Hello everyone,
I am a new member and new to the herp culture, I have one crested gecko and for a while thought about buying a ball python... I have recently moved to Churchill MB (for everyone that doesn't know, is rather isolated).
My question is, I would like to buy another reptile pal to get shipped up here and I have two choices.. either to pay 75$ flat fee through the airline or through canada post. Do people ship live animals through canada post?
Also I have done my research and have decided on a rubbermaid enclosure 31qt until I move back to Winnipeg and buy a 20gallon and maybe another leo... we'll see lol. I understand leo's need live food as a staple diet, and I will need to buy in bulk to stock up (also hopefully someone ships canada post) Please tell me I can use something other than crickets... as I live in an apartment and from what I hear crickets are gross. Is there something I can easily breed myself? In either case.. I will dust with calcium every day and leave a calcium bowl, vitamins once a week, and calcium w/ d3 once a week on top of gutloading... sound good?
Do I have to use a thermostat with the Ultratherm mat? or can I just monitor temps? I was planning on buying the Zilla 1000w thermostat for the ball python.. but would prefer to not spend the 55$ if not necessary. I will be using 2 thermometers and a hygrometer, 2 hides (hot and cold)
I think this covers everything, I just wanted to confirm my info (which was collected from several sites.. lets just say i used quite a few sticky notes). But my main questions are: Canada Post - Leopard gecko safe? Rubbermaid Bin - good size?
Thank you in advance!
I am a new member and new to the herp culture, I have one crested gecko and for a while thought about buying a ball python... I have recently moved to Churchill MB (for everyone that doesn't know, is rather isolated).
My question is, I would like to buy another reptile pal to get shipped up here and I have two choices.. either to pay 75$ flat fee through the airline or through canada post. Do people ship live animals through canada post?
Also I have done my research and have decided on a rubbermaid enclosure 31qt until I move back to Winnipeg and buy a 20gallon and maybe another leo... we'll see lol. I understand leo's need live food as a staple diet, and I will need to buy in bulk to stock up (also hopefully someone ships canada post) Please tell me I can use something other than crickets... as I live in an apartment and from what I hear crickets are gross. Is there something I can easily breed myself? In either case.. I will dust with calcium every day and leave a calcium bowl, vitamins once a week, and calcium w/ d3 once a week on top of gutloading... sound good?
Do I have to use a thermostat with the Ultratherm mat? or can I just monitor temps? I was planning on buying the Zilla 1000w thermostat for the ball python.. but would prefer to not spend the 55$ if not necessary. I will be using 2 thermometers and a hygrometer, 2 hides (hot and cold)
I think this covers everything, I just wanted to confirm my info (which was collected from several sites.. lets just say i used quite a few sticky notes). But my main questions are: Canada Post - Leopard gecko safe? Rubbermaid Bin - good size?
Thank you in advance!