Chthonic Tonic

10/05/2023

17/03/2023

Mojave Enchi Fire 🥚🐍

07/02/2023

We are just under THREE weeks away from our next expo in Rothschild, Wisconsin! Enjoy this family friendly opportunity to see and learn about 1000’s of snakes, lizards, frogs, tortoises, turtles, tarantulas, and more all under one roof!

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Check out our Facebook event page!
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https://fb.me/e/45ezVe1Pb?mibextid=RQdjqZ

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Join us at the expo!

Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center
10101 Market Street
Rothschild, WI 54474

Admission:
VIP Admission 10am: $12
General Admission 11am-3pm: $6
Ages 5 and Under: FREE

*Tickets are available both at the door and in advance via our Eventbrite page.*

www.ScaledUpExpos.com

07/02/2023

04/01/2023

We are under a week away from our next reptile expo in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin! Check out the list below of all the awesome vendors that will be in attendance!

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Apple's Array - Tarantulas, True Spiders, and Other Various Insects

April's Feeders and Exotics - Dubia Roaches, Mealworms, Giant Mealworms, Superworms, Wax Worms, BSFL, Hornworms, Frozen Rodents, Crested Geckos, and Axolotls

Art by Ashley - Polymer Clay Figures of Reptiles, Dragons and Other Creatures

Badgerland Reptile Rescue - Reptile Education and Outreach

Blue Ribbon Reptiles - Cages, Racks, Supplies, and More

Bug’s and Being’s - Isopods, Roaches and Millipedes.

CF Snakes - Blood Pythons, Ball Pythons, Woma Pythons, Spotted Pythons, Kenyan Sand Boas, Rosy Boas, Brazilian Rainbow Boas, Western Hognose, Various Garter Snakes, Various Ratsnakes, Corn Snakes, Various Milksnakes, African House Snakes, Bull Snake Morphs, and Various Kingsnakes

ChamScapeLLC - Ambilobe Panther Chameleons: Juveniles, Adults and Eggs, and Complete Chameleon Habitats

ChiManSam's Dubia - Dubia Roaches, Mega-Ray Lights, and Printed T-Shirts

Crazy Bugs & Pods - Mantis, Isopods, Springtails, Various Roaches, Tarantulas, and Supplies


DAB Exotics - Leopard Geckos and Mealworms

Dancing Dragons - Bearded Dragons

Dark Rabbit Creations - Isopods, Millipedes, Rabbit Foot Keychains, Animal Skulls, and Frozen Rabbits

DnA Reptilia - Ball Pythons and Epoxy Art

Fondy Morphs - Ball Pythons

Hissy Fit Reptiles - Ball Pythons, Hissy Fit Reptiles Swag, and Hissy Fit Brand Coffee

In Your Face Exotix - Retics, Ball Pythons, and Cocoblox

JandK Pythons - Ball Pythons

JDI Pythons - Ball Pythons, Incubators, and Scentsy

Jens Crafts and Vinyl Creations - Decals, Cups, T-shirts, Towels, and More

Jimmy Christie - Sulcata, Hermann's Russian, Cherry Head, Red-Footed, Yellow-Footed, and Leopard Tortoise

Jumping Spider Supremacy - Phidippus Regius Jumping Spiders, Various Tarantulas, Springtail Cultures, Small Enclosures and Spider Accessories

KayRose Geckos - Leopard Geckos, Handmade Caves, and Handmade Jewelry

Kry's Kritters - Reptile Supplies and Geckos

Lights Out Ball Pythons - Ball Pythons

Little Critters Pet Shop - Frogs, Supplies, Botanicals, Plants, Gifts and Toys

Madison Area Herpetological Society - Education, Reptile Knowledge, and Care

Malcolm Exotics - Ball Pythons and Supplies

Maren's Mastery - Hand Crafted Jewelry, Homemade Reptile Hides, Drawings, Paintings, and Clay Sculptures

Mixology Genetics - Ball Pythons and Frozen Rats

Next Level Displays/Color Crazed Constrictors - Cages and Racks, Husbandry Supplies, Boas, and Ball Pythons

One Love Tarantulas - Tarantulas, True Spiders, and Various Invertebrates

Orner Exotics - Leopard Geckos, Dubia Roaches, Roach Chow, and Reptile Information and Education

Paladin Exotics - Tarantulas, Scorpions, Bearded Dragons, Leopard Geckos, and Sulcata Tortoises

Paul's Pills - Clean Up Crew, Pet and Feeder Roaches, and Reptiles

Pretsch’s Prairieland Critters - Hedgehogs and Tortoises

Recessive Royals Design - Ball Pythons

Reptile Tom - Enclosures and Supplies

Royal Constrictor Designs - Ball Pythons, Leopard Geckos and Crested Geckos

Sapphire Phire - Garter Snakes and Crested Geckos

Silver Apple Exotics - Leopard Geckos, Coleonyx Geckos, Viper Geckos, Crested Geckos, Rosy Boas, Mountain Kingsnakes, and Milk Snakes

Spood Central - True spiders, Tarantulas, Scorpions, and Centipedes


Supreme Gecko - Leopard Geckos, Crested Geckos and Other Rare Gecko Species, Pangea Crested Gecko Diet, Isopods, and Supreme Isopod Chow

The Reptile Company of Wisconsin - Corn Snakes, Kingsnakes, Leopard Geckos, Curly Hair Tarantulas, Isopods, Crested Geckos and Hedgehogs

Top Moon Reptiles - Ball Pythons and Reptile Related Gifts

VanHerps - Ball Pythons

Venom Proof Cages - PVC Caging

Wanderlust Exotics - Crested Geckos, and Supplies

Wes' Plecos & Freshwater Fish - Dart Frogs & Bioactive Vivariums, Isopods, Isopod Substrate & Food, Mourning Geckos, Fruit Flys & Culturing Supplies, Springtails, Pangea, Repashy Vitamins & Food, ABG, Live Oak Leaves, Cork Bark, Live Plants, Driftwood, Clay Drainage Substrate, and More

Wizard Exotics - Ball Pythons

XenoGeckoMorphs - Leopard Geckos and African Fat Tail Geckos

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Join us at the expo!

Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds Expo Center
520 Fond du Lac Avenue
Fond du Lac, WI 54935

Admission:
VIP Admission 10am: $12
General Admission 11am-4pm: $6
Ages 5 and Under: FREE

23/12/2022

Excellent video with loads of great advice and.... honesty. Stay positive and supportive 🙂 👏👏👏

JKR & AEP discuss the hobby and business of Reptiles.AEPs Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKOrw5NbaPDcigatcKUUUAChaise's Go Fund Me: https://www.g...

14/12/2022

https://youtu.be/F7mxfqNqdFI

Reptichip - ProCoco - CocoBlox - Reptibark?Full substrate comparison and review covering:Chip size, consistency, dust, pH levels, absorbency, and MORE.Like t...

10/12/2022

https://www.morphmarket.com/resources/ball-pythons/ball-python-care

25/11/2022

03/11/2022

https://youtu.be/y-bj7RmPNiY

Learn how to say/pronounce chthonic in American English. Subscribe for more videos!

15/08/2022

Pinstripe Leopard Pastel to Enchi Leopard Pastel
First clutch on the way 👀 (another pairing looks likely to have taken too)
Incubator has been on point so now we just wait. Patience for my Double recessives for next year. Learning more and more for this year. ❤️ Them all.
Can I hit all the genes with this pairing to hold back for my double recessives?? We shall see 🙂

03/07/2022

If this takes, it's going to be interesting to ID
Pastel Enchi Leopard x Champagne Fire Special

21/06/2022

He went to sleep 😴

04/03/2022

Live catch traps are a must.

04/02/2022

More on the America COMPETES Act of 2022
Read below or at https://usark.org/2022lacey1/

As what can only be described as dirty politics, the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (HR4521) emerged in the House on January 28. The America COMPETES Act mutated into a 3,000-page mockery of the U.S. political process that sailed through the House in a week (passing on 2/4/22 with a 222-210 vote). This monstrosity replaced the original bill that was titled the Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021.

USARK exposed the news on the same day the bill was reported in the House that deceptively hidden within a bill advertised as an economic and national defense initiative were Lacey Act amendments that will have shattering impacts on the pet community and trade, as well as other industries. Our alert has been circulating and awareness is spreading.

This issue is not just about reptiles, or birds, or fish, or amphibians, or mammals. It is about all of them! If you own an animal other than a dog, cat, or traditional farm animal, your species could be treated as injurious. If you have an animal interest business, this will likely affect you. Even business in domesticated agriculture species could be afflicted as shipments with any animal description may see increased inspection. This escalated scrutiny may also decrease the number of ports allowed for shipments.

Potentially thousands of species could fall victim to this overreach. Is it not worth a minute of your time to contact your lawmakers to protect your freedoms?

This is a massive federal power grab that is alarming. It conflicts with the original intent and Congressional direction of the Lacey Act. We will suffer from new federal authority without any additional protection.

It is both fine and preferable to complete alerts from more than one group! Not only do the various alerts have different messaging, but they also utilize different forms of contact. Some alerts are quick and easy but taking an extra minute to contact your legislators directly through their websites is generally more effective. Do not only send emails! Be sure to call offices, send faxes (yes, those still exist), and even mail letters. Also, alerts will be changing to focus on Senators as the titanic bill passes in the House. Be sure to check our website alert at https://usark.org/2022lacey/ and social media for updates.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedStatesAssociationOfReptileKeepers, Instagram: , and Twitter .

Why does this matter?

The list of ramifications is long but we will summarize. If a species could possibly (not definitely) survive at any location in the U.S. it could be listed as injurious for the entire country. This means an issue for only southern Florida (even if already addressed by the State) will be amplified to impact California, Texas, Illinois, and all other states. A species could be potentially injurious/invasive in 1% of the U.S. and still be listed. This removes authority from state agencies to decide what species should be regulated.

The Lacey Act amendments concealed in the America COMPETES Act would:

1. Ban the interstate transport of species listed as injurious. This means you could not take a pet with you if you moved to another state or seek specialized veterinary medical care across state lines. All interstate commerce and even educational programs across state lines would be banned.

2. Create a “white list” (this means only those species listed are allowed) of species that can be imported. This means that any animal (reptile, amphibian, fish, bird, mammal) that is not on the white list is by default treated as an injurious species and is banned from importation. A “white list” creates a much larger de facto banned list (AKA black list). It is assured that the banned list will be much larger than the white list. Essentially, all species will be guilty until proven innocent (and FWS agrees to that innocence).

3. Establish a new authority allowing FWS to use an “emergency designation” that becomes effective immediately after being published in the Federal Register. That means no due process, public input, hearings, advanced notice, etc. for injurious listings. This means that interstate transport could be shut down overnight, without warning, for any species. Since we have previously beheld unreasonable and prejudiced injurious listings, this new emergency designation is beyond disturbing.

4. Permit FWS to not allow importation if a species has not been imported in “minimal quantities” (to be defined) in the year prior to the enactment of this Act.

5. Create immense potential for trickle-down legislation in which individual states ban even the possession of listed species, as we have already witnessed even if an injurious species cannot possibly survive in that state.

6. Taint injurious listings with “look-alike” carryover, as we have seen with Endangered Species Act listings. Species may be listed as injurious simply because they look like other species. Even if they cannot survive in the U.S. climate, they would be labeled as injurious solely due to appearance. Can we really expect an FWS agent to differentiate the hundreds of gecko and cichlid species?

More on this bill

COMPETES is an acronym for Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength. The purpose being peddled in D.C. for the Act is to strengthen America’s economic and national security. However, hundreds of provisions were added to what began as collaborative policymaking. The completed American COMPETES Act is now a travesty of the legislative process (or lack thereof, in this case).

The COMPETES Act is likely to pass the House of Representatives. Once it reaches the Senate, it will be reconciled with the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, or USICA which does not include Lacey Act language. Our voices will need to transition to the Senate at the appropriate time. Sign up for our email newsletter list (at www.USARK.org) and follow us on social media to stay informed.

Quotes from Rule Committee and House floor hearings on this bill

“I want to just say for the record, this is the most egregious violation of process I have ever seen…”

“The provisions give blanket authority to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to determine what is an injurious species without any requirement for public input, advanced notice, or comment, dramatically expands Fish and Wildlife Services authority to regulate movement of injurious wildlife within the United States, and makes wildlife importers guilty until proven innocent by requiring imported species to appear on a Fish and Wildlife Service white list or have it treated as injurious by default. These provisions will be detrimental to American industries such as aquaculture which are already highly regulated businesses.”

“This bill gives supreme unilateral authority to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine what species can be imported into the U.S. This so-called white list mandated in the bill, it’s virtually impossible to implement and will effectively shut down aquaculture and similar industries who need trade to conduct business. The weaponization of the Lacey Act will only empower bureaucrats and ignores the current state-based approach on species imports. It’s legislative laziness since there have no hearings or even an introduced bill on this topic.”

“What a sneak attack on people that create jobs and create goods for America. These people are good stewards. Good stewards of the land and they are also terrific at animal husbandry. And this is a sneak attack on them trying to drive them out of business.”

Continued at https://usark.org/2022lacey1/.

18/01/2022

Just a pretty boy he is 🥰
Leopard Enchi Pastel
Father to a few clutches.
Questions? PM for more info about him.

12/12/2021

Play time for the little 2021's

12/12/2021

4 out of the 5 of these are "sleepers" 😏
Double hets

07/12/2021

It's always rewarding when all hatchlings/juveniles eat at the same time/day every single week. 💪

06/12/2021

I'm proud to call these two beautiful ladies my own. 🥰
I will post more when they're settled in. They're too perfect!

23/11/2021

A little bit of enrichment for these two baby girls. 🥰

23/11/2021

Nom nom African Soft Furs