Rampant's Creature Collection

01/04/2023

05/29/2021

We got some great news! Remember Cleopatra, our gravid female emporer scorpion? She finally had her babies! From our best count, she has about 20 to 25 babies on her back! Within the next couple weeks they will turn darker in color, and begin to wander off her back. At that point we can take them and out them in their own homes. We have a lot of deli cups to get ready!

05/22/2021

I know we haven't posted in a while. It has been a hectic couple months, but we are still here!
We did end up losing Tokey, the vet said that even if we had brought him in the day we got him, he'd have had a hard fight. He was sick for months before we ever got him.
We also lost little Tortilla. He just never fully thrived. He would eat and received calcium, multivitamin, d3, had a HO UVB tube. He was active and always on the move and getting into shennanigans. Just one day, we woke up and the poor babe didn't make it. Hatchlings can be so incredibly delicate.
Our mature male Avicularia Avicularia, Rusty, finally passed too. He was an ancient man in Tarantula years. He matured back in August, so to make it to May before passing, pretty impressive.

03/21/2021

Day one of save Tokey. He got his first critical care feeding. We use 2 parts herbivore to 8 parts carnivore, add calcium with d3, and pull up .9 ml of this. He can have up to .9 ml every other day. This is 30% of the intake he should be getting, but because he is so emaciated, any more could put added strain on his kidneys and liver.

If you look at his mouth, you can see the entrance to his trachea is towards the front of the mouth. So while hes mad and trying to bite, its easy to get food and water deep down into his throat where he cant just toss it out. Fingers crossed that this helps.

We also created a sterile quarantine home for him, with a drip system like you'd see with a chameleon. Sometimes they just dont drink from a bowl, so this can create a flowing water effect and entice him to drink. But we also can just syringe a little water into him too. Any water we get unto him will help his kidneys. Paper towels on the bottom will help to better monitor his output.

Come on Tokey, as long as you dont give up, neither will we!

03/20/2021

Today, Tokey here, got a much needed trip to a vet. We got him 3 weeks ago. And he has yet to eat with us. We resorted to trying reptiboost to see if we could get that into him, and we had no luck.
We found an amazing Veterinarian who is very knowledgeable about reptiles who managed to fit us in pretty quickly.
He was dropped off for a few hours so they could run some testing, and after an xray it was determined that he was so emaciated that the rest of the testing was unsafe to perform. He has lost all his fat stores and is showing bone density loss. This poor guy was in very bad shape well before we got him.
The vet does not believe he will make it. But we have the tools and the plan made to give him the best chance at fighting that we can.

03/01/2021

We got quite a surprise today.

So due to how fast Gorf had grown, and the fact that we hadn't seen any pads or heard any croaking, we assumed Gorf was a lady. Well. Gorf showed HIMSELF today and has fibally developed pads. Meaning Gorf is now a mature male! Hes double the size of our mature fantasy pacman, Mando. So we were certain that Gorf was a female. Joke was on us. 🤣

03/01/2021

She finally came out to show us her new outfit but she had to take her dinner to go.

02/27/2021

Because everyone needs to see a baby sulcata eat some cactus pad once in a while... hes loving his treat.

02/19/2021

Threw together a quick bioactive enclosure while she took a bath. Normally we don't bathe our beardies, but little lady made quite a mess of herself in the car. 🤣
Thankfully Tortilla's enclosure has TONS of isopods, so we were able to load her enclosure up with some blues and oranges. As long as she doesn't eat all the pothos down to the nub, then it should grow very well. :)
She hss been introduced to one of our other ladies, because they were both same size, and they got along great. Which is awesome because Jabba likes to bob at Kylo. Poor boy.

02/19/2021

We got a new baby. She came from a home that has 6 beardies, and they felt she wasn't getting the attention she deserved. Shes such a sweetie, and you can tell she was very well loved. And she is absolutely GORGEOUS. She is a Leatherback too just like Kylo. I see some very gorgeous babies in the future. 🤣

02/17/2021

We were beginning to think the oothecas were duds!! But today one began to hatch!! Total, we can have close to 200 babies from each ootheca. We have 2 currently swt up to hatch, and 2 in the fridge in a simulated winter. When we are ready for those, we pull them out and within a month those should hatch too.

Look at all the praying mantis babies!!

02/14/2021

Valentines feeding of the feeders

02/14/2021

Hey all, we are going to be running a bit late. We got stuck on the freeway behind what we believe is a pretty bad accident. Multiple emergency vehicles just flew past us. We are working on getting off and going around. Will update closer to when we can start our stream

02/14/2021

Come join us tomorrow Feb 14th, 7pm eastern time, we'll be streaming on Facebook. Hang out and watch pets feast.

02/09/2021

Because I can't be trusted in a pet store... our 5 year okld has named this snail Slimy.

02/08/2021

We have mealworms for sale! Over the next day or so we will be pulling out adult worms and putting them in cups in the fridge. We decided on this once our worms all started to pupate! We knew it was time to pull and put them in the fridge to induce a sort of hibernation. It allows them to stay alive for a while without turning into beetles!

02/08/2021

The very first batch of our mealworms is pupating! We have so many mealworms, its absolutely insane.

02/06/2021

We have successfully molted! I got there right as Ungoliant decided they were ready to flip back over. Cant wait to pull the molt and see if we will have a large lady or a big boy. Haha

02/06/2021

It is an absolutely horrible picture of a picture, because I could not disturb Ungoliant in any way. But we came home to find our P Machala bird eater finally molting!!! Fingers crossed we wake up to a successful molt!!

02/06/2021

So, we discovered hooks on our pink toe that we just got last week. And based on how hes acting, hes definitely an old grandpa. So he went to visit a lady friend, and with any luck the pairing will be successful. 🤞He does not have long left on this earth, pet store said last molt was back in August, so hes definitely an old man.

02/04/2021

Cleopatra came out and began expanding her burrow. She got to be getting ready to pop!

02/04/2021

Me and the husband talking about ordering a whole host of plants for the turtle tank. Husband "the turtle hears us talking about him... he's eavesdropping."

02/04/2021

Have you ever wished you could get rid of your ex? Sibling? Maybe inlaws? We may not be able to help you get rid of them for real, but maybe watching any one of our critters eat a bug named after them will make you feel better!! Lol.

We will donate half of all proceeds to a local critter rescue that we personally love
Please hop on over to our Facebook and join us on Valentines day while we feed the bugs you have named!

Send donations to cashapp or venmo, with the name you wish in the notes! ❤❤

02/04/2021

So far we have 10 worms named! Join us on Valentine's night and feed your ex to a critter!
50% proceeds go to benefit our favorite exotic animal rescue!

Come over and say hi! Give us a like and follow so you can be notified of our live event!! https://www.facebook.com/RampantsCreatureCollection/

02/02/2021

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02/02/2021

01/31/2021

Darling Darla, named because she has a little alfalfa tuff of hair between her eyes. But, being a little lady, had to be named after his girlfriend... lol. Though, apparently Dozer may have been a more fitting name.

01/31/2021

01/31/2021

Our other pink toe, Eilistraee. Recently confirmed to be a little lady. ❤
Look at those lovely colors.