Stupid mistake here. Left five frogs in some water in a ventilated container, and placed the tank next to a black-spined toad enclosure. At the time when I had placed the container there, I assumed that the sun's rays would not reach into the container and heat it up. Unfortunately, the direction of the sun rays change by the day, and my little frogs got fried. Though since the black spined toad had a hide and was a urban species, it did not get burnt. Sigh....
Lessons Learned: Herp keeping mistakes
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Snakefin, I had a similar situation, left two White's Tree Frogs in a temporary plastic tank with heavily ventilated lid, paper towel substrate, and forgot to spray them, as their previous setup only needed misting every few days. Found them both dried up beyond recovery. I really hated myself for that one.
I didn't pay much attention while doing my regular misting of my Tokay enclosure once, and sprayed the spotlight. It shattered everywhere, but thankfully it was over the mesh lid of the tank so none went near the gecko.
On a similar note, I didn't attach a bulb holder to the wall properly, and a compact fluorescent fell in my RES tank. Thankfully, I'm in the UK, so the electrics were grounded rather than shocking my turtle.
My RES got impacted from eating gravel too, always use a substrate larger than the turtle's head.
That's all the ones I can remember for now...
Paul
I didn't pay much attention while doing my regular misting of my Tokay enclosure once, and sprayed the spotlight. It shattered everywhere, but thankfully it was over the mesh lid of the tank so none went near the gecko.
On a similar note, I didn't attach a bulb holder to the wall properly, and a compact fluorescent fell in my RES tank. Thankfully, I'm in the UK, so the electrics were grounded rather than shocking my turtle.
My RES got impacted from eating gravel too, always use a substrate larger than the turtle's head.
That's all the ones I can remember for now...
Paul
One thing about using substrates when keeping budgett's frogs, are not to use substrate at all. This guy from talkto.thefrog.org, had his on substrate that took up half the size of budgett's per grain. However, the stupid frog ate it nonetheless and should still be alive, if I'm not wrong. 
I kept my FRT with fish species that people I trust dearly told me not to keep it with. Fast fish species = okay. Slow fish species such as gar and australian lungfish - not okay.
Many weeks later and the fish are still healing. Luckily nothing was killed.
Many weeks later and the fish are still healing. Luckily nothing was killed.
only just seen this!
*touch wood* my only mistake so far was getting bitten by my burm.
the mistake wasnt the bite, it was what led to it.
usually i feed the lil ones on my own and have someone around for when i do the big boy. although usually u can open his viv and he will wait one end and u put the rabbit/rats in, then he will go up and ever so gently eat it and NEVER constrict.
my friend was running late so i thought i would start doing the smaller ones first (obviously usually i always feed him first) then just as i was getting his rats out the warm water (they hadnt defrosted properly when id started anyway) my friend rang to say she wasnt coming, so i thought, well hes so gentle anyway its not much of a risk. as soon as i opened the viv door his head shot out and was just staring at my leg. i knew if i moved the rest of him was going to come out and that wasnt something i was willing to let happen, so just thought, right hes either going to bite me or he will realise iv thrown the rats in and go back in.
he bit me.
he was trying to pull my leg in the viv and luckily im of quite a 'sturdy' build lol so i just held still. after 5 mins he let go and just went straight back in his viv looking guilty.
a) shouldnt of fed on my own
b) i had nothing within reach, phone, vinegar etc
c) i was wearing leggings and not baggy jeans
d) i didnt feed him first
everything that i should have done i didnt.
LUCKILY he was gentle, to an extent, and didnt constrict.
ent up down hospital with a torn calf muscle. so tetnus shot and antibiotics later, all is good. just a faint scar.
sorry for the essay lol
*touch wood* my only mistake so far was getting bitten by my burm.
the mistake wasnt the bite, it was what led to it.
usually i feed the lil ones on my own and have someone around for when i do the big boy. although usually u can open his viv and he will wait one end and u put the rabbit/rats in, then he will go up and ever so gently eat it and NEVER constrict.
my friend was running late so i thought i would start doing the smaller ones first (obviously usually i always feed him first) then just as i was getting his rats out the warm water (they hadnt defrosted properly when id started anyway) my friend rang to say she wasnt coming, so i thought, well hes so gentle anyway its not much of a risk. as soon as i opened the viv door his head shot out and was just staring at my leg. i knew if i moved the rest of him was going to come out and that wasnt something i was willing to let happen, so just thought, right hes either going to bite me or he will realise iv thrown the rats in and go back in.
he bit me.
he was trying to pull my leg in the viv and luckily im of quite a 'sturdy' build lol so i just held still. after 5 mins he let go and just went straight back in his viv looking guilty.
a) shouldnt of fed on my own
b) i had nothing within reach, phone, vinegar etc
c) i was wearing leggings and not baggy jeans
d) i didnt feed him first
everything that i should have done i didnt.
LUCKILY he was gentle, to an extent, and didnt constrict.
ent up down hospital with a torn calf muscle. so tetnus shot and antibiotics later, all is good. just a faint scar.
sorry for the essay lol
A few years ago I was preparing my box turtles for winter hibernation and wanted to buy a few bags of mulch for their enclosure. I figured I needed 6 bags of mulch but the garden center I bought it from only had 5 left so I added a small bag of pine bark chips. Bad idea. When my turtles woke up in the spring 2 of them had ear abscess. At the time I knew pine wasn't the best choice to use but I figured it would get diffused when I mixed it with the 5 bags of regular mulch. After a couple weeks of treating the wounds they were back to normal and I single-handedly removed all the pieces of pine bark from the pen.
things I have learned is to make sure cages are always secure and not to rush when building a cage
When reading ads "unsexed juveniles" usually means "most likely males".
Also I left my awesome, super tame, gorgeous savannah monitor unattended for a few minutes to do something in a different room. Usually just he wandered around and ended up under a tank or my bed. Never did find him that time tho, I still feel horrible about that.
Also I left my awesome, super tame, gorgeous savannah monitor unattended for a few minutes to do something in a different room. Usually just he wandered around and ended up under a tank or my bed. Never did find him that time tho, I still feel horrible about that.
This is my buddies snake. He left it over night in a critter keeper that he used for a feeding container and woke up to find this:
NEVER EVER USE Critter Keepers!
NEVER EVER USE Critter Keepers!
