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  1. #1
    XSpringer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Kennedy View Post
    Hey Xavier! Glad that you actually took the time to read the blog in it's entirety!! I think that a lot of people haven't done that so it means a lot that you were interested enough to do so. As far as breeding ventures??? Well my friend, you will just have to stay tuned to the blog now won't you???
    Yeah I saw your post and was totally hooked! I'm all for data & good record keeping when it comes to herps. Are you planning to raise them for a certain period of time before you start selling them? I'm not sure what to expect for period of rapid growth so it will be curious to read. I'd like to look into purchasing one or two myself. I can't say I can afford to dish out the funds for a well established pyxie yet I'd not mind looking into it.

    Keep up the great work!
    Xavier

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    Jeff Kennedy
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    Hey Xavier, Yes Ella and I recently ventured in to the world of vending at expos. We are enjoying it immensely and probably will continue vending. As attached as we are growing to these guys (and gals), it is a lot of work daily and a lot of $$$ in food. It is unrealistic to think that we could keep them all forever, so to answer your question, Yes, we will be selling them in the future. We will begin with the females first and this will occur probably as soon as springtime arrives. By our estimation, we have about (10) females at the moment. We know that this could change as they grow over the next couple of months but feel like we have a pretty decent handle on the sexing of them this young. By spring, it will be defenite who is male and who is female. We will be hanging on to a couple of the lady's for another project and then donating a handful back to The Frog Ranch, so that Kim can insert them in to his group of breeding ladies. What is left after that will then be offered up for sale. As far as the males, we are doing this study to try and see if we can influence and produce some 10" monsters. We will be hanging on to them much longer and continue to experiment with their diet and monitor their growth. Once we are confident that they are done growing, then these too will be offered up for sale. When it is all said and done, we will be waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy upside down on our investment but we are doing it for the experience. We are still throwing money in to the project as this week, we just purchased a large, established hisser colony so that we can insert it into the study to see what effects different roach species might have in regards to the Pyxie's growth. This was suggested by Kevin on this board and we thought it was worth checking in to. This is as much a part of your guys life as it is ours. Although we are the ones investing the money and resources, we are open to ideas and suggestions. We are doing this for all the Pyxie lovers out their so give us your input when you have some!!!

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    Jeff, I just recently started feeding my biggest male Pyxie, Gherkin, hissing roaches and I'm not sure whether he has increased in size or not, but he sure loves them! He even snubbed his usually worms to go after the roaches. I plan on breeding more from my tiny colony in the spring and letting some of them grow to feed to him and my other two.

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    Jeff Kennedy
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    Oh yeah! We are already seeing in our Pyxie's that love roaches.....they REALLY love them!!! These are the ones that are growing at a more rapid pace as well. Some of them are hesitant to get on board and only want to eat crickets. It's strange how each one has their own personality and favors one food over the other. One of the females completely hates me!!! She will raise her head almost completely back and look up at me after I place her in the feeding bin. She will then fill up with air and strike at my finger when I put it in there. It is hilarious!!! As far as the hissers, I am kind of excited to get them just to have them myself. I want to see what these huge adults look like. I won't be feeding those for awhile anyways since their exoskeleton is so hard but we will begin feeding the babies and juvies out in December it looks like.

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    XSpringer
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Kennedy View Post
    Hey Xavier, Yes Ella and I recently ventured in to the world of vending at expos. We are enjoying it immensely and probably will continue vending. As attached as we are growing to these guys (and gals), it is a lot of work daily and a lot of $$$ in food. It is unrealistic to think that we could keep them all forever, so to answer your question, Yes, we will be selling them in the future. We will begin with the females first and this will occur probably as soon as springtime arrives. By our estimation, we have about (10) females at the moment. We know that this could change as they grow over the next couple of months but feel like we have a pretty decent handle on the sexing of them this young. By spring, it will be defenite who is male and who is female. We will be hanging on to a couple of the lady's for another project and then donating a handful back to The Frog Ranch, so that Kim can insert them in to his group of breeding ladies. What is left after that will then be offered up for sale. As far as the males, we are doing this study to try and see if we can influence and produce some 10" monsters. We will be hanging on to them much longer and continue to experiment with their diet and monitor their growth. Once we are confident that they are done growing, then these too will be offered up for sale. When it is all said and done, we will be waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy upside down on our investment but we are doing it for the experience. We are still throwing money in to the project as this week, we just purchased a large, established hisser colony so that we can insert it into the study to see what effects different roach species might have in regards to the Pyxie's growth. This was suggested by Kevin on this board and we thought it was worth checking in to. This is as much a part of your guys life as it is ours. Although we are the ones investing the money and resources, we are open to ideas and suggestions. We are doing this for all the Pyxie lovers out their so give us your input when you have some!!!
    uuu

    Good stuff Jeff. I can't imagine your food bill yet I can't speak for much (my 33 ball pythons cost $150+ each month to feed). Thanks so much for what your doing. So many people will appreciate it. I think its awesome that you'll send some back to Kim.

    Xavier

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    Jeff Kennedy
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    It is the least we can do. Working with Kim has been absolutely amazing and he is soooooo generous. We are thrilled to call him a friend and keep in contact weekly. He has provided info, insight, expertise and most of all, our specimens for had it not been for The Frog Ranch, we never could have done this. Unfortuneately, we have dealt with our fair share of bad apples (no pun intended) in this hobby and dealing with Kim has been a breath of fresh air.

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    Jace
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    I've had my hissers (started out with 3...now have more! ) and I love watching them just for them. My daughter has claimed two of the males and has them in her bedroom even. Gherkin, because of his size, is not overly impressed with crickets anymore, but he loved the hissers! My only problem with them is that unless you have a large, established colony, it takes a long time to get the necessary sizes. Of course, now that I have more females, I am going to try and breed them at specific intervals so that I have a variety of sizes for not only my Bullfrogs, but also my toads and geckos.

    The one female sounds like mine. Obi is about 4" but can puff herself up to twice her size almost. And she hisses louder than the roaches. I just love the personality though. Gherkin is so laid back and likes to be touched; Kadesh is a hider and grumpy; Obi is like a teenager girl and wants everything her way. Between my 13 year old and my frog, I've got my hands full!

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    Jeff Kennedy
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    Jo-Anna, LOL on the girl comment. We actually purchased a colony of 8-10 thousand hissers. I know right?!?!? Was lucky enough to find a guy that had his colony for several years and was looking to part with it. It wasn't cheap though

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    Jace
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    WOW! I had to beg for the original 3...and they were 99 cents a piece. I think I got my $3 back with the two batches of young that were birthed. I have to admit, that must be the sight to see-10, 000 hissers. What a rush! Of course, I love insects almost as much as frogs. With that colony and a steady supply of all sized young, you are going to have some monster frogs on your hands. I think I might send my guys down to you just to fatten up some!

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