Tanimbars

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:57 pm

I admire your willingness to wait until the time is right

You've really come so far from when you joined and I really hope others will follow in your footsteps. More pictures would be nice though.

For Tanimbars, again I'd consider it pretty much cruel to put Tannies into pet stores or into homes that aren't prepared through research/experience. Maybe a reptile-centric store with reptile-centric buyers could work, but I'd still say Northern/IJ/Merauke would be much better.

To me the difference in a Tanny/Kei/Indo over Northern/IJ/Merauke is akin to a Green Tree Python over a Ball Python. Balls make great first time reptiles and great pets for any reptile enthusiasts. But having a GTP is something that needs a lot more thought/experience and giving a GTP to a newbie is asking for trouble.

Now I'm saying this, but at the same time I love these meaner animals. I would like to breed the rarer and meaner skinks and let other people concentrate on the pet-skinks. However I know this means more work, less money, and giving up the easy sales. I'm lucky that my market is Canada-wide since there are no other breeders of these rarer/meaner skinks

I'm hoping to work with Katrina (Northerns, Meraukes, IJs?) and Pink T (Northerns) to give all Canadians access to the right BTS for them

xxmonitorlizardxx · Postby **xxmonitorlizardxx** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:22 pm

ReptileKing wrote:
xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:2..If I buy a pair... If they're still for sale...If I have room...

You snooze, you lose. And you snoozed!

I know you want me to have them. Just you wait. :wink:

xxmonitorlizardxx · Postby **xxmonitorlizardxx** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:27 pm

Fatal_S wrote:I admire your willingness to wait until the time is right You've really come so far from when you joined and I really hope others will follow in your footsteps. More pictures would be nice though.

Thank you for the complement

I should have pics up tomorrow depending on the weather.

Linnea · Postby **Linnea** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:38 am

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:Andrew, Ray, and varanus inc are the only breeders. Brad(reptile king) tried but now he is focusing on keis.

theres a guy in Germany (Georg Werner) who breeds excellent yellow and silver tannies!
he even has a post here on the forum

xxmonitorlizardxx · Postby **xxmonitorlizardxx** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:32 pm

Linnea wrote:
xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:Andrew, Ray, and varanus inc are the only breeders. Brad(reptile king) tried but now he is focusing on keis.

theres a guy in Germany (Georg Werner) who breeds excellent yellow and silver tannies!
he even has a post here on the forum

I love his yellows and I normally dont like them :drool:

Linnea · Postby **Linnea** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:14 am

is aggression a trait only found on tannies in USA, or is it common in aus too?

i was told by him that the adult tannies he sells arent aggressive and seemingly dont mind being held for photos (according to him, and judging from the photos).

Fatal_S · Postby **Fatal_S** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:40 am

Tannies aren't in Aus (it would be very illegal). You mean in Eurasia? I'm pretty sure the attitude is common throughout all Tanimbars, but individuals will differ of course. I don't find my Tannies to be aggressive, just very skittish (I can still hold/play with them, I just know they'd rather be left alone usuallly so I play with the friendlier skinks instead).

ExtremeJustin · Postby **ExtremeJustin** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:47 pm

SapphireTigress wrote:speaking of, does anyone breed silver tanimbars here?

I don't know of anyone besides Ray, Andrew, and Brad. I don't know if Brad has any babies left. I think Ray only had one this year and all of Andrew's baby skinks died in the fire this month

Justin

xxmonitorlizardxx · Postby **xxmonitorlizardxx** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:22 am

I dont think Andrew bred his tannies this year. Im not sure about Ray. And Brad didnt have any success but he's extremely close.

NomadOfTheHills · Postby **NomadOfTheHills** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:31 pm

My tannie (CB from Ray) is puppy dog tame. Much nice than my WC gigas was.

JR · Postby JR » Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:36 am

NomadOfTheHills wrote:My tannie (CB from Ray) is puppy dog tame.

Mine too. I don't understand the "tannies are aggressive"-thing.

xxmonitorlizardxx · Postby **xxmonitorlizardxx** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:23 pm

JR wrote:
NomadOfTheHills wrote:My tannie (CB from Ray) is puppy dog tame.

Mine too. I don't understand the "tannies are aggressive"-thing.

I think its more defensive then aggressive.

Owlstar · Postby **Owlstar** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:42 pm

I agree with that, my tannie, Tarzan, doesn't seem to be aggressive at all unless I startle him. He lets me hold him if I move slowly and don't mess with him that much. I see as like a finicky companion other than a pet like my dog or bearded dragon.

Postby **Bird_Brain** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:06 pm

I am very confident that the "stereotype" of tannies being aggressive dates back to when adults were commonly imported. As with most CBB animals, they tend to have a more gentle attitude than their WC counterparts.

Same is very true with Kei Islands as well. Many of my WC are mean suckers, however, my CBB keis are very docile.

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