The Mystery Revealed!

Last post, I tried to make a guessing game out of the new pet that I got. Thank you for those that guessed verbally, and those that had their mental guesses! But now the time has come for the revealing!

And my new pet is….

A Whites Tree Frog! (Litoria caerulea)

I know, it’s odd for me to have a vertebrate pet, but I’ve wanted a frog of some sort for a while now and I figured this would be a great chance. He (?) has already made himself very much at home and has voraciously devoured any crickets that I drop in. When it comes to activity, he really just likes to sit around during the day, but at night he emerges and crawls everywhere (though the water bowl is definitely a favorite spot). Since he’s an amphibian, handling should be kept to a minimal due to his very permeable skin, but when I have taken him out, he is very docile and seems to just enjoy sitting. Or feel adventurous and try to go up my arm.

They are supposed to be long-lived (~15-20 years), so I’m looking forward to having this guy for a long, long time!

More info on caring for Whites tree frogs can be found here in case you want to get a frog of your own!

Mysterious New Addition

This past weekend, the local pet store, Sailfin, had a 25% off sale on reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids. Never one to miss a sale like this, I made my way over there, along with a friend who was also very interested on getting a good deal. We entered the store and made a beeline for the back room where they kept everything not fish related.

My friend and I had actually been in a couple days before that to pick up crickets, but we decided to wait to get those along with whatever new creature(s) that caught our eye. There were no new tarantulas unfortunately, but the ones that were still there were going for such a great price that they were hard to pass up. All of the reptiles and amphibians looked happy and healthy as always, and the warm-blooded fuzzy things on the shelves behind us were active as ever.

One thing I had noticed last time I was there was that one of the tarantulas, a Costa Rican orangemouth (Psalmopoeus reduncas) looked mature, so I made sure to mention that to one of the workers. He had thought that as well, so he went back and got the enclosure so that we could have a closer look. Lifting up the spider’s corkbark caused it to go running everywhere. Let me tell you, I wasn’t expecting it to be that fast (though I guess that gives me something to look forward to when my P. irminia (Venezuelan suntiger) gets older). We were easily able to confirm it was a mature male, it didn’t get out, and the fearful trio waiting in the doorway with dinner plate sized eyes now have a great story to tell their friends.

None of this really tells you what I got though, does it? Well, I’m going to wait for a day or two before I reveal what it is. But here are a couple pictures in get the guesses going!

What could it be?

Another view

Feel free to post your guesses in the comments section below, or on the Facebook page here. Happy guessing!