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Today I completed my 800th (yes eight hundredth) JJR birthday party! The party was for a fabulous 6yr old boy named Albie, whose big brother Elwin's 6th party I had also attended just over six years ago, when Albie was less than two weeks away from being born!!! An absolutely lovely family with whom to share this milestone. 😁

Today I completed my 800th (yes eight hundredth) JJR birthday party! The party was for a fabulous 6yr old boy named Albie, whose big brother Elwin's 6th party I had also attended just over six years ago, when Albie was less than two weeks away from being born!!! An absolutely lovely family with whom to share this milestone. 😁
Charlotte, my absolutely wonderful Peruvian pink toe tarantula, has moulted! She is one of my most popular tarantulas (as well as being a personal favourite of mine) and she is looking beautiful post-moult. The second picture is of her empty exoskeleton next to the first one she ever moulted, soon after I acquired her in early January 2022 - she has grown quite a bit in that time! 😁

Charlotte, my absolutely wonderful Peruvian pink toe tarantula, has moulted! She is one of my most popular tarantulas (as well as being a personal favourite of mine) and she is looking beautiful post-moult. The second picture is of her empty exoskeleton next to the first one she ever moulted, soon after I acquired her in early January 2022 - she has grown quite a bit in that time! 😁
I seem to be making a habit of missing animal birthdays by 24hrs this month - my fabulous (as yet unnamed) baby giant gecko was one year old yesterday and is growing like a weed! An absolutely beautiful gecko with a fabulous temperament. 😁

I seem to be making a habit of missing animal birthdays by 24hrs this month - my fabulous (as yet unnamed) baby giant gecko was one year old yesterday and is growing like a weed! An absolutely beautiful gecko with a fabulous temperament. 😁
The fabulous Rosanna, my oldest tarantula at 18yrs old, recently moulted for the first time in a long time! She's a Chilean rose tarantula whom I've owned since late 2006 - here she is photographed today along with her empty exoskeleton. You can see how much more colourful her new body is compared to the old. Gorgeous! 🕷

The fabulous Rosanna, my oldest tarantula at 18yrs old, recently moulted for the first time in a long time! She's a Chilean rose tarantula whom I've owned since late 2006 - here she is photographed today along with her empty exoskeleton. You can see how much more colourful her new body is compared to the old. Gorgeous! 🕷
I'm frustrated to report that yesterday I missed a VERY significant birthday within my animal collection. Rafiki, my fabulous adult male royal python and the longest-serving member of my Jungle Roadshow team, turned 25 (yes twenty-five) years old!! He's by far my oldest animal and consistently one of the most popular with everybody he meets. A gorgeous snake in every way.

I'm frustrated to report that yesterday I missed a VERY significant birthday within my animal collection. Rafiki, my fabulous adult male royal python and the longest-serving member of my Jungle Roadshow team, turned 25 (yes twenty-five) years old!! He's by far my oldest animal and consistently one of the most popular with everybody he meets. A gorgeous snake in every way.
I had a rather lovely surprise today - I found a newly-hatched crested gecko! It had hatched within its parents' enclosure (I must have somehow missed the egg on my regular searches through the substrate) and I'm guessing that one of the parents (Pongo & Pepper) must have disturbed it in some way as it had sadly dropped its tail, which is usually a defensive response to a perceived threat. Unlike in most gecko species, crested geckos cannot re-grow their tails. It is still incredibly cute though and currently weighs in at just 1.4g!!! So so tiny. 🥰

I had a rather lovely surprise today - I found a newly-hatched crested gecko! It had hatched within its parents' enclosure (I must have somehow missed the egg on my regular searches through the substrate) and I'm guessing that one of the parents (Pongo & Pepper) must have disturbed it in some way as it had sadly dropped its tail, which is usually a defensive response to a perceived threat. Unlike in most gecko species, crested geckos cannot re-grow their tails. It is still incredibly cute though and currently weighs in at just 1.4g!!! So so tiny. 🥰