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Post by richardfrog on Jul 16, 2015 17:54:56 GMT
what about the water frogs, Alex. I might be down near you next week. Richard.
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Post by richardfrog on Jul 10, 2015 20:59:33 GMT
When making a hibernaculum the heat in the subsoil needs to be kept in. This means polystyrene should only be used on the roof and sides. If it is on the bottom as well heat from the subsoil will be prevented from rising into the chamber.
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Post by richardfrog on Jul 6, 2015 18:35:25 GMT
Hi Alex, How many bombinas have you? Richard.
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Post by richardfrog on Jul 6, 2015 18:31:08 GMT
I have just made a 5x2 meter vivarium and will be adding some wall lizards. probably captured near Folkestone. There are lots of piles of rocks and hiding places. Would I be advised to keep one pair only? I was thinking about territoriality. Would they be compatible with common lizards?
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 26, 2015 23:57:30 GMT
I am in Sheffield- average 3 c colder. I am experimenting with white south facing wall of vivarium and black rocks for basking hopefully using sun's rays to maximum effect. I understand there are thriving wall lizard colonies near you. I did not know this until saw a nice green male in Abbotsbury gardens.
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 25, 2015 14:11:23 GMT
Thanks Alex.I've been keeping stuff that long too. I had an outdoor vivarium in 1964 when i was 10.wild caught natterjacks !! Last 20 years mostly tropicals but am building 5 metre outside enclosure as we speak. I will be needing lots of your bombinas. I have seen both european species in the wild. they were living in flooded wheel tracks just like it says in the books.
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 24, 2015 8:18:20 GMT
Has anyone kept more than one species at the same time ? Apart from the colour are their any differences in behaviour? I would be interested in keeping the species which is most active in daylight hours.
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 22, 2015 12:08:18 GMT
I think the problem with breeding is our cool summers due to the winds onto our islands from the atlantic. Southern Sweden, Poland and Ontario are much colder than us in the winter but this does not matter as herps are asleep. In summer the temperatures in these places are warmer than here so eggs have shorter incubation times and more reliable hatching.Estonia is the same latitude as the Orkney islands but has, natterjack, sand lizard, smooth snake and pond turtle. Our common reptiles are all viviparous except the grass snake which cheats by using the heat from rotting vegetation , manure etc.
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 20, 2015 10:26:24 GMT
i think the problem was i googled outside reptilary
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 19, 2015 20:12:02 GMT
Hi all, I am a new member.I was looking for a relevant group of people who kept outdoor vivariums. I am not a computer wizard. However this site did not come up very early on a google search. I have no idea why or how this could be altered but thought i would let you know. cheers Richard.
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Post by richardfrog on Mar 16, 2015 14:53:45 GMT
Has anyone considered painting the south facing back of the vivarium white or using the mirrored plastic sold in hydroponic shops? I think this would reflect useful light and heat back into the vivarium even on a dull day. On a similar note has anyone used very dark rocks, black painted wood or the black sand sold in aquarium shops as a basking area? I think this could be effective in the spring and autumn and on dull days. It would become too hot in the summer but the creatures would move to a cooler are.
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