A Bug's Wife

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas everyone! Things have been quiet around here while we take care of everyone and get a couple friends moved around and redesigned. Also, I like to think of these two as friends.

11/24/2025

Today during cleans and feeds, we found LSP passed away.
She was our resident female Phelsuma Grandis, who we had gotten quite attached to since rescuing her in 2023.
The menagerie is quiet today.

11/12/2025

Excuse the horrible photo quality and empty holding cup, but we found this little hatchling frogbutt Mourning Gecko running around in the adult tank during feeds today! I was in there yesterday and her egg was still intact so she's less than 20 hours old! Once she takes a day to calm down, she will get moved to a decorated 32 ounce container and get some flightless fruitflies and repashy to help her grow big and strong for her new home where she can make more little lady clones. Currently have an established juvenile ready to go, about 2 months old.

11/11/2025

Lots of issues with scheduled posts not posting, but we have mourning geckos available here with more hatching in the next few weeks. Enjoy this photo of post dinner Scarbutt as an apology for the lack of posts!

10/02/2025

Please take a moment and sign, you don't need an account.
The province already has laws in place to ensure the safety of the public, cities making their own is adding unnecessary hassle to themselves, and unnecessary stress on keepers who will need to rehome or surrender their pets!

Prevent changes to Edmonton's bylaw on exotic pets

09/16/2025

Our Mourning gecko trio have been hard at work here laying eggs in inconvenient places, so we should have some hatchlings available any day now! Message us to get notified first when we have captured and established some cute little ladies for your tank.
(I think this is a house gecko in the photo, but my point stands. Slow down, ladies!)

09/13/2025

All of the babies from Dynamic Boas' first litter of 6 have eaten! 2 paradox albino are on hold as of now, but the other 4 will be available after a few more meals.

08/11/2025

HUGE NEWS!
We welcomed a juvenile male and TWO unrelated older female Lake Chapala Garter snakes (Thamnophis eques obscurus) into the menagerie this past month. This is a rarely seen snake in the hobby these days, with adult females often hitting sizes of around 4 feet with proper care and space, and males staying smaller. They've been raised on frozen/thawed mice and african soft furs, but have started trying new things since joining us here. Offering earthworms, frog legs, certain types of fish, quail, and mice are an easy way to give these guys a varied diet!

Thinking these three will need names, should we do a poll?

07/19/2025

Alright alright alright, it's time to share what we did this summer! With the move started and a few empty tanks whispering to me like the Green Goblin mask, I decided to see if I could secure another bucket list animal. Fast forward to post-move, and we found ourselves a female Omanasaurus jayakari to pair with our big boy in a couple years. She has settled in really well, eating great on mealworms and insect based repashy! Looking forward to teaching her I am a friend and that she doesn't have to fly across the tank when I offer worms..
Here she is giving the ultimate side eye!