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MAF went up to see the Ti Point Reptile Park and told him he needs to apply for a special permit to display. Now illegal to buy, sell or display blueys in greater auckland.

BTW- still cool to own Felis catus anywhere you want.....but they are furry. "A skilled predator, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food" Anyone else curious as to if as NZers we are serious about protecting our biodiversity we allow the sale of cats? Ever wondered why you can import tropical fish, dogs and cats but not reptiles?

Illegal to sell or breed in greater Auckland area now apparently. Guess that means if people can not sell them they will release. I really think they should have pounced on these a long time ago, too hard to shut down now. Any live bearing lizard that can handle temperate conditions and eats snails should have been dealt with more decisively and sooner.

lol, was good to meet you too. Water D's are very random about where they lay. Normally in a part of the enclosure that has full sun. Problem is that eggs can fry if sand not deep enough. Strangely they seem to like laying in open areas once they have dug a hole rather than under rocks etc. Best way is to have an area where the sand is moist and deep. Depending on the type of sand you may be able to tell where they have dug, however they cover it up well. Also a good idea to weigh the females around breeding time in order to work out if they have or have not laid- but you will need to keep them relatively tame or they will bite----trust me. if you remember K's big enclosure, he had only one sand area in which they could lay. This was a good idea which will save him fossicking around for hours, or days. Good luck, that is an awesome looking set up. Woulod look great with some shinglebacks

if you are going to breed them you will have a really hard time finding the eggs. Awesome cage tho, well done.

lol. fair enough.

why does no-one understand how u.v bulbs work? no use doing all the fancy stuff when you get the simple things wrong... :-? water dragons need uvb lighting.....

Chinese guy from west auckland sold a batch on TM yesterday under auction for 'guppies'. I emailed TM but they did nothing. Interesting.

'blue iguana'? maybe you mean blue tree monitor? The rest- iguanas, emerald tree monitor's and chinese water dragons were killed. Stick to fish.

Anyone know if any MAF people have holidayed in the Cayman's recently? http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/s ... 388256.stm

where did you get it from?

waste of time. see how they go with the health standards based on country of origin, and if it is approved things get a whole lot simpler. Then I just need to crack Big Wednesday and we will all have Tegus and Blue Poison Dart Frogs arrrrrrrrrgahh(Homer Simpson)......Tegus......

anyone's guess, assuming they are all Orana Park, but colours look different to ones in zoo's. Hard to tell if response to environment or if they are diff blood line.

use newspaper when you get him mate. then tiles or sand in 3-4 months.

lol...exactly. Guess we will find out this year....looks like I got me a couple of males to go with the girls, about time!!

yeah man, air nz good when it goes with the cats and dogs, not so great when in the general hold, especially if not a direct flight. Best bet is what repto said, but make sure they pay for the freight, then it is the buyer's risk. I would use poly box and one of those heat packs that you can buy off the naughty website.

they are good like that, got mine from hte Dunedin Botanical gardens 15 years back and now I have 100's too. Good if you like frogs croaking, bummer if you don't. Muffles the noise from the Gator cage, so all good....

whistling frogs breed all year round, the dry spell then rain means they will be active. Tasmanian native so cold no drama for them. Heaps aroung Levin.

anyone hear the news about the importation of crocodylians (sp??) being given the green light? caught it on the radio on Wednesday last week. Living Art get your zoo licence- I'll clean the gator pool...

vegetarian in the wild, will not chase down prey. An elephant or a cow would eat a burrito too, does that make them omnivores?

how u know were not related???

IMER?? U mean ERMA? Beardies, Blueys, Water D's, leopards, Shingles never 'cleared' either. Many shades of grey, and it is nothing to do with reptile hobbyists....

exactly the reason im annoyed (EDIT:watch your language please - Caryl). was told was not illegal to own them, so bought them and DONATED to a zoo. Zoo owner spent heaps on enclosure and he was told 2 different stories at least before they were killed. Anyone who deals with Kim, or anyone who believes a word maf says needs a labotomy. Expensive, hurtful and completely unnecessary situation. The only positive is that everyone got a big heads up on who can not be trusted- the reason this hobby sometimes has a bad rep is purely as the result of people who are in it for greed.

do whitepages search on biosuppliers and call mike...he will post, but you may to deposit funds first.

best food of the lot I reckon.....