An update on our lizards

Just found out today that the two Blue Spiny Swifts mentioned in the previous post are only 3 weeks old! Not happy at being told they were 12 weeks old. Mortality rate for reptiles and amphibians drops after about 3 months, if you can get them past this point you stand a much better chance of seeing them to adulthood. I don't know why the guys in the pet shop told us they were 12 weeks when we have a VERY good friend that also works there, they must have known she'd tell us. I could have them done for it, it's crazy. Anyway, our friend was so furious that they had misled us that she gave us the three surviving youngsters from the clutch. One of our original was (and still is) looking weak, and two of the latest three don't look too good either, but the other two are very active and alert. Looks like we may lose up to three (partly because the guys in the pet shop were trying to feed them crickets that were FAR too big for them), but the other two are looking very strong. I'll keep you posted on how they're getting on, and hopefully have a few images up soon.

New Lizards

Danni and I picked up two 12 week old Blue Spiny Swifts (Sceloporus cyanogenys) today. They are only a couple of inches long at the moment and still quite fragile so I won't be pestering them much. I do hope to get some shots of them in their viv in the next few days though. They do habituate to handling well at the moment but are incredibly quick, so will have to be very alert when I do finally get them out properly.

Digital Camera Magazine POTY

I am entering some images into this year's DCM Photographer of the Year competition. To see the images go to my DCM Profile. To comment you will have to register, this is free and quick and they do not spam your inbox. If you like the image then could I ask you to just please click the thumbs up icon below the image next to the share button, this would help me out a lot. Any views and comments will also help me out as it will bump my images to the first few pages in the relevant section.
If you have any questions or suggestions for me about the competition or my choice of images then just note me and I will get back to you.

Thank you all in advance for any help.