Black Rat Snake
The Black Rat Snake, Elaphe Obsoleta Obsoleta, belongs to the snake family: Colubridae. Black Rat Snakes are usually totally black in colour, as the name suggests. However hatchlings (baby snakes) are grey with darker dorsal patches, and will completely turn black as they get older. Some black rat snakes even have a white outline to […]
May 9, 2010
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Red Milk Snake
The Red Milk Snake, lampropeltis Triangulum Syspila, is quite an interesting snake in my opinion due to its colour pattern. It belongs to the family Colubridae. In appearance, this snake will usually have a white, cream or beige coloured body with intense, bright, red saddle marks that are usually bordered with a black outline. Red […]
May 9, 2010
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Royal Python
The Royal Python, Python Regius, or Ball Python as it’s called in America belongs to the family ‘Boidae’. It is quite a small species of snake. In appearance this snake is generally completely brown or black with irregular patches of brown or grey on its body.  This snake often tends to curl up in ball, […]
May 9, 2010
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Columbian Rainbow Boa
This snake, Epicrates Cenchria Maurus, belongs to the snake family ‘Boidae’, and can be found living in the wild, in places such as Columbia (hence the name), Costa Rica and the surrounding islands. Columbian Rainbow Boas generally grow to about 4-7 feet long, but some have reached an amazing 8 feet in length! They can […]
May 9, 2010
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Corn Snakes
Corn Snakes, Pantherophis guttatus (formally Elaphe Guttata Guttata) are very popular choices for pets.  This species of snake belong to the family Colubridae and can live for up to 16 years of age! If being kept as pets these snakes should be kept in a strong vivarium with a temperature of 24°C to 27°C, (that’s […]
May 9, 2010
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Giant American Land Snails: Megalobulimus Oblongus
Most giant land snails are African, this one, the Megalobulimus Oblongus, is different because it is actually a giant American snail. There are quite a few giant American snail species, although overall, the African species are a lot more common as pets. Megalobulimus Oblongus originally comes from South America, but can now be found in […]
May 8, 2010
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Giant African Land Snails: Archachatina Degneri
This species, also called the ‘Giant Gold Coast Snail’ is one of the smaller members of the Archachatina family with a shell length of 8-9cm, compared to the Archachatina Marginata shell length of around 12cm. Archachatina Degneri has a fairly smooth and shiny shell, with the first three and a half whorls being of a […]
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Achatina
This snail, also called the ‘Tiger Snail’ and the ‘Giant Ghana Snail’ is the largest land snail in the world. Due to its vast size of an average 18-20cm shell length, this species is very popular for pets. A shell length for this snail can easily exceed 30cm, with an average diameter of about 9cm! […]
May 8, 2010
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Immaculata
This is another species of Giant Land Snail that is often kept as a pet, though not as often as Achatina Fulica.  These two species are often confused with each other due to them looking fairly similar, although there is a lot of variation between the two if you know what you’re looking for. Achatina […]
May 8, 2010
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Giant African Land Snails: Achatina Fulica
The giant African land snail Achatina Fulica is one of the most common giant land snails in the world. They are east African snails and are a popular choice and most common choice for pets due to the fact that their shells can grow up to 25cm in length! In fact, the largest ever Achatina […]
May 8, 2010
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Giant African Land Snails: Archachatina Marginata
The giant African land snail Archachatina Marginata is the largest of the Archachatina sub-species of giant land snails. This species of giant land snail can be found native to West Africa and can have a shell of up to 12-15cm in length! The family of Archachatina Giant Snails are generally more primitive than Achatina snails […]
May 8, 2010
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My Pets: Mr Tiggins
Name: Mr Tiggins Animal: Cat Colour: Black Size: Average size for a cat Breed: Unknown Gender: We think he’s male Birthday: Unknown We ‘adopted’ Mr Tiggins when we moved to another farm, as he was already here. The lady who lived here before us had already named him ‘Mr Tiggins’ which suits him perfectly. He […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Jet
Name: Jet Animal: Cat Colour: Dark Brown Size: Small to medium for a cat Breed: Unknown Gender: Male Birthday: Not sure – some where in the 1990s Jet was a stray cat that we adopted when we moved into a new house. We first saw him when we were viewing the farm, and then later […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Gerty
Name: Gerty Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Mixture of black, light brown and white. Size: Medium to large size for a guinea pig Breed: Unknown Gender: Female Birthday: 26th July 2009 Gerty has medium-long hair, yet is smooth coated. She is quite shy and has a very loud squeak! She lives with her sister Aurea in […]
April 13, 2010
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My Pets: Aurea
Name: Aurea Animal: Guinea Pig Colour: Mixture of Dark brown, light brown, black and white. Size: Small to medium size for a guinea pig Breed: Believed to be Abyssinian Gender: Female Birthday: 26th July 2009 Aurea is the first guinea pig I have owned who has long hair that sticks up in rosettes. She shares […]
April 13, 2010
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