Pets and Ponds

Goodbye Godzilla!

The green iguana that lived in the corner terrarium in our shop has been sold. He goes to a good home and we wish his new owner lots of luck with him.
On a happier note we are now planning what to replace him with as an eyecatcher for our customers. Ideas are flying around with the current frontrunner being maybe a jacksonnii chamaeleon. Whether we can actually source one is another matter.

Next month in mid-September we expect the arrival of some special breeds of rabbits, guinea-pigs and maybe birds when we will have a delivery of animals coming in. So watch this space as we never know until they come exactly what we might get.

Baby turtles are in stock again and proving very popular with children. While small and cute now it must be borne in mind that they will eventually grow to about 8 or 9 inches across their shell. They are nevertheless quite an interesting pet to keep, requiring little love and attention in fact they really don't care who takes care of them. It is essential to clean out their water regularly otherwise it may smell. A filter is very helpful in this regard. Feed them a variety of food. They will eat proprietary turtle food available from the shop and this is a complete food for them but you can also give them small earthworms, some green food such as small bits of cabbage or chinese leaves, (never feed them lettuce it is too soft for their digestion) even little bits of raw meat cut or scraped very fine.