Texaroni
@cheesytexaroni.bsky.social
I keep isopods and a Kenyan Zebra Skink named Bazel. I also draw (sometimes)!
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Moved over 100 A. vulgare Gem Mix to the new bioactive enclosure. Hopefully the weather is cooperative after next week so it's safe for a snake in the mail.
December 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Moved over 100 A. vulgare Gem Mix to the new bioactive enclosure. Hopefully the weather is cooperative after next week so it's safe for a snake in the mail.
The A. vulgare Gem Mix colony is getting an upgrade this weekend. With a roommate who's on hold for a few weeks until it's safe to ship a reptile.
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The A. vulgare Gem Mix colony is getting an upgrade this weekend. With a roommate who's on hold for a few weeks until it's safe to ship a reptile.
Got the enclosure that had the failed cubaris amber culture rebuilt to start a new colony of porcellio werneri that should hopefully do much better with how dry the air gets here. The armadillidium vulgare colony is still going strong.
#isopods
#isopods
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Got the enclosure that had the failed cubaris amber culture rebuilt to start a new colony of porcellio werneri that should hopefully do much better with how dry the air gets here. The armadillidium vulgare colony is still going strong.
#isopods
#isopods
He allows minimal handling currently which means he's less likely to throw a fit when I have to mess with his dirt later this week.
#reptiles
#reptiles
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
He allows minimal handling currently which means he's less likely to throw a fit when I have to mess with his dirt later this week.
#reptiles
#reptiles
Most rewarding part of having a Zebra Skink so far is seeing his little brain working real time. He's very interested in my hands now that he's pieced together I've been controlling his feeding tongs with my hands, and that makes them Not As Scary by extension.
#reptiles
#reptiles
August 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Most rewarding part of having a Zebra Skink so far is seeing his little brain working real time. He's very interested in my hands now that he's pieced together I've been controlling his feeding tongs with my hands, and that makes them Not As Scary by extension.
#reptiles
#reptiles
Bazel's started watching me instead of hiding completely out of sight. He's also started coming out when he knows I'm preparing his bugs and will accept a few bugs from the tongs if offered. Still pretty skittish, but he's getting more confident each week!
July 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Bazel's started watching me instead of hiding completely out of sight. He's also started coming out when he knows I'm preparing his bugs and will accept a few bugs from the tongs if offered. Still pretty skittish, but he's getting more confident each week!
Yes, I take terrible pictures of my skittish lizard from 15 feet away. Yes, he might as well be a cryptid. He's also dug 2 MASSIVE tunnels. I expected nothing less.
#reptiles
#reptiles
June 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, I take terrible pictures of my skittish lizard from 15 feet away. Yes, he might as well be a cryptid. He's also dug 2 MASSIVE tunnels. I expected nothing less.
#reptiles
#reptiles
He's progressed to not dashing for cover every time I walk by his enclosure!
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
He's progressed to not dashing for cover every time I walk by his enclosure!
Reposted by Texaroni
Time to post it again.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Time to post it again.
This phantom blue pleco is one of my favorite fish my dad keeps, and this is the first time we've seen it in weeks. Most of the time I see a flash of blue before it's back behind a rock. It actually let me grab a decent picture this time.
April 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This phantom blue pleco is one of my favorite fish my dad keeps, and this is the first time we've seen it in weeks. Most of the time I see a flash of blue before it's back behind a rock. It actually let me grab a decent picture this time.
I love how I will go weeks only seeing 1 or 2 Ambers at a time and then one day there's 4 or 5 just chilling. Really makes it worth getting a nice enclosure that lets me see inside without disturbing them.
#isopods
#isopods
March 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I love how I will go weeks only seeing 1 or 2 Ambers at a time and then one day there's 4 or 5 just chilling. Really makes it worth getting a nice enclosure that lets me see inside without disturbing them.
#isopods
#isopods
The 300 gallon aquarium is fully cycled, so my father got some Discus fish he's wanted since he got back into fishkeeping.
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The 300 gallon aquarium is fully cycled, so my father got some Discus fish he's wanted since he got back into fishkeeping.
Very excited to see the mancae are developing their colors now. I have A. vulgare Gem Mix, so there should be a lot of variation.
#isopods
#isopods
March 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Very excited to see the mancae are developing their colors now. I have A. vulgare Gem Mix, so there should be a lot of variation.
#isopods
#isopods