bundy_zigg
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they are awsome - and the enclosure is wicked you did really well.
lacies first day in the pit
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Boney
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cool one crocdoc , didnt know you breed bells is it yours . ? know what your saying mate on the feeding out of hand bit , i might run out of luck one day . seen to many barefoot bushman videos so i might lose a toe instead . 
but ive had no micro surgery on any of my body parts yet from a bite.
but ive had no micro surgery on any of my body parts yet from a bite.
Boney
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ive had no micro surgery on any of my body parts yet from a bite
...yet.
Keep hand feeding and you will.
I didn't breed the bells, I got it from a mate.
ecosnake
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excellent stuff ...out door enclosure rock!!
Boney
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i would take your advice but ive found that the aftercare at our local hospital is very good . ive paid for it on my taxes every year for the past 15 years . the nurses are fine, the doctors are great and i want to get some of that blood back that ive been donating for 10 years
you are right but i will invest in a large set of tongs ... and like i did say they are on a class 2 permit for good reason . but so you no ive had lacies for along time now even bought some off you crocdoc in the past (yours are some of the best tigers around) .
you are right but i will invest in a large set of tongs ... and like i did say they are on a class 2 permit for good reason .
but so you no ive had lacies for along time now even bought some off you crocdoc in the past (yours are some of the best tigers around) .
serpenttongue
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Boney
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NICK , hes looking great , wow top cage hes in to he looks content in there .i feel like a cry now :cry:memories , the times we had together . the day i brang him home:cry: but hes in good hands now..
ok that cage a friend of a friend built it for me .welded it up in 4 sections then it just bolts together in the corners then i just screwed the wire on myself . the cage sits on a bit of concrete footing a foot wide 6 inches deep that gos around the edge of the bottom of the cage . then i dyno bolted it down . then i dug down 3 foot below the footings put a mesh floor in then meshed arounds the sides . then filled back over with fine gravel and sand .
the hot box now at the top of the cage , i got some steel cut to size then got plastic angles to hold together then poped the sheet metal on . ive insulated the top and bottom of the box then covered that over with ply on the inside . got a big black tub thats got a low degree heat cord under that .
the water trough in the frame got it down at the produce its got a bung in it that just unscrews for easy cleaning .. i did have a fancy waterfall in the cage but the lacies loved it to much and i was forever cleaning out the bottom of the waterfall and pump:lol: . so i think this is better in the long run . ANDY.....................
he looks content in there .i feel like a cry now :cry:memories , the times we had together . the day i brang him home:cry: but hes in good hands now.. ok that cage a friend of a friend built it for me .welded it up in 4 sections then it just bolts together in the corners then i just screwed the wire on myself . the cage sits on a bit of concrete footing a foot wide 6 inches deep that gos around the edge of the bottom of the cage . then i dyno bolted it down . then i dug down 3 foot below the footings put a mesh floor in then meshed arounds the sides . then filled back over with fine gravel and sand .
the hot box now at the top of the cage , i got some steel cut to size then got plastic angles to hold together then poped the sheet metal on . ive insulated the top and bottom of the box then covered that over with ply on the inside . got a big black tub thats got a low degree heat cord under that .
the water trough in the frame got it down at the produce its got a bung in it that just unscrews for easy cleaning .. i did have a fancy waterfall in the cage but the lacies loved it to much and i was forever cleaning out the bottom of the waterfall and pump:lol: . so i think this is better in the long run . ANDY.....................
Boney
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crocdoc, no mate not one of your ones . .........would you say NICK your one is more of a dark phase not a tiger in the pick .?
LullabyLizard
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Awwwwwwwwwwwww How adorable!!!!!!!!
Great enclosure too! 8)
Great enclosure too! 8)
serpenttongue
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NICK , hes looking great , wow top cage hes in to
I know exactly how you feel. I've sold animals and then really regretted it. I sold a trio of Water Dragons, the male being 15 years old. I felt so guilty for selling them and was depressed for days. But all is good now...the Lacies keep me company!
Your big Lacey is definately in good hands. He settled right in from day one and is completely content. He pigs out on young rabbits and rats!
Can your young Lacies get out of the bath okay? I cant see if there's anything for them to climb up to get out.
serpenttongue
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No, no news, yet, mate.
She's still digging in the box, the temps at the centre of the box are a steady 30'c.
Every evening i carefully dig into the coco peat to feel for eggs, but so far nothing.
Could the fact that i am disturbing the nest each evening by searching for eggs, actually be putting her off, for the nest is never how she left it the day before. She wakes up each day to a nest box that has been 'messed with'.
David, does your female always deposit eggs right in the centre of your nest box, or are there times when eggs are deposited in a corner?
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serpenttongue
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I would say it's more of a tiger Lacey.
His markings always seem to have a 'grainy' appearance in photos. They are much clearer when viewing him in person, as you may remember.
shane14
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Ouch, that's not going to end well.
Here's a shot to go with your smiley-faced bells, but this one doesn't so much have a smiley face as a satanic grin. It even has 'horns' and a pointy 'chin'! I've named him Goblin
LOoks like the devil LOL
I'd probably hold off on the messing, unless she's dug so much out of the nest box that you need to pack it in again. You'll know when she's laid by looking at her, although sometimes with big females it can be subtle.
My female has been known to lay eggs in the corner on occasion, but most of the clutches she's laid in the past few years have been near the centre of the nest box, close to or on the bottom.
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