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BlueTongueDan
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 31/03/2009 : 23:05:54
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Slow Worm - Anguis fragilis
And a cool little spider, Which I think 'could' be Amaurobius similis
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Posted - 31/03/2009 : 23:56:23
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| Nice first one ive seen got Grass Snakes near me gonna try and catch one this year and take a few pic's.. |
0.1.0 Amel Slinky
1.0.0 Normal Motley Charlie |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 02:13:53
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I'm after an adder this year.
Think that'll be interesting to look at for a few days. We've got loads near us.
Did the slowy drop the horrible stenchy stuff when you picked it up?
Weird lizards they are. |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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Kazerella
The Corn Snake Admin
United Kingdom
3093 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 11:32:12
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Woah Slow worm- what a find!!!  |
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BlueTongueDan
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1462 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:22:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Kehhlyr
I'm after an adder this year.
Think that'll be interesting to look at for a few days. We've got loads near us.
Did the slowy drop the horrible stenchy stuff when you picked it up?
Weird lizards they are.
ya, me too.
Found a very young one last year, hoping for a larger one this year.
Yep, sure did  |
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PunkAsF82
Yearling
United Kingdom
909 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 12:47:41
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we have tonnes of slow owrms round here. They're fairly common round south...well... not common... more common than anywhere else
I see at least one a week during the summer. Got musked by one last year lol |
~~ My Zoo ~~
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon - Cooper
0.1.0 Amel corn - Lucky
0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko - Layla
1.1.0 Cats - Zelda the Maine Coon & Link the Ragdoll X Tabby
0.0.50 Malawi Cichlids
0.0.20 Community fish tank
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
3348 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 19:23:05
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i think slow worms are great,aint seen one for years,used to go out getting them when i as little.I know that there lizards without legs but what makes them a lizard and not a snake,is it there anatomy?
oh,i have had a find,a dead frog in a bucket in my back garden.Thats the closest we get to nature round here |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
4428 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 20:11:24
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quote:
Originally posted by lee2308
I know that there lizards without legs but what makes them a lizard and not a snake,is it there anatomy?
They have a fixed lower jaw and I think they have eye lids. |
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PunkAsF82
Yearling
United Kingdom
909 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 22:25:52
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| eye lids, fixed jaw, round tongues or higher forked tongues that dont flicker |
~~ My Zoo ~~
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon - Cooper
0.1.0 Amel corn - Lucky
0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko - Layla
1.1.0 Cats - Zelda the Maine Coon & Link the Ragdoll X Tabby
0.0.50 Malawi Cichlids
0.0.20 Community fish tank
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
4428 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2009 : 22:48:22
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| They can also drop their tails (like leo's for example), im not sure if that defines it as either a snake or a lizard, but I dont know of any snakes that can do it. |
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Jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2009 : 00:05:07
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| its funny how they look like snakes but with a lizards face... i like |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2009 : 01:56:30
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It's also got something to do with the heads as well apparently.
Something like a lizards head is normally about the same size as it's body, but a snakes isn't. |
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
3348 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 14:56:02
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| Has anyone ket these as pets or heard of anyone keeping these sucessfuly.I have a little spare tank and would like to keep one but not if its going to die and would there e any risk of infection to my other snakes because it's wc. |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
3984 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 16:40:27
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do they eat bugs? I seen a massive adder in Chawton Woods and one again at Alice Holt.
Anyone heard of them?
Nice finds Dan |
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Ell
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1640 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 20:23:17
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| Dawww slow worms are adorable! |
 
1.0.0 Normal corn snake - Dusk
0.1.0 Strawberry Snow Stripe corn snake - Dawn
0.1.0 Harlequin Crested Gecko - Stickles
1.0.0 Sable Syrian Hamster - CoCo
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 22:31:52
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When I was about 10 I used to keep a lot of the snakes and stuff we used to catch.
These were Slow worms, Adders, Grass snakes, lizards, even a Sand Lizard once but they are all a protected species in one way or another.
If you're found keeping one of them, you can get into trouble for it.
But if you're only 'nursing it back to health' for a few days because your cat/dog/sister brought it to you in their mouth nearly dead, then you *may* get away with it.
Feeding the different animals is a different kettle of fish. We used to find that slow worms seemed to love woodlice and other assorted tiny creatures like that.
The adders would eats frogs and mice.
The grass snakes would eat really random stuff, i think they were related to sea-gulls somehow. If it was edible, they would eat it.
The lizards were the hardest to feed, they only ever ate little things like ants, and really tiny bugs. We used to sift watercress in a brook in the forset behind our house to catch water-fleas or whatever they were called.
Good fun to watch and learn from. Especially adders. Been bitten by them before, yellow arm time that was. |
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lee2308
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
3348 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 23:08:45
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| I have been looking into it and there are a few forums out there were people do keep them,they are a protected species but some say you can keep them as pets as long as their not harmed and it is against the law to sale or buy them.I have changed my mind about keeping one as it is more than likley to die and the keeping issue seems a bit grey. |
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PunkAsF82
Yearling
United Kingdom
909 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2009 : 14:34:44
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| yeh i think it's highly illegal to actually confign them. they're a protected species... it'd be fun and they're cute but concidering how uncommon they are, it'd probs be best just to place them in your garden and make sure there's lots of nice buggies around for them to eat :) |
~~ My Zoo ~~
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon - Cooper
0.1.0 Amel corn - Lucky
0.1.0 Normal Leopard Gecko - Layla
1.1.0 Cats - Zelda the Maine Coon & Link the Ragdoll X Tabby
0.0.50 Malawi Cichlids
0.0.20 Community fish tank
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BlueTongueDan
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
1462 Posts |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2009 : 21:52:03
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Toads are brilliant.
It's only from your pics that reminded me that I haven't seen one for aboput 2 years.
Loads of frogs in the past week though. |
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
3984 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2009 : 09:36:25
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 I rescued a gecko in tunisia, he fell out a hole in the roof over the indoor pool and couldnt get out the pool, got a pic of it on mates phone waiting for him to send us it tho..
will get some up from what I have heard theyr'e same species but different colours considering I had a poke around in a bush and found another one, same size different patterns. |
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