#reptiles
Made a little trip to get some hides for his quarantine enclosure (he had hides before, but cardboard boxes, you know?) and so he was handled a bit while I cleaned out the cage and made it all pretty. As a reward he tried to bite me, like, six times, and you’re coming perilously close to being named Mister Bitey, sir
I have no idea what her morph “means”, but she’s so pretty.
And he shed too. Ain’t spring grand?
She also shed. So huge. So disinclined to take any shit.
she just finished tearing her skin off with her own mouth so WOW is watching a lizard shed different from snakes
I saw this animal posted for sale locally. Sibling to my orchid motley (Aerides), I didn’t want him to vanish into the ether of shuffling homes, so I took him in. He’s skinny and pretty snippy (he MUSKED me - I don’t know how long it’s been since an animal freakin’ musked me, generally they either bite the shit out of me or just chill), but he’s safely in quarantine now. I’ve named him Austri.
In honor of Gopher tortoise day (April 10th), here’s one of my favorite patients, Danny Devito the gopher tortoise! He was hit by a car and required long term care to repair the damage to his shell. This involves surgical correction of the shell fractures (hence the screws), along with supportive care and pain medication. This is him enjoying his daily outside time in the sun! After recovery in the hospital this animal was released into the wild near where he was found. Please always watch for tortoises and other reptiles when you’re out there on the road!