MyHappyScales
lizardmomlife.bsky.social
MyHappyScales
@lizardmomlife.bsky.social
Big time nerd, animal lover, science enthusiast, D&D chaotic everything, childfree auntie Z/she/they
All vertebrates are out of 20gal tanks! Got D moved into E's old enclosure and she seems very happy with the move. I'm hoping it will encourage her to climb more like she does in the playpen. I got lots of new cork to be able to change things up over time, too.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Aaaand we're back with cricket colony M.2.0 because M.1.? failed weeks ago due to overpopulation of dermestid beetles. This time no beetles, but hopefully isopods and springtails to help keep things a bit cleaner. Dermestids were great at cleaning up dead crickets... and everything else....
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
No better time for this to arrive in the mail! Rolled my death saves on it until one ended up cocked in the corner. I might have survived (not really) if the dragon hadn't gone supernova on everything! The Box Of Doom warned that it couldn't be unopened! @dropout.tv
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It's been one week now and the little spider is still around! The cork wall is likely a perfect place to live: lots of hiding spots, similar coloring, high vantage away from lizard and near the UVB. I believe all things that live above ground benefit from "sunlight."
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
An adorable tiny spood fren was hanging out on my power strip so I moved them to the new enclosure. I'm hoping they're too small for lizard to notice or care but the right size to eat fungus gnats and springtails. I'll be watching for a spider hammock to know if they decided to stay.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
That's impressive! 5 hours of patient eating. So I eat like a bird AND like a spider?

🎶Spider-Bird Spider-Bird
takes forever to eat a little food 🎶
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I don’t buy her LEGOs, books, games, etc, and I’m very disappointed in the voice actors who are enabling this by giving her a new audiobook series to use to remove more human rights from amazing people.

Fuck JK Rowling.
Fuck TERFs.

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October 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I don't think I'm going to survive this brutal mauling*. In lieu of flowers please donate to your nearest reptile rescue.

*She missed the roach on her first 2 tries.

Good news is she's settling into her larger enclosure very well. After she ate we hung out for a bit as she casually explored.
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The roaches know they've achieved pet status. I open their doors with no fresh food yet they approach eagerly. Guys! You're still also food for the lizards, ok? But yeah, all of you who've outgrown edible size, you're straight-up pets. I'll go get you all treats for being so adorable.
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Day 13 update: The plants are settling in and 🦎 found a new hangout spot but still seems a little nervous about the change. The openess of the doors seems to make her feel exposed. I'm going to make a curtain of fake vines across the entire door to offer her cover while still giving me easy access.
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hmmm, maybe we could use this to make our horns say something.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Couldn't fit much new in besides extra cork and better water dishes, but hopefully this arrangement provides a lot more hiding and climbing opportunities that she will use. There's also a lot more space for the plants to hopefully thrive.
September 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Sealed, decorated, and moved in! I tried taping the top and bottom edges of the glass doors but they still sound terrible as they slide. Might try a thicker tape. I'll add an LED on the left side for the plants. 🦎 eagerly hopped off my shoulder into a cork tunnel then realized this is all new. 🤔🤨🫣
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Got the double jab today at CVS in Massachussetts. Lots of appointment slots to choose from online, no payment needed. Protecting myself, my family, my community, and also somehow performing an act of resistance in 2025.

#COVID #flu #vaccine
September 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Don't like throwing out produce scraps? Get a roach colony!
September 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Things I say aloud to my lizards:

Oh! Hey! You would like this box. This is a nice box.

Never throw out small boxes in my house. So many of them are lizard caves for their play areas, and they will be sad lizards without them.
September 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Split the party for a big dragonish-hydra and hag fight on Monday, nearly TPKed tonight.... I need some comfort mac n cheese!

Also these are from visiting home because none of the 4 different brand grocery stores I've visited here carry them! I need my D&D night noodles!
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The dubias really seem to LOVE rasberries. They reacted so quickly and kept trying to grab chunks to run off with. Video is 4x speed.

Oops, that's a weird typo up there. Poynt end laff reel gud! They are will be! 😂
September 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🎶They're'll be parties for hosting, fresh produce for toasting, and carousing in the cork homes.🎶

These are my pets. I've really enjoyed watching them react to fresh food.
September 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Then I got to see what they are up to! I'm guessing this one laid eggs and is burying them. I wonder if there is also a dead or paralyzed bug in the hole as food for the new babies.
September 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Saw a wasp carrying on and watched it for a bit.
September 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🎶There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of #InverteFest long, long ago!🎶
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
🎶It's the hap-happiest season of all! With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings when friends come to call!🎶 #InverteFest
August 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎶It's the most wonderful time of the year!🎶 #InverteFest
August 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Excuse me. Just because the bag makes a crinkly sound does not mean the food inside is meant for you! Normally I can let them have a sniff/lick and they understand: oh that is ick. But apparently smores pop tart is not ick.
August 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM