Sunday, February 22, 2009
Monday, September 22, 2008
4 Foot Iguana
Family Pet Corner Collections
The coloring of the skin helps camoulflage the green iguana, which means that they blend in easily to their surroundings to remain undetected by predators. If they are etected however, and need to escape quickly, these iguanas can dive from trees into water, and swim well. Green iguanas are quite sturdy-- they can fall 40-50 feet to the ground without getting hurt! Male green iguanas have a special flap of skin called the dewlap. Male iguanas can raise their dewlap to appear bigger than they really are, either to intimidate predators, or to impressive females. Both male and female green iguanas can store fat under their jaws and in their necks for times when there is not much food available.
Dwarf Hamster
$15 for 1
The dwarf hamsters represent a group of small hamsters in the genus Phodopus. Although they do not belong to this genus, the Chinese Hamster is often referred to as a dwarf hamster as well.
Although more limited in colour than the Syrian Hamster, dwarf hamsters are an alternative to pet owners who enjoy a smaller, more sociable hamster.
The Campbell's Dwarf Hamster and Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster, which is often referred to in Russian as a "Shwi-shwi", usually live between 1.5 and 2.5 years and reach a length of about 8-10cm. The Chinese Hamster is 10-12cm in length and usually lives to 2.5 to 3 years. The Roborovski Hamster is the smallest at only 4-5cm and lives for 3 to 3.5 years.The russian winter white is 8-10cm and so is the campbells they are ofen refere to them as the same. There are some differences between them though.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Roborovski Hamster @ Phodopus Roborovskii
1 for $20
Hamster
2 for $15
Behavior can vary depending on their environment, genetics, and interaction with people. Because they are easy to breed in captivity, hamsters are often used as lab animals in more economically developed countries. Recently hamsters have also become established as popular small family pets.
Hamsters are crepuscular. In the wild, they burrow underground in the daylight to avoid being caught by predators. They are most active around dusk and dawn, which has led many people to mistake them for being nocturnal. Their diet contains a variety of foods, including dried food, berries, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables. In the wild they will eat any wheat, nuts and small bits of fruit and vegetables that they might find lying around on the ground, and will occasionally eat small insects such as small crickets or mealworms. They have elongated fur-lined pouches on both sides of their heads which extend to their shoulders, which they stuff full of food to be brought back to the colony or to be eaten later.
Common Malayan Racer @ Coelognathus Flavolineatus
Terrestrial and arboreal, inhabiting forested areas in lowlands and disturbed habitats, such as parks and gardens. However, it enters water freely. Its diet includes rodents and birds, as well as frogs and lizards. Clutches of 5-12 eggs are produced, that take 75-90 days to hatch.
Borneoan records of this species are from Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah and Kalimantan. It is widespread in distribution, with a range from Andaman Islands of India, east through Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Vietnam, to Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
Striped Bronzeback Tree Snake @ Dendrelaphis Caudolineatus
The striped bronzeback resembles Dendrelaphis pictus at first glance but is differentiated by the red and black lateral lines from the lower neck till the tail. The colours are more pronounced in juveniles with a reddish head that gradually fades to a pale brown. The ventrals are smooth and white with a keeled pattern.
This aggressive species is Malaysia's largest and longest bronzeback, occupying lowland and mid-level rainforests. Striped bronzebacks feed on lizards and frogs in the wild but adapt well to captivity. In other parts of Southeast Asia, this species is also native to Singapore, Thailand, Borneo and Indonesia.
Size : up to 1.5 m