Cesar and Maria DA SILVA Zagroshill freshwater stingrays SA

31/12/2021

25/12/2021

To all our loyal supporters family and friends
A big thank you and God bless

31/01/2021

First 2 babies from the "trio"
Dad and mom on the left at bottom.
First litter
A pair which is nice!

31/01/2021

The trio have grown and looking great

24/01/2021

Just an update on the Albino " babies" not so babies anymore, they arrived will be a year next month

31/12/2020

To all those that have supported us our family and friends here and in our wonderful hobby all over the world, we wish you a Happy and blessed New Year

26/11/2020

Mommy Polkadot after a good long rest, looking very pregnant, throwing a tantrum for food!!

24/11/2020

Some of our pups developing beautifully in their new home
Thank you for the support Armand Goosen

24/11/2020

Beautiful girl from our big spot mommy, developing beautifully in her new home
Mom and daughter below
Thank you for the support Armand Goosen

24/11/2020

Our Leo pair... hopefully some babies on their way

23/08/2020

Blacky being spoilt

09/08/2020

My ugly duckling...
Was sold 3 times as a pup but people cancelled ... so.. she stayed..
What do you think?

08/08/2020

New Mommy and and her babies now out their box
First litter

08/08/2020

Polkadot's 4 babies not looking too bad

06/08/2020

Mommy and her babies

08/04/2020

The new baby looking nice and doing well
She has befriended Polkadot and never leaves her side and always interacting with her
It's almost like a puppy looking for attention although I'm sure Polkadot thinks she is a pain!!

08/04/2020

How naughty are these 3 BD babies!!
Half the size of the 2 hybrid but what bullies!

03/04/2020

A little terror in the making...

01/04/2020

Update on the "trio"

09/03/2020

https://youtu.be/a_dF-jhgKus

08/03/2020

Our new baby girl
Only arrived 3 days ago but already ruling the roost

08/02/2020

Polkadot's 3 babies doing great
This is a very belated update but the ordeal around their birth left me so overwhelmed that I just kept putting it off..
So on 5the January I walk in from dinner with Cesar and his wife at about 9 and find she had just had 3 babies but I could see she still had more
Out came their basket and the wait for the rest began but time started going by and somehow I knew something was not right
She looked exhausted, laying in the corner of the tank and only occasionally going up the glass in an attempt to deliver the rest and that's when we saw the tip of a tail sticking out
The hours went by and by 1bin the morning still no baby and still only the very tip of the tail showing
Mommy didnt look too well and I knew we were in trouble and if something wasn't done I was going to lose Polkadot
There is no one is SA that I could turn to
We had watched Kevin,'s video when he helped deliver the pup that was stuck but half the pup was out... I had a tiny tip of the tail only.
I knew that to save her I had to reach out to someone and fast
At 1.30 in morning and not even knowing what time it was across the world I just took a chance and messaged Hardwick and Kevin not even knowing if they were awake
To my joy and relief they both replied within a few minutes
Richard Hardwick.... as always with all the detail and patience and words of encouragement put us through the paces ti help her deliver the pup
I was terrified but Richard just kept encouraging us
And so Cesar netted her into a big bowl and tried to clip her barb but she was not having any of that so eventually he decided to wrap 2 kitchen towels around her tail and managed to hold it that way while pulling the pup out...
It was dead by then but when we returned her to the tank we could see her relief and I knew we had saved her
She still looked like there could be one more but my girls are all fat and i wasn't sure
She was ok the next day but not eating
The second day when i got to the tank she had managed to deliver another huge pup but it was also dead
From there she started eating and behaving her normal self and my girls was safe and alive and we had 3 gorgeous babies to be grateful for
We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to Richard for his help.. patience and support from across the world and helping to save my girl ... I would have been devastated if I had lost her as she has a very special place in our hearts
I have no photos of the ordeal.. I was in such state that last thing on my mind was taking photos
Babies are doing great.. 2 boys and a little girl

08/02/2020

Few more random pictures of the rest of the Rays

06/02/2020

Some random pics of the Ray's

28/12/2019

Some growouts doing great

Some growouts doing well
Love watching them pounce on their food, even pellets !!

24/12/2019

To our family.. friends and all our Facebook friends across the world
Thank you for your support and advice
May the New year be blessed with all of the best

18/12/2019

So after a long time of dreaming and admiring everyones albino Pearl's, Santa decided to spoil me with a prezzi 😀 . We've had them now for 2 weeks and the are doing real good...

03/12/2019

My crazy P14 and scaping crew
Busy cleaning before waterchange... everything I use is a toy
Not to mention Pretty Face dragging the wood across the tank

03/12/2019

Looking forward to seeing Spooky in her new home but not looking forward to actually move the "little monster" at 57cm and about 15cm deep
Chipped in November 2016 so she is just on 3 years old