Skink

One of the common sights when I was a kid.... now not so common anymore (a skink wandering around in the garden)

Tortoise Collections

Life would be boring if we just stick to routines. The dilema should be that routines are the best way to keep birds in consistent form....

So to stray a little from routines, I have indulged myself with some cold-blooded friends ;-)

Leopard tortoise - saw some for sale in KL, but with a RM650 price tag, getting this fella a mate is going to be painful :-D







Red-footed tortoise - appears to be growing quite fast. Keeping a pair. One appears to be significantly bigger than the other.







Elongated tortoise - listed as endangered. My friend who kept it for some time (5 years?) said it's a female. Would be interesting if I could find a male.







Asian brown giant tortoise - need a license to keep according to the new law being enforced. The biggest tortoise specie found in Malaysia.






Yellow-spotted river turtle - originated from the jungles of Amazon....







Ah! how's that for a little diversion from all things avian :-D

Serinus Mozambicus

This finch was loan to a friend some time back. Recently I took back possession of it with a view to exchange for another bird which appears to be more interesting.
After hearing it sing, I am now a bit reluctant. Not a great singer, but a nice hardworking one with no major bad habits. Best of all, crosses cage without much fuss.... so unlike most finches that I have come across :D

But then, a deal is a deal ;)

Oriental Magpie Robin

Wow! been real busy lately....
many things happening.... picking up skills in setting up a marine tank for my son, planning on what to do with licenses where non was needed not too long ago (prior to Act 712), planning on acquiring of parrots (yikes! precisely the birds I have sworn to avoid :() but necessary for a new project, new products in my portfolio to sell (I do have a job), and lots of reading on the the new yellow colour that is sweeping cyberspace (locally at least).

There is hope for this country yet ;)

Anyway, all that didn't come in the way of me spending a little time trying to pick a good singing magpie out of numerous up for sale.





I will have more time when I completed getting a Yellow Tang my son is pestering me for. But at RM120 each, they better survive more than 24 hours :(