My *secret* passion lol

[warbi]

Here is a pic of one of my favorite animals. I bought two of these guys and they arrived today. They are tiny!!! I would post the pic of my index finger for comparison, but it is a huge pic! lol Anyway, this is a caecilian from Malaysia. The family is Ichthyophiidae and I am leaning toward an ID of Caudacaecilia asplenia.

 

[dougefresh]

very nice, caecilian are such interesting animals.......what is it eating?

 

[warbi]

Normally I would feed them red wrigglers, but these guys are too small for that. I am going to try beef heart. If that doesn't work, frozen bloodworms or tubifex and finally live blackworms. They might be fast enough for pinhead crickets too. I have had a lot of success with beef heart though.

 

[stonecat]

you think those things are cool you might want to get some sirens or a conger eel, They are native to the us flordia and the carolinas mostly they are full of teeth and will eat anything they can lock their mouths on. They are also very hard to kill, can even dry out.

 

[warbi]

Heh, I've thought about those from time to time. Unfortunately I promised my wife that the next aquatic tank we set up will be a nice community tank of (don't shoot me, please! lol)... gouramis!!! hahaha

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

What is it? It looks like a cross between a snake and a worm.

 

[jopbgon]

I use to have a caecilian that I found in my backyard, but it die sudendly, a long time ago...3 years

 

[dovii88]

awesome i plan on getting some of these soon...they are awesome