Jonathan's Jungle

Very chuffed to find another newly-hatched baby crested gecko this morning! A really tiny cutie, weighing in at less than 2g. 🥰

This is Mei-Ling, my Mandarin rat snake from China, freshly shed and looking absolutely gorgeous! She's 15 years old now and as beautiful as ever. You can see the iridescence on some of her black head and neck scales here.

Today I completed my 800th JJR birthday party! The party was for a 6yr old boy named Albie, whose big brother Elwin's 6th party I also attended just over six years ago, when Albie was less than two weeks away from being born! A lovely family with whom to share this milestone. 😁

I seem to be making a habit of missing animal birthdays by 24hrs this month - my fabulous (as yet unnamed) baby giant gecko was one year old yesterday and is growing like a weed! An absolutely beautiful gecko with a fabulous temperament. 😁

Rosanna, my oldest tarantula at 18yrs old, has moulted for the first time in a long time! She's a Chilean rose tarantula I've owned since late 2006 - here she is today along with her empty exoskeleton. You can see how much more colourful her new body is compared to the old! 🕷

Evening all. Sorry for the lack of posts in recent times - a lot has happened in the last few weeks (not all of it good sadly)! Here's some great news though - my baby tailless whip scorpions are now a year old and are looking fabulous. Absolutely love these fabulous creatures.

I'm delighted to announce that my beautiful Mexican golden red rump tarantula's name is now Coco! The first person to suggest this name was Olivia (11) from Swindon. Her Mum Danielle is going to use the prize of a half price visit to arrange a small party for Olivia. 👍🕷

This is Messi, my male Chaco golden knee tarantula, freshly moulted and looking fabulous. He looks rather different from when I bought him a few years ago (last picture)!!!

Today is the first birthday of Kluivert, my gorgeous male gargoyle gecko. Although he is named after the famous Dutch footballer @PatrickKluivert, due to his orange colouration, my allegiance is of course 100% with England this evening!! COME ON ENGLAND!! 🦎⚽️

All 18 of the baby Asian blue forest scorpions born in Feb are doing really well and starting to look like mini versions of their parents. The first picture was taken at two weeks old, just after they'd left Mum's back, with the second one taken at nearly five months old. Cute!