halmahera bts

[Kurt]

went to my local reptile shop today, they just got in a halmahera. it was sooo tempting but i resisted. it was hiding so this is the best pic i could get of it.

[Sarikazam]

What kind of substrate is it on? I don't think I have ever seen that before.
Also I don't think I have ever heard of a "Halmahera" BTS before. Maybe it is just because I am a newbie though... I am interested and hope to find out more about this!

[Kurt]

the substrate is millet. I've used it and liked it a lot, but lots of people on this forum are against it.

i don't know the correct terminology of how to explain it, but halmaera is a locale of indonesian bts. they have a unique look to them.

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

i don't know the correct terminology of how to explain it, but halmaera is a locale of indonesian bts. they have a unique look to them.

Yup that's pretty much it

[Sarikazam]

Oh, most interesting! In that case it would be awesome to see some other pictures of this fellow if you ever go back

[Alioop]

$250??

[skeetersmom]

$250 is about the going rate - for a pet shop. They have to feed all the other animals that don't sell - so they need to jack the prices up.

Just wondering what the opposition is on the substrate - and why it is liked.

[Kurt]

$250 is about the going rate - for a pet shop. They have to feed all the other animals that don't sell - so they need to jack the prices up.

Just wondering what the opposition is on the substrate - and why it is liked.

Some of the people on the forum think it may cause impaction since it is a loose substrate. They also thought it might cause a respiratory infection because it doesn't absorb any liquids.

When I used millet my bluey either didn't eat any of the millet or was able to digest them fully. There was never millet in his poop, so I wasn't too worried about impaction. The respiratory infection might be true? I never had an issue with it but I could see it happening if the tank wasn't cleaned regularly. I liked millet a lot because it was SO easy to clean. I had a scoop that would pick up any poop but sift out the millet.

When I bought my bts, I was given the millet for free from the reptile shop. After trying it out, my opinion of millet is that its a good substrate to keep a bts on. When I ran out, I switched to coco husk bark since it was cheaper and looked more natural.

[Rush]

House of Reptiles??

[Rush]

I'm against Millet. My Indo was on Millet at the time of purchase and she pooped out "big" clumps of the stuff for a good two weeks.

[t9dragon]

WOW.. $250 for the Halmahera that is how much I paid for both of mine....

[BlueGuy]

$250??

Yeah I paid 225 at a captive bred shop for a 2 month old northern bts

[Spindown]

$250 is the price I "regularly" see for ANY Bluey species (when they have them, which is pretty rare) in petstores.

[Sarikazam]

Yeah, I would agree that $250 isn't an outrageous price. All of my local pet stores charge a minimum of $200, and those are all just WC Indos who generally have a nasty attitude...
I think you are lucky if you can find a BTS for under $200 in a pet store.

[Kurt]

Just found out this guy is a cb from Deer Fern Farms (Doug Dix). He had some at the the Portland Reptile Expo for $175 or so this past saturday.

[Spindown]

interesting.

[t9dragon]

Just found out this guy is a cb from Deer Fern Farms (Doug Dix). He had some at the the Portland Reptile Expo for $175 or so this past saturday.

Are you sure it came from Deer Fern Farms? Because to my knowledge he only had 6 babies. Two of which he kept, two I bought and two he had for sale at the Expo on Saturday.

[Spindown]

lol T9, I almost put that they should contact Doug and make sure...however, it is possible somebody bought a baby at the expo, and then dumped it at the pet store.

[Kurt]

Just found out this guy is a cb from Deer Fern Farms (Doug Dix). He had some at the the Portland Reptile Expo for $175 or so this past saturday.

Are you sure it came from Deer Fern Farms? Because to my knowledge he only had 6 babies. Two of which he kept, two I bought and two he had for sale at the Expo on Saturday.

I didn't confirm with Doug, but thats what House of Reptiles told me at the expo. Also, I'm pretty sure Doug had 4 for sale at the expo...

[t9dragon]

lol T9, I almost put that they should contact Doug and make sure...however, it is possible somebody bought a baby at the expo, and then dumped it at the pet store.

I don't they bought it at the expo and then dumped it at the pet store.. The OP originally posted this on June 24th and the expo was on September 18th.