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Berea Dog Splash

At Wallace Lake this past weekend, I went with Jenn, Matt, Sheri, and Betty (Jenn’s mother and grandmother) to the Dog Splash sponsored by Berea Animal Rescue Fund. Brewster and Honey, Jenn and Matt’s dogs, were adopted from this organization, and were not totally enthusiastic about enter the water.  Nor was Sheri’s dog, Abbey.  They did actively sniff and wag their tails with a few other dogs and were thoroughly tired upon returning home.  Brewster also attempted to claim several trees and structures in the park…

 

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Snake predation

In Palo Verde, a student noticed this Leptophis mexicanus preying on a tree frog (I think it’s Smilisca baudinii).  This is the second time I was able to observe a Leptophis attack a frog, although this occasion was quite different, given that the snake had captured the frog by the hind legs; the frog made distress calls and the snake had some difficulty dragging and controling its prey.

Additionally, I’ve been feeding frozen rats to the two corn snakes I’ve recently inherited.  Below is 1 (that’s its name) gulping down a rat.

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Meet Coral

Coral, my father’s new haflinger, was born in late May and I was able to see her for the first time last weekend.  She’s excitable, curious and very pretty.  Additionally, she likes here chest scratched – her eyes nearly roll back if you scratch hard enough.

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Allison meets Coral.

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Coral stomps... she wants to play, not eat grass.

Monstrego

monstrego-9-25-2008-10-31-30Monstrego, my male red ear slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), comes up to breath in his 55-g tank.   Monstrego and Barzini are currently in the same tank, and Monstrego is constantly courting Barzini, although I haven’t seen him successfully breed this year.  Barzini has laid three clutches that I’m aware of, none of which  had any hatchlings emerge.  Luckily though, these turtles can live upwards of 30 years if well cared for, and both of mine are about six.  I’ll get a hatchling one of these times…