My little '09 Santa Rita pyro was cruising around this evening so I decided to take some crappy shots of her inside her enclosure. She is still rather small and slender, despite downing fuzzies every 4 days or so, so she is still happy in her 10 gallon "naturalistic" terrarium.
Just some layered pieces of cork bark with lichen, cypres mulch bedding, moist new zealand sphagnum hide areas, ceramic water bowl. Heated by UTH.---which is pretty much the typical style of setup for my small collection of 2 pyros, l.zonata multicincta, and l.t.annulata
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My Santa Rita pyro cruising enclosure
Zach_MexMilk
Apr 14, 2011 09:56 PM
Replies (6)
Zach_MexMilk
Apr 14, 2011 09:58 PM
DMong
Apr 14, 2011 10:02 PM
rbichler
Apr 14, 2011 10:33 PM
Nice Santa Rita pyro, she looks like she has plenty of weight on her for her age.
Bob B
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grnpyro
Apr 16, 2011 10:14 AM
lol, come on man, that thing is not slender. If anything its ideal or even at the top of what you want it to be. Many people keep there animals obese.
With my Pyros, I sometimes have to stop feeding as frequent and given them an every 2 week feeding schedule or sometimes for my males they just stop on their own in spring and right before brumation. It seems that my applegates tend to stay heavier.
Jlassiter
Apr 16, 2011 12:37 PM
>>lol, come on man, that thing is not slender. If anything its ideal or even at the top of what you want it to be. Many people keep there animals obese.
>>With my Pyros, I sometimes have to stop feeding as frequent and given them an every 2 week feeding schedule or sometimes for my males they just stop on their own in spring and right before brumation. It seems that my applegates tend to stay heavier.
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Pyros and Knobs in general seem to grow long and thin (slender) prior to getting girth when they are adults......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
pyromaniac
Apr 15, 2011 10:01 AM
That is a nice setup. I have 8 ten gallon glass tanks with pretty much the same amenities for my 8 '10 pyros, but it is not as attractive as yours. Where did you get the cork bark? I use terra cotta plant saucers stacked for hides, and cottage cheese containers for moss hides, with deep shredded aspen. Some of that cork bark would make their tanks more fun for them.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
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