[dpfarr]

Those GSD are handsome looking dogs!

My 9 year old basset hound, Dorothy Helen.


My ambilobe chameleon


Dart Frog collection
Dendrobates tinctorius cobalt

Dendrobates tinctorius azureus

Dendrobates leucomelas

Ranitomeya imitator Varadero transporting a tape on his back

Ranitomeya benedicta

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by dpfarr

stuff

Are all the frogs kept together? Do you just have 2 of each?

[dpfarr]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Are all the frogs kept together? Do you just have 2 of each?

I have a rack of them using a computer controlled misting system and led system that dims on and off. Each species or geographic location warrants their own terrarium. They are inter-fertile and the control of breeding for their biological localities to preserve their phenotype is important to me.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by 7 skulls

This is Snapper. 2 years old and growing. Enjoys sitting in the sun and eating flies.

is ramen noodles a common potting agent for fly traps?

[beltax90]

got me a few pet rocks

[dpfarr]

Originally Posted by soundman98

is ramen noodles a common potting agent for fly traps?

It is. Their habitat is bogs with low pH. Those long fiber ramen noodles (aka sphagnum) releases H+ and holds an incredible amount of water. Easier to replicate conditions this way. Pretty much all carnivorous plants come from similarly nutrient deficient places.

[7 skulls]

Originally Posted by soundman98

is ramen noodles a common potting agent for fly traps?

Snapper likes wet feet and a bed of sphagnum moss. There is a bog behind my house. Lots and lots of noodles, all free.

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by 7 skulls

This is Snapper. 2 years old and growing. Enjoys sitting in the sun and eating flies.

Do they actually do a good job keeping a place fly-free?

- Andrew

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Do they actually do a good job keeping a place fly-free?

- Andrew

In my experience, no.

[7 skulls]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Do they actually do a good job keeping a place fly-free?

- Andrew

Short answer, no. Long answer, no. Female mosquitos and black flies are out for blood not the sweet nectar a fly trap produces to attract its prey. Since each trap closes for roughly 3 days to digest a captured insect, Snapper can snag the occasional house fly but he's not gonna clear out a backyard.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by 7 skulls

Snapper can snag the occasional house fly but he's not gonna clear out a backyard.

Well, not yet, but when it's grown, maybe..

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by 7 skulls

Short answer, no. Long answer, no. Female mosquitos and black flies are out for blood not the sweet nectar a fly trap produces to attract its prey. Since each trap closes for roughly 3 days to digest a captured insect, Snapper can snag the occasional house fly but he's not gonna clear out a backyard.

I had one for a while. Never saw it get a fly but damn it decimated the ant population. They loved the thing and it would sometimes manage to get two or three at a time. Even saw one try to get in while it was closed.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I had one for a while. Never saw it get a fly but damn it decimated the ant population. They loved the thing and it would sometimes manage to get two or three at a time. Even saw one try to get in while it was closed.

They grew wild in the parts of NC and SC I roamed as a kid. Technically they are considered endangered now, at least in the wild.

[dpfarr]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

They grew wild in the parts of NC and SC I roamed as a kid. Technically they are considered endangered now, at least in the wild.

It’sa real bummer that they’re endangered. There is a homeopathic market for wild ones. Despite being amazing prolific in respect to artificially propagating the species.