The Desert Mind
If you’re here, you’re interested not just in better husbandry, but in Herpetoculture as an evolving industry and way of life. This is where I write about what I’m seeing in my animals, how my thinking changes over time, and how I believe this field needs to grow if it’s going to mature beyond trends and hype.
You’ll find working ideas, long-term patterns, and honest documentation of what holds up in the real world as well as unbiased and nonjudgmental consulting with your Herpetocultural endeavors.
After 72 days of incubation, the uromastyx thomasi started hatching! These guys are easily my favorite uromastyx and I've been working towards this goal for a long time. All the babies look very healthy a...
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Here are some various hatchlings from this season so far. Mostly nephrurus wheeleri, but also some banded geckos. I have a good number of eggs of these and other various species, so many more hatchlings t...
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I realized I did not make a post regarding my female U. thomasi laying eggs. On May 14th she laid 8 rather large eggs. At first I was not sure if all 8 were good, mostly because they were squishy and some...
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Today a good friend of mine and I set off for a quick trip out east to do some herping. This was a great time and we found a few very cool snakes! Below are a few photos of some of the animals we f...
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A lot of things have been going on here since I returned from my herp trip to California! Most exciting to me was catching my Uromastyx Thomasi mating. These guys have been a dream of mine for a long tim...
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Young Male Baja Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus Vestigium) [/caption] I was fortunate enough to spend the second week of April in Southern California on...
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