Adventures in the terrarium world

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Hey everybody!
long time no see!
In a place far far away....(US)...there was a man...a man who owned a turantula named earl....Well,Earls life cycle had come full circle and he died..(insert sound of funeral music and crying)....the man was devestated....his favorite pet was gone....
The man thought he had killed his buddy and mourned heavily....eventually he talked to some other spiderkeepers and was told 2 years was a good run for a male of this species and the man began to feel better....instead of quitting as an exotic pet keeper he decided to "up" his game and get into the field of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetology
So he sold one of his many treasures on ebay to fund his new endevour.....
heres how the story went.
first he tried to use what he had at hand.

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then by coincidence...his birthday rolled around and his loving wife bought him a newer ,better enclosure.



which the man enjoyed emmensly and began to keep some cheap tropical frogs of the beginner level.
the green tree frogs







hoping to achieve a level that of which he could keep a more delicate species such as this:

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well...back to the ebay idea...he now had the funds to afford his true dream ..one of the big limited edition exo terra rainforest habitats!
initially he wanted the Mayan..but since a new one came out for 2010...he decided to go for the Camroon habitat.

so he ordered it.
The day it came was amazing..excited and jubulation!
upon opening the terrarium he found this:


uhhhht Ohhhhh!!!





you get the picture....fedex had failed!
luckily the man had purchased from www.thereptileking.com and he was insured...
cool!

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so the second one was sent USPS
heres what came

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3rd times the charm? UPS this time
lets hope so!!!!




OH COME ON THIS LOOKS BETTER!






YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

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AND HERE IT IS SET UP 18" X 18" X 24"...45 CM X 45 CM X 60 CM for you guys who use metric

VERSION 1



VERSION 2

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the man then wished he had closed the closet door

for my troubles the great guy at reptileking offered a condolence prize of two geckos

Red Flame Crested Geckos to be precise!
here they are...photos from the breeder







and the man was happy!

now i have a junk yard of dryer size boxes ...i was able to seal up the first broken one and use it...but the other one is bad!..probably going to toss it.

and thats the story...what a ride!