Sorry everyone that I never got to post a pic of missus penguin, I had made a blog about missus penguin awhile ago. But I never got it posted, she was doing very poorly, and just this morning she went up to heaven. She was very sick, and very sweet. But she just wouldn't let go, so I finally had to tell her "It's OK just let go, so sure enough the next morning we found her dead. Sadness went over me, and then at the same time I was happy that she wasn't in a sad life. Missus penguin was a rare chicken, she would  have laid greenish, bluish eggs. As I sat there staring at her dead body saying "Good bye missus penguin" I felt happy for her, because I knew that she is in heaven non blind meeting the king having a happy life.
I couldn't find a pic just like her, but I found one like her brother.

Divided

Shannen, Daddy, and I went to a men's conference called "Called To Lead". After a couple people taught we watched a video called "Divided". I found it really good, and I think you will too. This is only the preview but if you click on the link you can go watch the entire video.


Shayden

Tokay Geckos

Today I'm going to blog about Tokay geckos. I find them really cool and pretty. The average one is blueish with bright orange dots all over them, but others can be different. They are native to S.E Asia and their scientific name is Gekko Gecko. They get around twelve inches long and live for ten to twenty years. They are nocturnal, and they bite a lot. A baby Tokay gecko that just hatched is usually two to three inches long. They have sticky pads on their feet that help them to walk up walls or an a ceiling. The pads are not really sticky, but somehow they help them to stick. They are one of the largest geckos ever. They are one of the most prettiest geckos and are on the bitter list. At night you can hear the males “barking” at each other and trying to coax females to hang out with them for a while.  Tokay geckos get their name from the sound of their bark -- the “gecko” sound.  Remember, his bite is worse than his bark. I tried to get a pic of a bunch of different color Tokay geckos.

 

~Shayden~

The new member’s of the gecko family!

     As you all know I have two leopard geckos. One of them is a boy named Giecko and the other is a girl named Gezzel. Actually I share Gezzel with Shannen.  Well, she laid eggs again this lay season and we have never been able to hatch them. So this time we just left them all alone in our closet. They take 60 days to hatch, but they can hatch 4 days before and 4 days after. One morning I woke up and I looked in the box but I only saw 1 egg so I walked out. It didn’t ring a bell that there were 2 eggs in there the day before. As I was walking out Shannen came running out and said that we had a baby leopard gecko. So I ran down the hall and looked. Just like he said there was a baby leopard gecko that hatched 1 day before the due date. It is purplish grayish with black dots. It is two and a half inches long(including the tail). That day we were looking non stop to see if the other one had hatched. But it didn’t that day. The next day we were outside playing and I went into our room for something and I looked up and I saw a small crack in the egg. Throughout the hours it hatched. Soon it was completely hatched and it is a yellowish orangeish color with black dots. It is two and a half inches long too (including the tail). So we now have two leopard geckos. Giecko and Gezzel are parents now.~Shayden~

Shelbie’s home

Shelbie  came home Tuesday the 14th. We had to drive all the way to San Francisco to get her. So we got up at 6:30 and got ready. At 8:30 we left for San Francisco to pick up Shelbie. Every time we go an a long car ride Shylie will throw up but this time she didn’t. Praise God for that. When we got there we were running on time. So we unloaded as quick as possible. Then we headed to the elevator. It took a minute or two to finally get on. Then when we got off we rushed for the air train. When we got there it was coming to a stop so we hopped on. The train took off. When it came to a stop we hopped off then headed to the the terminal. We got there just in time. Shelbie hadn’t even come down yet. She got lost upstairs so she had to ask someone where to go. When she finally came down everyone started hugging her. Then we set off for home. The whole way home she told stories of Africa. We made it home good with no throwing up. It is really nice having her home.

~Shayden~

The Reptile Club

Recently we got invited to a reptile club and the topic was on rattlesnakes, we went with our uncle and we had a blast looking and learning about snakes. Let me tell you what I learned.

Rattlesnakes are best known for, and most easily recognized by, their rattle. The rattlesnake babies are born with what is called a pre-button. The baby snake loses this piece when it sheds its skin for the first time. With the shedding a new button appears. With every shedding after that another button, or rattle, will be added. These buttons are made up of a material called Keratin, which is what the scales and your fingernails are made of! The rattles are empty, so what makes the noise? The noise comes from each segment knocking together, so until a rattlesnake has two or more pieces it isn’t going to make a sound! But when it does…you WILL hear it…and you WILL RUN!

Rattlesnakes and every other type of snakes eyes turn cloudy blue before they shed, after they shed their eyes turn back to there normal color.

The last rattle on a rattlesnakes tail turns cloudy blue before they shed because the next rattle comes out of the last rattle.

The first time a snake sheds is nine days after they are born.

Rattlesnakes are found in the southern parts of the United States, from the deserts to the mountains and grow between 3 and 4 feet long. There are 16 different types of Rattlers such as the Eastern Diamondback, Western Diamondback, Sidewinder and the Speckled, just to name a few. All of them have rattles, are venomous and are pit vipers.

Rattlesnake babies are born venomous but cannot rattle and are often more aggressive than the adults.

This Rattlesnake has cloudy blue eyes and is about to shed.

SHANNEN

ISN’T THIS COOL!!!!!