Tuesday 20 May 2008

Pterinochilus Murinus (RCF) (Usumbara Red Baboon) "Fangs"

Well, the post arrived nice and early today so had a chance to take my time and get him properly settled into his new home before work.

Decided within a minute that Fangs would indeed be an appropriate name for him.. I put his shipping container inside the new enclosure, opened the lid and with the long tweezers carefully opened up the packing with him inside After he took few seconds to think about things he bounded out with fangs on display and proceeded to attack the packing. Tried him on a cricket which he pounced straight away. On checking him later the cricket was gone and hes off exploring.

Being semi arborial he has been set up in Skittles's old exo terra (after a good clean out and new substrate) so he should have plenty of ground room as well as height, which he at first impression seems keen to use as he headed off up the plant at the side to hide in. i've also offered him cork to climb around, as well as a flowerpot hide so he can decide himself if he wants to go up or down :)

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