Tarantula Keeping and Reptile Equipment Talks

The Herpetological Society of Ireland
Lecture and Workshop Series.

All welcome.

· Members enter for free
· We invite younger members to bring along a parent/guardian with a free entry.
· Adult Non-Members may make a voluntary donation of 3 euro.

Dear Member,

The next scheduled event is Saturday 11th December 2010 at 2pm.

Venue: Rockbrook School, Rathfarnham, Dublin. (see http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=rockbrook+school+rathfarnham&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl for google map)

Date: Saturday 11th December 2010
Time: 2pm to 5pm

TWO talks and discussions are presented on that day.

Talk 1. (Starting at 2pm)
Tarantula Keeping

Justine McCann will present a talk and discussion on Tarantula Keeping.
Justine will be using some of her Tarantulas as a demonstration in:
· Potential choice of Tarantula;
· General Keeping (housing, temperature, humidity, and food);
· Sexing Tarantulas; and
· Topics open to discussion (which might include handling, illnesses, or recommendations for younger keeper’s first tarantula).


Short BreakA short break for refreshments, and a chance to meet others, or continued informal discussions.

Talk 2
Equipment Choice and Practical Usage for Reptiles and Amphibians.

The Herpetological Society of Ireland will present a talk and a discussion on the options, choice and usage of equipment. This talk will be facilitated by Ian Millichip.
The talk will mainly focus on:
· Lighting;
· Heating;
· Thermostats;
· Humidifiers;
· Filtration systems for aquatic reptiles and amphibians; and
· Safety issues.



These talks have been scheduled for an open discussion to give people an opportunity to ask questions and, exchange ideas & information.

Membership Cards for those who joined the Society in November will be sent with a copy of Lacerta at the end of November.

If you are attending the event and cannot locate membership cards then please ask to see the secretary on arrival.

Hope to see you there.

Please send any queries to chair@thehsi.org

Ian Millichip
(Chairperson, The Herpetological Society of Ireland).

Could anyone who is planning on coming to this event (and the additional snake probing serivice and demo) please re-visit this thread between now and Friday in case of the possibility of bad weather affecting the event.

Also, for anyone wanting the latest info....then PM before saturday to get my mobile number.

ian

This event is still going ahead.

Good news.

ian

The Herpetological Society of Ireland
Lecture and Workshop Series.

UPDATE

All welcome.

· Members enter for free
· We invite younger members to bring along a parent/guardian with a free entry.
· Adult Non-Members may make a voluntary donation of 3 euro.

The next scheduled event is Saturday 11th December 2010 at 2pm.

Venue: Rockbrook School, Rathfarnham, Dublin. (see http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=rockbrook+school+rathfarnham&cr=countryUK%7CcountryGB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl for google map)

Date: Saturday 11th December 2010
Time: 2pm to 5pm

THREE talks and discussions are presented on that day.

Talk 1. (Starting at 2pm)
Tarantula Keeping

Justine McCann will present a talk and discussion on Tarantula Keeping.
Justine will be using some of her Tarantulas as a demonstration in:
· Potential choice of Tarantula;
· General Keeping (housing, temperature, humidity, and food);
· Sexing Tarantulas; and
· Topics open to discussion (which might include handling, illnesses, or recommendations for younger keeper’s first tarantula).


Short BreakA short break for refreshments, and a chance to meet others, or continued informal discussions.


Snake Probing Service

Stephen Martin is offering a Snake Probing service and demo during the beak.
You are invited to bring along snakes for probing

Snakes must be pre-booked, and must be housed in secure individual containers that offer warm.

Please contact Stephen Martin at Science@thehsi.org to make appropriate arrangements or for further information on this service.

Requests must be received by Thursday 9th December at the latest.

Please do not bring snakes (or other animal) without pre-booking.

Talk 2
Equipment Choice and Practical Usage for Reptiles and Amphibians.

The Herpetological Society of Ireland will present a talk and a discussion on the options, choice and usage of equipment. This talk will be facilitated by Ian Millichip.
The talk will mainly focus on:
· Lighting;
· Heating;
· Thermostats;
· Humidifiers;
· Filtration systems for aquatic reptiles and amphibians; and
· Safety issues.



These talks have been scheduled for an open discussion to give people an opportunity to ask questions and, exchange ideas & information.

Membership Cards for those who joined the Society in November will be sent with a copy of Lacerta at the end of November.

If you are attending the event and cannot locate membership cards then please ask to see the secretary on arrival.

Directions to Rockbrook Park School, Rathfarnham according to google maps.

Copy and paste (OR CLICK...depending on browser) the following into an Internet browser:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=M50&daddr=53.27693,-6.32176+to:53.280822,-6.3075211+to:Rockbrook+Park+School,+Dublin+18,+Co.+South+Dublin,+Ireland&geocode=FTXKLAMd_X2g_w%3BFQLxLAMdoImf_ylFKiJvBQtnSDFAhSX9pscAEw%3BFTYALQMdP8Gf_ymhN0efpwtnSDEhIgD8pscAEw%3BFbe5LAMdVt2f_ynD874iVApnSDHKI29uzo_Piw&hl=en&mra=ls&via=1,2&sll=53.277532,-6.232681&sspn=0.052245,0.15398&ie=UTF8&ll=53.273272,-6.295 853&spn=0.026125,0.07699&z=14&layer=c&pw=2

It is recommended to switch on ‘Large Map’ for alternate routes.
1. Head to Junction 12, M50.
2. At junction 12, exit toward Knocklyon/Baile Baodáin/Ballyboden
3. Turn right at Ballycullen
4. At the roundabout 1, take the 2nd exit onto Scholarstown Rd
5. At the 2nd roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Templeroan Lodge
6. Continue onto Templeroan Close
7. Continue onto Taylor's Ct
8. At the 3rd roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Edmondstown Rd
9. Turn right Destination will be on the left (stone wall gated entrance)

Note a key landmark is the Merry Ploughboy Pub. The pub is within ½ mile of the school.

With recent weather concerns, we wish anyone travelling to the event a safe journey.
The main roads to the venue are clear as of today, but beware of taking 'country road' short-cuts.

Ahead of that, a reminder

Contact Steve at Science@thehsi.org for information Snake Probing;
Contact chair@thehsi.org for other details of the event.


Hope to see you there.

Ian Millichip (Chairperson, The Herpetological Society of Ireland).

Thanks for the updates Ian. Glad things are going ahead, looking forward to it immensely.

Anyone else coming along?

Marty

Looking forward to meeting you Marty dearest!

Ah good you're going too Lisa, looking forward to meeting you too :tu;

We're hoping to be there at about 1pm, to sort out vivs, projector, heating, and refreshments.

For me, it will be great to meet people whom I've not met previously apart from within the digital universe.

ian

So how did the day go guys?

It was really good to see a few guys from NI attending today, and to meet people who I've not met previously.

ian

The talks were great, it was good to get to finally meet you Ian and Justine

I really enjoyed the talks and also the demo from Steve - and was good to chat to yourself, Justine, Mark and Steve again!

I have to be biased though, the purple Retic and Black-headed stole the show for me (I'm a python nerd at heart).

Jonty.....Justine sends her thanks, and enjoyed meeting and chatting to you.
Hope that the living 'in-the-flesh' whip tailess scorpion hasn't tempted you into setting up yet another viv. (I saw the post on Tony W's thread :) ).

Morellia, it's been a while since we last met up. Justine says it was good to meet you again.
Don't worry about still having a bias towards snakes......a step towards Tarantulas is a step in the right direction. You'll see sense one day :)

I was most impressed by the orange asian snakes Steve brought along...I even got some nice macro shots. (i'll have to copy-n-paste the name of them.....Oreocryptophis porphyraceus ssp). Cool. Nice and small, and about my size limit for a snake.

Steve's probing service and demo is very good, and he explains the ins-n-outs of it all.

ian

Steves Probing demo was brilliant. One of the snakes he had was Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi (the one with the black striping), not sure about the other one though

Did it eat him alive while he was probing?

It was really calm, are yours a bit nuts Tan?

Coxi generally will readily bite and my female is not too bad but the male, holy cow, he LOVES the taste of Tan in the mornings :) but on the plus side mine don't empty their bowls which is something I suppose. I do hate that.

Stupid question here guys, but, after these talks does anyone do a write up of the talk and what was contained within, slides or images of the subjects etcetera.

The other snake was O. laticinctus Marty - just as beautiful as the coxi, although coxi surely have to be THEE best looking ratsnake out there?

The content of the talks will go up on the HSI website in due course I believe Tan.

morelia wrote:The other snake was O. laticinctus Marty - just as beautiful as the coxi, although coxi surely have to be THEE best looking ratsnake out there?

The content of the talks will go up on the HSI website in due course I believe Tan.

Cheers Karl i just couldn't think of the name

I'm so gutted I missed the talks and meeting/catching up with people.
I had rather a disastrous day which resulted in a dead horse :(

Roll on the next event, I can't wait

Sorry to hear about the horse Lisa, i'm looking forward to the next one myself.

Thanks Marty, and it was much appreciated that yourself and Karl made the journey down

The horse was a huuuge and unexpected loss

anyway, hope you can make it to the next event!

What happened Lisa?

Sorry to hear about the horse Lisa.....its a pity we can't fast-forward the crappy days!

and replay the good ones...