Canyon County Fair

Reptile Adventures has been to one of our biggest events yet, the Canyon County Fair. As far as fairs go it was a small one, only 4 days long but we still had a good turn out at our little stage. It was really hot that day so most of the animals were pretty active which made for some interesting moments. Here is the schedule for the Community Stage, as you can see we were on at 3:15.

Here is Tyler telling the crowd what kind of animal he brought to show them.

I guess this mother and daughter didn't know that Pyxie Frogs can get to be about 10" front to back and weight as much as four pounds.

Gilbert is always a little slimy when she comes out of her tub.

Tyler introducing Spike the Bearded Dragon.

Hippo is always a hit with the kids. He's hard to see in the picture but he's the one everyone is trying to touch.

All in all it was a good day. We would like to thank Rico, the guy that contacted us about doing a show, and look forward to going back next year.

Another Tortoise

This is Whitney. She got her name from the tallest mountain in California, Mt. Whitney. She came to us via Craigslist, the owners couldn't care for her anymore and were looking for a home that had experience with large tortoises. As you can see, her shell is very pointy. This is known as "pyramiding". This is caused by, among other things, not having the right kind and/or amount of lighting, not enough calcium in the diet, etc. Whitney is our third tortoise and second Sulcata Tortoise. She is quiet a bit smaller than Hippo, in the previous post, being only 10-15 pounds, but she holds her own. She can almost always be seen following Hippo around the backyard, pushing him if he stops to much on some grass.