Moon's Graden

by **AnimalJoh** » Mon, 06 Sep 2004 03:04:42

I am going on vacation for three weeks and am wondering if it would be
better to give up my curlytail(Back to Petco) as I can not find anyone to
care for him. I am concerned about a water supply that would not dry up and
wondering if there was a way to setup something that would allow a sure
supply. I am also concerned about food but I was sure three weeks would not
be as bad a problem with food as it would be with water. Anyone have any
ideas?

TIA
AJ

by **fr0gle** » Mon, 06 Sep 2004 03:58:45

Quote:

>I am going on vacation for three weeks and am wondering if it would be
> better to give up my curlytail(Back to Petco) as I can not find anyone to
> care for him. I am concerned about a water supply that would not dry up
> and
> wondering if there was a way to setup something that would allow a sure
> supply. I am also concerned about food but I was sure three weeks would
> not
> be as bad a problem with food as it would be with water. Anyone have any
> ideas?

Put 500 mealworms in a dish they cannot climb out of with a whole bunch of
bran flakes and cereal... petco sells mealworm feeding dishes for this
purpose that would work great...
http://tinyurl.com/46k9t

Use a small cat waterer that holds a pint or more of water (my petco has
these for sale for reptiles now too!)
http://tinyurl.com/72d86 or http://tinyurl.com/6ks77\

Check with your neighborhood kids, lots of times kids and their parents are
MORE than happy to do this... you can even take the cage to their house and
drop it off for 3 weeks of care...

Check with your local herp society (where are you?) for someone willing to
herp-sit...

Check with the petco if any of their employees would be interested in herp
sitting for a small fee...

Hope that helps! It is always a major project for me to plan a vacation that
includes herp care...

fr0glet (PS sorry all those links go to petcos site, lots of other herp
supplies dealers sell that stuff, but it was convenient for me to look them
up there).

by **Gloria Car** » Mon, 06 Sep 2004 07:22:39

Quote:

> I am going on vacation for three weeks and am wondering if it would be
> better to give up my curlytail(Back to Petco) as I can not find anyone to
> care for him. I am concerned about a water supply that would not dry up
and
> wondering if there was a way to setup something that would allow a sure
> supply. I am also concerned about food but I was sure three weeks would
not
> be as bad a problem with food as it would be with water. Anyone have any
> ideas?

Check out Pet Sitters International, the largest organization for pet
sitters. http://www.petsit.com You might be able to find a professional
petsitter in your area who does reptiles.

Gloria

by **AnimalJoh** » Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:30:35

Quote:

>> I am going on vacation for three weeks and am wondering if it would
>> be better to give up my curlytail(Back to Petco) as I can not find
>> anyone to care for him. I am concerned about a water supply that
>> would not dry up and
>> wondering if there was a way to setup something that would allow a
>> sure supply. I am also concerned about food but I was sure three
>> weeks would not
>> be as bad a problem with food as it would be with water. Anyone have
>> any ideas?

> Put 500 mealworms in a dish they cannot climb out of with a whole
> bunch of bran flakes and cereal... petco sells mealworm feeding
> dishes for this purpose that would work great...
> http://tinyurl.com/46k9t

Thanks fr0glet.
I failed to mention this lizard is only about five inches and would take
quite a while to consume 500 mealworms. I will probably try 50 or maybe 100
max. I wonder how long these worms take to morph into beatles. I think I
have a tupperware bowl I can use instead of a commercial product as I may
only need this once a year or so. I am assuming the pet will be smart enough
to enter to search for his food. He never seems to be very creative looking
around and misses many that are not moving right under his nose :)

Quote:

> Use a small cat waterer that holds a pint or more of water (my petco
> has these for sale for reptiles now too!)
> http://tinyurl.com/72d86 or http://tinyurl.com/6ks77\

Now I know I will just have to visit a Petco to look around for a waterer
like one that will fit inside his 20Gal tank. Thanks again for the links

Quote:

> Check with your neighborhood kids, lots of times kids and their
> parents are MORE than happy to do this... you can even take the cage
> to their house and drop it off for 3 weeks of care...

I am afraid I would never trust anyone else to watch this guy. The tank is
way to much to transport I'm afraid. I guess I will go with plan A

Quote:

> Check with your local herp society (where are you?) for someone
> willing to herp-sit...

> Check with the petco if any of their employees would be interested in
> herp sitting for a small fee...

> Hope that helps! It is always a major project for me to plan a
> vacation that includes herp care...

> fr0glet (PS sorry all those links go to petcos site, lots of other
> herp supplies dealers sell that stuff, but it was convenient for me
> to look them up there).

Thanks again for the help. I would most likely have given this guy to Petco
otherwise not really being a thrilling creaure to care for ;) Hides most of
the time and really only moves when scared. Never climbs his tree or rocks
to sunbath. Sort of a boring little fellow I'm afraid ;)

AJ

by **AnimalJoh** » Tue, 07 Sep 2004 03:36:25

Quote:

>> I am going on vacation for three weeks and am wondering if it would
>> be better to give up my curlytail(Back to Petco) as I can not find
>> anyone to care for him. I am concerned about a water supply that
>> would not dry up and wondering if there was a way to setup something
>> that would allow a sure supply. I am also concerned about food but I
>> was sure three weeks would not be as bad a problem with food as it
>> would be with water. Anyone have any ideas?

> Check out Pet Sitters International, the largest organization for pet
> sitters. http://www.petsit.com You might be able to find a
> professional petsitter in your area who does reptiles.

> Gloria

I like your link and am still consdering this. I did find a vet that will
take my hamster at a little over $100. I know I have no plan whatsoever to
leave her without a human to give daily love and care. I actually gave up
our yearly trip to the Caribbean for the past three years having 10 of them,
if you can believe that. Now one surviver and a wife that calls me nuts for
caring more about my pets than HER vacation time :)

Thank you Gloria for your responce and great idea about my problem.

Animal John

by **Grainne Gillespi** » Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:23:10

Quote:

>I did find a vet that will
>take my hamster at a little over $100. I know I have no plan >whatsoever to
>leave her without a human to give daily love and care. I actually >gave up
>our yearly trip to the Caribbean for the past three years having >10 of
them,
>if you can believe that. Now one surviver and a wife that calls >me nuts
for
>caring more about my pets than HER vacation time :)

Hamsters and a curly-tail, you aren't Procter by any chance, are you?

by **AnimalJoh** » Wed, 08 Sep 2004 10:06:32

Quote:

>> I did find a vet that will
>> take my hamster at a little over $100. I know I have no plan
>> >whatsoever to leave her without a human to give daily love and
>> care. I actually >gave up our yearly trip to the Caribbean for the
>> past three years having >10 of them, if you can believe that. Now
>> one surviver and a wife that calls >me nuts for caring more about my
>> pets than HER vacation time :)

> Hamsters and a curly-tail, you aren't Procter by any chance, are you?

You surprise me ;)

by **Grainne Gillespi** » Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:05:36

Quote:

>>Hamsters and a curly-tail, you aren't Procter by any chance, are >>you?

>You surprise me ;)

So, how's Curly Joe and his friend?

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