Hey Tumblr Friends! Heres a pic of Bluie n me Bluie My tegu who I adopted  7 years ago.. He’s Moved on.. but his memory will last forever! What an amazing animal he was!

WOW! 

Hey Tumblr and ERE Friends!

Well Last week were soo excited to post lil jabas Picture and I pulled the menory card out of the computer without properly ejecting it and delated all of the pictures! 

Thus we cant show you last weeks weight buuuuut i did notice that  Lil Jabas weight seemed to even out showing less growth between March 14th and March 29th…  When he weiged in at 0.7 oz  See If you can guess why, and we will send you a  wrist band and ERE pen! :) 

See you next week! 

Erik 

Hey ERE and Tumblr Friends!

Sorry for the delay with lil jabas progress! THings have been really busy at our facility! These photos were from his March 14th weigh in! Jaba has grown another 0.2oz!! He has one more weigh in and next week we will post his monthly growth and eating information for YOu to graph! best graph of the month will receive a free ERE madgascar Live T shirt!  Stay tuned!

Ecologically yours,

Erik the Reptile Guy

Hey ERE an Tumbler Friends!

JABA doubled in weight!!! Last week he  weighed at 0.2 oz and this week he weighed 0.4 oz!! That’s amazing! Its Like the Biggest loser in reverse! Stay tuned for next weeks weigh in!

See you next week!

Erik

 Dear ERE friends and Tumblers,

    Lil Jaba’s FIRST weigh in! Tonight Feb 28th  Lil Jaba weighed in at 2oz, and measures about 1 inch long!  These are very fast growing frogs, and it already looks like he’s gained weight since last week!  Stay tuned next week for Lil Jabas 2nd weigh in!

 See If you can guess how much he’ll gain this week! If you guess correctly we’ll send you a FREE ERE wrist band !  Keep in mind he eats about 1 cricket  each day!  Good luck!

Dear Friends

I am writing this letter to let you know that Annie my Green Anaconda had passed away on February 15th, 2012.

On February 14th, 2012 we noticed there was serosanguinous fluid (bloody fluid) in her water.  We immediately contacted our veterinarian Dr. Monaco in Plainview, NY and my assistant Brian rushed her over to the office.  I was working with a school to deliver chameleon eggs to Cold Spring Harbor High School and spoke with Dr. Monaco during the appointment.  He had X-rays done and took a blood sample and said he belived she had an infection in her uterus (where her eggs would develop).  He stated she would need to be on heavy antibiotics to fight the infection and administered the first doses.  He gave Brian the remaining doses of antibiotics and sent her home.  As soon as I arrived to my home I watched her to see how she was; she seemed OK and I knew all we could do was wait and hope.. 

That evening I went to Starbucks to take a break in Huntington and sat next to a couple of guys working doing an internet radio show.  It was really fun and they reminded me to laugh!  One the guys said “Everyone would love to hear stories about your snakes and reptiles!”  The Internet is like a pipe line and people are waiting to watch and listen!  This really pulled me out of sadness and really wanting to share Annie’s story of recovery…

Unfortunately the story didn’t turn out as I had hoped.  The following morning I woke up and got dressed and checked on Annie and the other Reptile kids.  As I approached Annie’s cage I immediately nocticed the red fluid in her water again; and this time when I touched Annie’s tail, it didn’t move!  I began to cry uncontrollably as I knew her fate.  At this point I could tell just by looking at her that she was suffering, so I called Brian and asked him to come over and told him as soon as Dr. Monaco’s office opened we would make an arrangement to put her to sleep, and put an end to any suffering she was experiencing.

We called Dr. Monaco and began making plans about what we should do with her body as she was 50 lbs. and wouldn’t fit in our freezer.  So I thought of the possibilty of donating her body to science and using her hide as an educational tool to bring awareness to issues such as the illegal skin trade.  Thus we made our decision and an appointment to bring her to the office to end her suffering….but when I returned I approached her cage and she had already passed on.

Annie Anaconda was an amazing animal!  When I first worked with her my friend Tarzan had kept her for quite some time and gave her to me as a gift; at the time she was approx 8 1/2 feet.  We actually put her out in the grass in the sun and she was very willing to allow me to pet her on her head as she slithered through the grass.  Most Anacondas are not nearly as tolerant of being handled but Annie was very agreeable and didn’t seem to mind, provided that we supported her whole body.  She actually only bit me once when I was at Rye Playland doing a program.  I had to grasp her tail to prevent her from getting caught up in the stage wires and she gave me a swift warning bite!  But that was all.

Many children had the opportunity to interact with her and even hold her!

Annie was an amazing animal till the end and will truly be missed!

Annie wherever you are…..Thank you for being such an amazing friend:)  

We’ll Miss you!! 

Love Erik and Friends

Dear Tumblers and ERE friends

We have new friend joining us at our ERE facility!  JABA the South African Bullfrog was just purchased from Repxotica Reptile store as a captive born froglet and will be part of a weekly ERE online science activity!  Students can log on to ERE website once a week to watch Jaba eat and then track his growth rate over the next year!  By the end of the school year students will have collected enough data to predict how much Jaba willl grow by this time next year and will have gained some skills with data entry and maintaining a log while learning to graph data!  Weekly “weigh-ins” will take place on Tuedays of each week!  Weekly weigh-ins will begin on Tuesday February 29th! 

All Students who participate will get some cool free stuff including ERE T-Shirts and Wrist Bands!

www.edventureshow.com 

We’ll see you on Tuesday!!