Sycamore Chins
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I've been wanting these buggers for years. I bought an amazing tank a year ago in preparation. They sounded like the perfect reptile for me to wet my toes with (absolutely not allowed to have a snake if I want to ever come home, or have one of my best friends come over my place), plus they're freaking adorable!
For one reason or another it just hasn't been in the cards. Well we had a reptile and bird class here, and we had a hands on lab. The upperclassmen brought in their reptiles and I spent the whole hour with a couple crested geckos. Everyone thought they were mine because I was rattling off facts about them. Turns out, one of the second years has a pair he breeds on the side. He said he usually has at least one baby available and just e-mail him when I want one and he'll hook me up.
I waffled back and forth - and decided that I have been working my butt off in vet school, have two club officer positions, work part-time and just got the oxbow student rep position. There's no reason I can't afford them, and I need to treat myself. So April 2nd I got these two little guys, approx. 2 weeks old. They were 1.6 and 2.0 grams when I got them (and you thought baby chins were small!) and are 2.9 and 3.0 grams today. They were as long as my index finger and now are longer than my middle finger. They're doing great and will be graduating from their little 5.5 gal to a 10 gallon in a week or so.
Their names are temporarily "Spot" and "Not" - I'm very original, no? Spot has a big ole spot on his left side. Not is much more chill and handleable, and Spot is much more fancy looking. They have a long ways to go still as they'll get upwards of 30-50 grams.
For one reason or another it just hasn't been in the cards. Well we had a reptile and bird class here, and we had a hands on lab. The upperclassmen brought in their reptiles and I spent the whole hour with a couple crested geckos. Everyone thought they were mine because I was rattling off facts about them. Turns out, one of the second years has a pair he breeds on the side. He said he usually has at least one baby available and just e-mail him when I want one and he'll hook me up.
I waffled back and forth - and decided that I have been working my butt off in vet school, have two club officer positions, work part-time and just got the oxbow student rep position. There's no reason I can't afford them, and I need to treat myself. So April 2nd I got these two little guys, approx. 2 weeks old. They were 1.6 and 2.0 grams when I got them (and you thought baby chins were small!) and are 2.9 and 3.0 grams today. They were as long as my index finger and now are longer than my middle finger. They're doing great and will be graduating from their little 5.5 gal to a 10 gallon in a week or so.
Their names are temporarily "Spot" and "Not" - I'm very original, no? Spot has a big ole spot on his left side. Not is much more chill and handleable, and Spot is much more fancy looking. They have a long ways to go still as they'll get upwards of 30-50 grams.
ooo. they are cuties 
