Ivory Exotics

08/06/2024

We are alive! Things have been slow for a bit but hopefully there will be some end of year fun. To start things off:

Ptyas nigromarginata CB24
expected Sept 2024
(example pics)

06/13/2024

Imantodes, aka Tree Floss Snakes 🤣
Lentiferus first followed by cenchoa

06/13/2024

This is only the second Anilius scytale I’ve seen in person. Such a unique species!

04/23/2024

I refuse to get excited because I’ve seen exactly zero interest from the male, but the female kopsteini is growing 8 huge follicles. Now I’m just praying the male got the job done while I wasn’t looking!

04/13/2024

Two eggs and three slugs from the Thrasops jacksonii last night. The male is quite young so getting anything fertile was a nice surprise!

04/05/2024

Terrible picture but I’m not bothering them anymore than I have to. This has been a long project and a lot of work, but I finally have two kopsteini paired up!

04/01/2024

Switching out the filter for the rufusoculara’s fishing pond and found this friend. I’d added more vampire crabs in November but hadn’t seen them since. I wasn’t sure if it was because they didn’t make it or because the setup is quite overgrown. Glad to know at least one is doing well - he’s about twice the size as he was the last time I saw him.

Sorry for the pic quality. It’s a screenshot of a zoomed in video since apparently I can’t post a video and a picture anymore 🙄

03/20/2024

Some enclosure maintenance today and caught this freeloader trying to sneak into one of the enclosures with the new topsoil. I know free room and board sounds great, but the Thrasops jacksonii roommate would’ve ruined his day.

03/12/2024

Even terrible cell pics show this little guys glow up.
4.5 month difference!

Dendrelaphis kopsteini

02/16/2024

Spring is just around the corner and it’s starting to warm up here at Ivory Exotics.

We are offering transport to the March Hamm show. Non-cites, non-venomous reptiles only at this time. Deadline to book is February 25th.

The first email of the year will go out later this week. If you aren’t already on our mailing list, click the link to join - http://eepurl.com/hEkyoD

Can’t wait to see what 2024 brings!

12/19/2023

Xenodermus update - just as a reminder there were three eggs:
Egg #1 (78-79F) - Died midway through incubation.
Egg #3 (72F) - Pipped on day 70. I noticed a small kink a few days after hatchling. It went blue, but had a very strange shed and unfortunately died shortly after.

Now for the good news
Egg #2 (75-76F, pip day 59) - He had his third perfect shed last night and seems to be doing great. We are assist feeding fish at the moment (tadpole supply issue) but other than that he is a perfect little dragon!

While its always a bummer to lose animals, I've learned a lot from this experience. If I ever get the chance to try again its 75-76F all the way.

12/15/2023

Cell phone pic of the two jacksonii boys. They were the highest and lowest gold out of the clutch.

12/14/2023

Have you ever had one of those dogs that goes outside clean and comes in a Cat 5 mud tornado? Apparently this is the snake version 💩

12/12/2023

CB23 Thrasops jacksonii girl

12/10/2023

I cannot overstate how much I love this species - Dendrelaphis kopsteini

11/23/2023

Well I know one thing I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving! Thrasops jacksonii - third time was the charm 🖤💛🖤

11/22/2023

Happy early Thanksgiving!

10/31/2023

🎃Happy Halloween🎃
(Dendrelaphis kopsteini)

09/19/2023

Juvenile Ahaetulla fasciolata (Speckle-Headed Whipsnake)

09/18/2023

My life over the last 24 hours:
CH Xenodermus javanicus
USCBB Siphlophis cervinus

I think I'm in shock 🤯

09/18/2023

and then there were two 🖤🖤

09/17/2023

Xenodermus update

Egg #1 (78-79F) - The egg that didn't make it.

Egg #2 (75-76F, pip day 59) The hatchling had her first shed. She's active, alert and I swear has already gotten bigger.

Egg #3 (72F) - We have a nose! Today is day 70.
Last night I manually pipped the last egg. The longer incubation wasn't surprising because of the lowers temps, but I was keeping an especially close eye on both eggs near the end of incubation. The few other people who have incubated Xenodermus reported almost all of their fertile eggs developed normally only to die fully formed right before hatching or pip and die a few hours later. Last night I noticed multiple small, broken blood vessels and so I made the call. I was able to see a bit of movement so I crossed my fingers and left him alone. By this morning the hatchling had made its own slit (obviously my offering was inferior) and took multiple breaths while I was watching. I'm not sure if my disturbance jump started the process or the blood vessels breaking were already the first signs of hatching. Either way Ill be holding my breath for the next day or two for a second, healthy baby.

09/08/2023

Life with flying snakes. This lovely lady ripped the reptilink off the tongs and leapt for freedom. I chased her around the room (she never let go of the link) before cornering her under the Drymobius enclosure. Now she gets a cobweb covered reptilink and it’s her own fault 🤣

PS: No, the cobwebs won’t hurt her. She’s fine.

PSS: Alright, if you’re that concerned YOU try to get it back from her 🤣🤣🤣

09/07/2023

More details on the Xenodermus clutch. I had just returned from an export out of Miami last night, so I really only had time to notice the pip, get over excited and then immediately pass out. Here is the backstory:

Late June a group of Xenodermus were imported and one was suspected to be gravid. A couple weeks later I was able to see them first hand, confirm she was carrying and take her home. She laid three fertile eggs on July 9th. What instances I could find of incubating Xenodermus eggs recommended 78-79F with babies pipping between days 60-65. They also talked about fully developed hatchlings dead in egg or failing to thrive over the following weeks. The incubation temperature seemed high to me and I wondered if a cooler bake for a longer duration would result in stronger hatchlings. I ran a little experiment and ended up splitting the clutch and trying three different temperatures

Egg #1 - 78-79F, incubator (textbook)
Egg #2 - 75-76F, shelf in climate controlled room
Egg #3 - 72F, shelf in climate controlled room

All the eggs developed strong veins and looked perfect for the first month. Suddenly #1 started to crash. Small veins burst and it started to collapse in on itself. A few days later it molded away to almost nothing. I still have it in the incubator because I've had some surprises before, but no signs of life.

Eggs #2 and #3 were still going strong but I kept an eye on them. Last night was day 59 and the pip was from Egg #2. Earlier than I expected from the cooler run, but I was over the moon seeing that little nose. This morning she was out and ready to go. At a quick glance she looks perfect (the bit of umbilicus will drop off on its own). I'm mostly leaving her alone until her first shed but I had to get at least one good pic.

Everything is still quite from egg #3, so the wait continues....

09/07/2023

This is easily one of the top reptile moments in my life.
CH Xenodermus javanicus (Dragon Snake)

09/02/2023

Not something you see every day - Asian Vines:
Three species
Three colors
Three animals looking at the camera at the same time!

08/29/2023

The joys of living in Florida! Idalia should hit well north of me, but I will still very likely be without power. I have terrible reception where I am so please be patient with extended response times over the next few days.

If you have questions about the Europe export, please contact Ashley Dezan at Northern Lights Reptile Imports until I’m back online.

08/22/2023

LAST CALL!!!
I'm making my list for transport to the September Hamm show. If you still need a spot let me know ASAP.

08/12/2023

My mycterizans has the most flexible mouth of all the Ahaetulla species I’ve worked with. When feeding it really rolls it’s lips out and the bottom jaw goes from a V to a square shape (check out pic 2). I need to get better pics, but in person it’s extremely noticeable compared to any of the other vines in the house.

Sorry for the quality. Only had my phone and really had to zoom to get these.

08/04/2023

My Canadian friends who have been looking for a product similar to reptilinks - here it is!

Canadian made, 100% natural, wholeprey food alternative to rats and mice for your reptile.