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Once upon a time there was a large site called Herp-edia.com It was a bold effort to list all the reptile species of the world. It would also include species information, photos and care sheets. Well even 8 years after it was shut down there arent many sites out there that focus on education. Many fancy web sites competing for the commercial market of reptiles but all lack substance. Well Herp-edia.com is returning. I have started putting the pages back on the net. Over time I will bring the glory back to this site. Update changes in the past few years and continue to build based on its original efforts. To learn more about reptiles stop by Herp-edia.com

Well I picked up my lumber to get started on my outside pens this past week so Dan and I took most of today to work on them. I still need to pick up a few more 2×12s to finish the last group of pens but we completed two today and I got a ton of seeds broadcast plus the Redfoots and the Hermanns got to take a test drive of their pens for the day.

Getting started….Redfoots will have the largest pen in the middle, which will get the most shade. There is a small bush that leans across the ground and runs for about 5ft that will make some nice shade for them once it fills out this year. The back half of all of the pens will be covered by the canopy once the leaves are back on the trees as well.

The Redfoot three taking it all in when I set them down in the pen.

And away they go lol

You can see the bush I was talking about in this pic

The Hermanns pen

H2 enjoying some weeds YUM

Hawthorne getting in some rock climbing

Every feel like your being followed? lol

Eli found some small bits to munch on

After transplanting weeds from other parts of the yard

Redfoots again

Hope you enjoy, I cant wait to do some more planting and see how things look once everything starts coming up. Dont forget to stop by our WiReptiles site as well as our personal breeder site for Crotalus & Company!

I strongly feel that now is the time for the reptile community as a whole to come together and form an organization that will look out for and fight for our concerns. An organization with lobbyist and legal muscle. I understand than many are lining up behind the PIJAC and while i agree we need their help with the current fight. I dont feel in the long run their base will support future issues we will come in face with. I dont feel they will stand up for those who keep venomous, or large constrictors when it comes right down to it. I also know that Jeff Barringer is reorganizing the NRAAC yet again this worries me. We all know Jeff all to well and an organization that is solely funded and staffed by one company is dangerous.

I think it is especially important for those in the venomous community to act now and push for such an organization. Our group has run into legislation before that has not gotten the support of those in the non-venomous community. Its too easy for others to say I dont care if they dont allow Venomous or large constrictors.

But now they they are going after the most popular reptile kept “Ball pythons” the largest breeders in the industry that make the most money are all on the fire now. This is why I feel this is the perfect opportunity for us to push for and support the formation of such an organization that will fight for everyones rights. Take advantage of the massive funding base available to get such an organization off of the ground

I dont know how to start such an organization and honestly wouldnt want to start it. However i feel with the support and knowledge of the herp community as a whole such an group could be formed.

USFW moves to severly restrict generas Python, Boa and Eunectes
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is looking into passing regulations banning the importation and interstate transport of all snakes belonging to the genera Python, Boa and Eunectes. This will be a severe blow to the hobby and all efforts to stop such a move should be made. The proposed legislation would make it illegal to move one of these snakes from one state to another in effect destroying all trade in these animals. This should be a concern for all reptiles keepers as a ban of this sort would only be a precursor or presidents for future regulations on other reptiles.

Attached is the USFW proposal in full. Please read it carefully

WSFW proposal

As the Federal Register outlines, only comments submitted in the format that they have specified will be reviewed. Comments on message boards, BLOGs, and petitions will not be accepted or reviewed. We recommend that everyone focus their efforts on submitting comments using the required procedure rather than methods that will not produce tangible results. Individuals and businesses may submit their comments at http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=SubmitComment&o=09000064803a565f.

Please take time to review the proposal in full, and only submit comments relevant to the specific requests. General comments and abusive comments are liable to be discarded, unread. Please spell check your comments before submitting them.

Dan and I are gearing up for the upcoming gardening season so I sat down and inventoried all of our seeds on hand. If anyone is interested in swapping some seeds for anything we have listed here let me know what you have to swap. Always looking for more peppers, heirloom tomatoes, flowers (especially Sunflowers and edible flowers for my Tortoises)

*denotes limited quantities, inquire

(tort) denotes Tortoise safe/edible

Pepper Inventory 1/4/08

Black Pearl
Hot Banana
Medusa
Cherry Bomb
Fresno
Beaver Dam
Purple Taz
Mystery long sweet yellow
Jimmy Nardello
*Masquerade Ornamental
Serrano
Cubanelle
Marconi Red
Pepperoncini Greek
Carnival mixed Bells (tort)
Nosegay
Cali Wonder Green Bells (tort)
Hungarian Hot Yellow Wax
Yellow Sweet Banana
Alma Paprika
Tabago Sweet Seasoning
Purple Ecuadorian
Unknown Yellow 3
Charleston Hot
Thai
Pueblo Pepper
Sky Clump
Bermuda
Barney
Red Caribbean
Vietnamese Multicolor
Filius Blue
Bolivian Rainbow
Turkish Cayenne
Banana
Thai Sun
Golden Habanero
Orange Habanero
Fish Chile
Mystery large green sweet (AJ)
Billy Goat Peach
Little Nubian
Bulgarian Carrot
Naga Jolokia Purple (Dan grown)
Spanish
Unknown Ornamental (side)
Super Cayenne
Misc bag (sweep the floor dehydrator)

Flower Seed Inventory 1/4/08

Forget Me Nots
Bachelor Buttons (tort)
Ageratum
Goblin Flower
Dwarf large Sunflower
Small Sunflower
Yellow Coneflower (short and tall varieties)
Purple Coneflower (tort)
Wildflower Mix
Nasturtium (tort)
California Poppy (tort)
Pink Hibiscus (tort)
Rose of Sharon Hibiscus (tort)

Edible plants for Tortoises

Chia seeds
Clover
Mixed grasses
Dandelion greens

Tomato Seed Inventory 1/4/08

Black Krim
Large Red Cherry
Grape
Tomatillo
Roma
Brandywine

Veggie Seed Inventory 1/4/08

Beans (?)
Pole beans (Amish)
Spinach
Red oakleaf Lettuce (tort)
Mustard Greens (tort)
Chives
Broccoli
Oregano
Radish
Eggplant
Cilantro (tort)
Sweet Basil
Red Saladbowl lettuce (tort)
Buttercrunch
Green Onion
Yellow Onion
Garlic Chives

Dont forget to visit us at The Pepper Center too!

http://peppercenter.com/

I have been making a few additions to the sites lately. As you will see i have added a list of domain names i own and added a few sites i operate. Wisconsin Reptiles site has received a couple of new forums to the lineup. The most important of which is Reptile Health and Wellness forum. Stop by and contribute at WiReptiles.com Last but not least i am adding a new blog system to Venom-Center.com I am hoping to get some of its members involved providing great article on venomous reptiles.

Winter is here and snow has fallen. Dull time for us gardeners. Dont fret the new seed catalogs are becoming available and now is the time to trade with other growers. PepperCenter.com has a great seed swap forum for just this. I soon will be listing seed i have available for trade along with seeds that I am wanting. Remember you can always start your seed early indoors for a jumpstart on the growing season.

Ok Most knew this would happen eventually. I am bringing it back. The most comprehensive venomous reptile community site on the net. I shall be bringing it back under the new name of Venom-Center

Stop by and Join in. Most of your old friends are there

Crotalus & Company has joined up with Anjanette Buffalo aka. Looseroo Exotics. With both collections together we will bring a wider variety of reptiles to the table. Myself specializing in Rattlesnakes minoring in Arboreal Vipers, and Anja specializing in Cobras Minoring in Rattlesnakes.

To get more information on this pairing or to see a list of our current breeding projects visit us at Crotalus & Company

Last night while roaming around the net. I came across the way back machine. An archive site for websites of the past. Believe it or not they had both Herp-edia and Pitvipers sites. This is great news for me as I had lost the code and am now able to recapture it. I look back at all the work i had done on those sites and miss them. Yet i look at all the work still to be done and wonder what was i thinking. Anyway very interesting site you should check it out

 The Way Back Machine