Dinosaur sanctuary or dinosan for my Japanese followers is a Manga brought to life by the amazing mind of author Itaru Kinoshita who has a active Twitter account where he posts snipits of his work and he is hard a work busting out chapters for volume 4 of dinosaurs sanctuary, if anyone is interested in this amazing manga run to your local book store and order volumes 1-2 and get volume 3 this March here in America.
Could you please tell me of some trees that are completely safe for parrots? (Leaves, bark, fruit, etc. are okay for them to ingest) I have a 1.8m x 1.8m (6ft x 6ft) outdoor aviary for my cockatoo that we sit in when the weather is nice, and I’d love to put a potted live tree or two in there for her to perch on (and probably chew on, as parrots do). I live in a humid subtropical climate, so plants that do well in that type of climate are preferred, though I’m not against bringing them indoors for the winter if I need to.
I’d love pictures of the plants as well as the names if possible, so I can be sure I have the correct tree!
Pictures of the my sweet girl in the aviary for cuteness tax:
Any zookeepers on this hellsite have any advice for people looking to get into the field? I should be graduating next summer and I want to be a zookeeper in the NYC area
Zookeeper: If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous.
Jason: What if it bites me and it dies?
Tim: Then you're poisonous, keep up.
Jason: What if it bites itself and I die?
Dick: Voodoo.
Jason: No but- what if it bites me and someone else dies?
Damian: Correlation. Not causation.
-Zookeeper genuinely freaked out-
This is a New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus). They're also called Leachie Geckos!
As an arboreal species, they're typically found in the forests of New Caledonia. They're omnivores, meaning they eat both meat (Insects) and plants. In the wild, they'd typically eat things like insects, spiders, small invertebrates, fruits, and nectar.
At our facility, we feed them live insects (Crickets, roaches, etc.), fresh fruits and vegetables, and Repashy. They also get their various supplements such as calcium powder and vitamin D3.
They're the largest gecko species and have been known to grow over a foot long in length!