[lifeinchains13]

A year ago I caught my first banded; he escaped a short while later thanks to my own ignorance, and a week later was found by my cat. She played gently, but he dropped his tail anyway, and now I call him Stumpy. Just last night, I found him a girlfriend in the same place I found him on my doormat. Something about how feminine she is and the alliteration of it lead me to immediately decide to name her Stella. So here are a couple pictures of my only reptiles ever. They've been a blast to keep and watch, especially when they hunt or like tonight when they smooched.
This is Stumpy. He's my little man. He loves digging, hiding in his cave (as he is here), and basking on his rock, but his favorite thing to do is stalk anything that moves, which includes me. He's come to associate seeing me with getting fed, and I love watching him feed on crickets like a tiny alligator.


This is Stella. I just found her last night, and I already love her. And thankfully so does Stumpy, as he now has to share his man-cave and bachelor pad with a woman and a woman's sensibilities. They've kissed, they've cuddled, and Stumpy's started following her and always watching her like a jealous boyfriend. She's still very shy, which explains why she's hiding here.


Here are a couple of their home. So far all I have is a water dish carved from a rock with a Dremel tool, a round tube of bark from a Joshua tree, dead Cholla cactus branches, a basking rock, and the cave rock they love so much. It's like a 3-sided pyramid with a cave system carved out underneath, and they dig the ground out as they feel like it.


Can anybody give me any good hints/ideas for how I could accessorize their tank to better suit them and increase my chances of getting babies?

[fickle]

put a moist hide in the setup somewhere and when mating season comes around i have no idea when bandeds mate but they will the female will go into the moist hide and lay the eggs